The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $273.9 million to 12 projects that are designed to improve safety and freight movement on rural roadways in several states. The agency as part of an initiative funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will invest $2 billion through 2026 for rural projects to update infrastructure, improve ...more
A longtime performer in Missouri is suing a trucking company for the wrongful death of his wife in an accident with a semi truck earlier this year. The accident in question happened in March 2022 on U.S. Highway 65 five miles north of Springfield at around 5:15 a.m. According to Ozark’s First News, 65-year-old Gloria Grimsley, ...more
Interstate 25 in Colorado was shut down on Wednesday as police arrested a homicide suspect driving a semi truck. The incident happened on December 28th just before 3 p.m. on southbound I-25 near the Ray Nixon Road exit south of Colorado Springs, Colorado. According to 11 News, Colorado State Patrol received reports of a possible homicide ...more
This week, Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Enforcement (MVE) called out a serious lug nut situation spotted by an officer on an off ramp. On December 27, 2022, Iowa DOT MVE shared a social medial post detailing a recent traffic stop:The other day, one of our officers was conducting a traffic stop on an off ramp. ...more
Shots were fired after a collision between a four wheeler and semi truck in Chicago early on Thursday morning. The incident happened at around 3:30 a.m. in the 1000-block of South Desplaines Street in Chicago, Illinois. According to ABC 7 News, a car crashed into a semi truck at an intersection. The noise from the collision ...more
A trucker’s dash cam was rolling as it slammed into several crashed vehicles, becoming part of a major pileup. A pileup involving approximately 100 vehicles occurred on December 23 along Highway 401 in Ontario, near Toronto.Dash cam video reportedly captured by a truck driver involved in the pileup was shared by 401_da_sarpanch. The video shows ...more
Multiple crews spent eight and a half hours clearing the scene after a large crane fell off a flatbed trailer in Mississippi on Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened on December 28th on Highway 15 north near the Highway 537 intersection at around 2:30 p.m. in Jones County, Mississippi. According to WDAM 7 News, the crane slid ...more
A truck driver overseas braves an incredibly scary bridge in a semi truck in this short video. In the video, the cabover truck creeps onto what appears to be a foot bridge. The truck barely squeezes between the ropes and slowly makes its way across the bridge before somehow making it to the other side. We ...more
A group of pro-Russia hackers claim to have breached the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) online portal, but the agency says that their internal systems have not been compromised. Earlier this month, pro-Russia hacker group KillNet claimed to have breached U.S. government online properties, including an FMCSA portal.The FMCSA acknowledges that hackers attempted to ...more
A motorist captured video of an unusual oversize load haul with a second driver operating underneath the oversized load. The video was captured by passing motorist, who said:“My wife and I were traveling to our son’s high school football game on November 4th, 2022, when we looked over and saw this. We pulled over to ...more
