By |2025-06-17T11:25:30-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

This week, the owners of multiple trucking companies admitted to fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of pandemic relief funds. On June 16, 2025, Ajay Chawla, 60, and his wife, Ruhi Chawla, 50, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.The couple received more ...more

By |2025-06-17T07:24:06-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is investigating after a semi truck drove the wrong way on a major interstate over the weekend. On Sunday, June 15, multiple 911 callers reported a wrong-way semi truck on I-5 in Siskiyou County, according to CHP’s Yreka division.Callers told police that the truck drove through the center median and then ...more

By |2025-06-17T07:24:10-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A man wanted for the stabbing of a woman drove his semi truck off of a bridge during his escape attempt while fleeing police.  The incident began when police were called to an apartment in the 11000 block of Legen Avenue on Sunday at 7:55 a.m. near Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. According to Fox 32, police arrived to ...more

By |2025-06-17T11:25:20-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A truck driver managed to keep his truck grinding against a concrete barrier instead of crashing into more vehicles after knocking into several other semi trucks in a construction zone. In the video, the red semi truck appears to knock into at least one other tractor trailer before veering almost out of control in a ...more

By |2025-06-17T11:25:24-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The family of a truck driver forced to leap from his semi truck as it dangled off of Interstate 65 is asking for help with expenses during his “long and difficult recovery.” The accident happened on June 13th on Interstate 65 at Spaghetti Junction in Louisville, Kentucky. According to WAVE 3, the semi truck was on ...more

By |2025-06-17T07:24:16-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A motorist who reportedly tried to climb onto a semi truck was killed after being run over in rush hour traffic in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Missouri Police Department responded to a reported accident around 3:15 p.m. on Friday, June 13, according to KCTV5.Police say that a man was driving a black GMC ...more

By |2025-06-16T15:23:50-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Interstate 20 was reopened in South Carolina less than two days after a tanker truck fire caused a bridge to collapse.  The crash happened on Saturday, June 14th at around 4 a.m. on I-20 near mile marker 13. The Interstate was reopened on Sunday afternoon after a night of construction work by contractors. According to Fox ...more

By |2025-06-16T15:23:54-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Police arrested eight people in connection with a Florida Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) bribery scheme. On June 12, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) announced the arrest of the following eight individuals in connection with a scheme to provide driver’s licenses to unqualified applicants.Bancelie Velazco, 37, on nine counts of DMV Employee Issue Unlawful ...more

Oil Tanker Market Roiled by Israeli Airstrikes Against Iran

By |2025-06-16T12:22:04-05:00June 13th, 2025 at 12:29 PM|Trucking News|

Rescue workers survey the damage to buildings following Israeli airstrikes in Tehran on June 13. (Majid Saeedi/Bloomberg) Israel’s overnight airstrikes on Iran drove up freight rates and tanker stocks June 13 as traders and investors priced in the prospect of disruption to a large swath of the global oil-shipping fleet. Forward freight agreements for July ...more

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