The Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) shared dash cam video showing a trooper putting himself in the way of a wrong way motorist in order to protect others on the interstate. The incident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, in Tooele County.In the dash cam clip, you can see that the trooper is ...more

Indiana State Police (ISP) have released information about a fatal multi-vehicle crash that occurred in Clinton County on Wednesday. The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. on April 19 on I-65 near mile marker 152.ISP says that a 2016 Freightliner was southbound on I-65 when, for unknown reasons, it left the interstate, veered through the median, ...more

This week, a truck driver was arrested in Louisiana after authorities discovered more than 100 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle during a traffic stop for a moving violation. The incident began around 2:30 p.m. on April 18 as deputies with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office (RPSO) were conducting routine patrols along LA Highway 28 East ...more

A truck driver recently went viral on social media after a load of lumber went through his cab. On April 11, driver Tyler Johnson shared a must-read message about the possible consequences of cutting off trucks.Johnson said: “I can’t STRESS this enough STOP PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF US BIG TRUCKS WE CANT STOP ON ...more

On Thursday, autonomous truck tech company Kodiak Robotics, Inc. announced a partnership with C.R. England to haul freight for Tyson Foods in Texas as part of a pilot program. Starting this month, Kodiak’s self-driving trucks and C.R. England’s refrigerated trailers will haul Tyson Foods loads between Dallas and San Antonio, Texas.The companies will haul three ...more

On Thursday, Love’s opened new stores in Mansfield, Louisiana, and Harlingen, Texas, adding a combined 127 truck parking spaces to the company’s network. The Mansfield store is located off I-49 at exit 172. Amenities at this location include:More than 12,000 square feetGodfather’s Pizza and Subway restaurants (opening April 24)67 truck parking spacesFive diesel baysSix showersLaundry ...more

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized more than 3 million fentanyl pills hidden in a truckload of produce. The drug seizure occurred around 7:20 a.m. on Monday, April 17, at the Otay Mesa port of entry in Otay Mesa, California.Officers encountered a 48 year old truck driver hauling a shipment manifested as ...more

The driver of a pickup truck is dead following a multi-vehicle crash on I-65 in Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred around 2 p.m. on April 18 at mile marker 115 on I-65 near Cross Plains, Tennessee. Pickup driver Bryant Freedle, 28, was stopped in the northbound lanes of I-65 behind two semi trucks. ...more

This week, a trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) received an award for his trucker-involved response to a woman having a mental health crisis last year. On April 18, 2023, NSP Trooper Hardin was honored with the “Lifesaver Award” for helping to rescue a woman in crisis in Omaha last summer.Today Captain Miller presented ...more

A car driver who chose the worst possible moment to pass a truck on double yellow lines gets some quick karma in this dash cam clip. The video was sent in by CDLLife reader Chris, who noted that the car driver in the video was “passing against oncoming traffic.”In the video, the driver of a ...more