WASHINGTON — A young mother from Texas who is a 15-year combat veteran won the keys to a T680 Next Generation Kenworth truck Dec. 16 after capturing the 2022 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The award, launched in 2016 to address the nationwide driver shortage and create immediate ...more
Canadian police are investigating a suspected road rage incident that left a man clinging to the front end of a semi truck traveling down the Coquihalla Highway last week. The incident began around 1 p.m. on December 15 at the Inks Lake brake check on Highway 5, according to local outlet Castanet.Authorities say that a ...more
Alcohol and speed were both factors in a party bus’ crash with a semi truck in Virginia last week, police say. The crash happened just after 1:30 a.m. on Friday, December 16th near Williamsburg, Virginia and has prompted a safety investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board in cooperation with state police. The agency will ...more
A semi truck left miles of red dye along Oregon interstates on Saturday due to leaky cargo. The incident happened on December 17th from Happy Valley to Troutdale through Portland. According to The Oregonian, 40-year-old trucker Junior Jean stopped to check on the leaky cargo after being flagged down by other truckers. When he called his ...more
A Benton County Sheriff’s Office Detective lost his life over the weekend while escorting a procession trucks for Wreaths Across America. The incident occurred around 6:30 a.m on Saturday, December 17, in Bentonville, Arkansas.Authorities say that 51 year old Benton County Sheriff’s Office Detective Paul Daniel Newell was on a motorcycle escorting trucks for Wreath ...more
Content Sponsored by ES AdvantageBy Jeff ReeseDirector of Sales & Marketing,ES – Vendor Network ServicesAs we approach the Christmas season, it’s always good to reflect on the gifts that we have been given during the past year. In counting our blessings for 2022, I want to take a moment to thank all the owner-operators and ...more
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The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) shared dramatic traffic camera video of a semi truck’s wild ride on an icy roadway last week. The video was captured on I-80 at mile marker 192 in the Des Moines area on December 15.In the video, you can see that the sliding semi truck nearly clips a pickup ...more
A tractor trailer was torn apart in an accident with a sign support structure in New York on Monday morning. The accident happened on December 19th at around 5:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of interstate 84 near mile marker 21.6 in Wallkill, New York. According to News 12 The Bronx, the truck slammed into the ...more
A trucker describes this impatient motorist as having a “death wish” in this short dash cam video. In the clip, a trucker in New Zealand is leaving New Plymouth when a four wheeler traveling behind him decides it would be better to risk his life than hang out behind a semi truck. The four wheeler decides ...more
