A city in Virginia recently doubled the cost of fines for truck drivers violating a daily truck ban, but even non-trucking residents say the charges are a little steep for drivers just trying to do their jobs.  City Council members in Norfolk, Virginia voted Tuesday to change the city code banning trucks from passing through ...more

A police pursuit ended in a double fatality collision in Yankton, South Dakota, on Wednesday. According to Yankton County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO), a police pursuit began around 10 a.m. on May 10 as the South Dakota Highway Patrol (SDHP) attempted to stop a red Chevrolet traveling east on Highway 50 for speeding at 100 m.p.h. ...more

One person is dead and a semi truck is destroyed after a wreck between a four wheeler and a semi truck at an intersection in Oklahoma on Wednesday afternoon.  The accident happened on May 10th in El Reno at Route 66 and Radio Road at around 12:40 p.m.According to KFOR News, a sedan was traveling ...more

The OOIDA and other pro-trucking organizations held a hearing to discuss challenges facing the trucking industry on Wednesday.  The House subcommittee called on Congress on May 10th to protect truckers on the job without imposing too many regulations on them. The committee says this protection of truckers should involve an increase in safe truck parking. “Good ...more

Police are blaming a trucker’s unfamiliarity with the area for a serious wreck that left him with injuries to his arm.  The accident happened at approximately 11:52 p.m. at a roundabout in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on Wednesday, May 10th. According to the Fond Du Lac Police Department, emergency responders arrived to the area of East ...more

More than a week after the crash, Illinois State Police (ISP) have identified all of the people who lost their lives in a pileup caused by blowing dust. The pileup occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on May 1, 2023 on both northbound and southbound I-55 between mile markers 72 and 78, near Farmersville in Montgomery ...more

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) recently partnered for an enforcement campaign targeting unsafe driving in construction zones. On May 10, PSP and PennDOT released information on a five week long traffic campaign called “Operation Yellow Jacket” that took place in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania.As part of the ...more

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A wreck involving a train and two semi trucks is being blamed on vegetation and overgrown trees restricting visibility.  The crash happened on Wednesday, May 10th in Rosedale, Maryland at a railroad crossing along Lake Drive and is the fourth train collision at that crossing since 1988. “The trucks who come in and out of this ...more

The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) in Indiana has taken a teenager into custody in connection with a rock throwing incident that left a truck driver injured last month. DCSO says that two minors were identified as suspect in the rock throwing case, according to WRTV. One of the minors, a sixteen year old, was ...more