A wobbly log truck was caught on video losing its load and toppling over on a winding road right in front of a motorist.  The video starts with a motorist filming the wobbly log truck as it navigates a winding road on a dreary day. The semi truck makes it through several curves – barely ...more

Seven men have been named in an indictment regarding a massive jewelry heist at a truck stop in Los Angeles.  The theft happened on July 11th, 2022 at a Flying J in Lebec, California. The seven men were named on Tuesday, June 17th. According to the Desert Sun, the defendants are accused of breaking into a ...more

Police in Washington D.C. are investigating a fatal accident that took place on Monday night involving a pedestrian, an SUV, and a semi truck hauling military equipment. The incident took place shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Monday, June 16 in the 2800 block of New York Avenue in Washington, D.C.When the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department ...more

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended a 30-minute break exemption for oversize load haulers until mid December.  The notice from the FMCSA is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, June 20th, and was granted to the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association. The SC&RA is a trade association that operates ...more

This week, transportation officials in Ohio and Kentucky unveiled the design for a double-decker “companion” to the existing Brent Spence Bridge. On Wednesday, June 18, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear partnered to debut the design of a new companion bridge to be built over the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati and Northern ...more

The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) shared a dash cam video of a motorist behaving badly around a semi truck as a reminder of the danger of driving recklessly around commercial vehicles. On June 18, 2025, KHP Trooper Ben Gardner shared dash cam video sent to him by a trucking company featuring a car passing a ...more

A truck driver has been keeping watch and feeding the neighborhood while living in his semi truck after a tornado tore down many houses in the area.  Truck driver Tony Stewart says that he was sitting in his regular car in the parking lot of his apartment complex when an EF3 tornado tore through the ...more

A person refuels a truck with diesel fuel at a Petron Corp. gas station near West Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysi. (Samsul Said/Bloomberg) Diesel prices kept rising on June 17 as concerns about Middle Eastern supplies — a consequence of the Israel-Iran conflict — piled pressure on an already tight market. The premium of benchmark futures ...more

The Greenwood, Ind., facility increases FedEx Freight’s door count in the Indianapolis market to 377 from 252. (FedEx Freight) FedEx Freight opened a service center in Greenwood, Ind., at the end of May, the carrier said. FedEx Corp.’s less-than-truckload division now has 323 terminals nationwide with the latest facility opening plus 13 relay locations. The ...more

The current price increase is the largest since a 6-cent gain the week of May 19. (Andyborodaty/Getty Images) The national price of diesel climbed a dime to $3.571 a gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released June 17. The increase is largely due to escalating tensions in the Middle East and their effects ...more