An armed woman is currently blocking Interstate 45 in Houston in a lawn chair after apparently crashing with a semi truck. The incident happened near the 17700 block of the I-45 North Freeway near Cypresswood Drive in Houston, Texas. The crash occurred and the standoff began at about 1:50 p.m. ...more
Trade Tensions Put American Crop Exports in Jeopardy
There are 7.8 million tons of outstanding corn sales to Mexico for the current marketing year. (Abbie Parr/Associated Press) With ...more
Trump Grants One-Month Tariff Exemption for US Automakers
(Alex Brandon/Associated Press) President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his new tariffs on imports from Mexico and ...more
Cummins Launches X10 Engine Platform
The X10 offers power take-off capability of 590 pound-feet continuous and up to 664 pound-feet intermittent. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins Inc. ...more
Authorities in Iowa responded to pileup crashes near Des Moines and Newton on Wednesday morning. I-35 Pileup North Of Des ...more
A semi truck hauling an unpermitted oversize piece of farm equipment got stuck in a construction zone in Oklahoma on ...more
A semi truck tipped over while trying to drive around a crew of power line work trucks in Mississippi this ...more
I-81 delays expected as crews work to repair two bridges struck by tractor trailers
Drivers are warned to expect substantial delays on Interstate 81 this week as crews work ...more
Troopers in six states to team up for enforcement initiative this week
This week, troopers in several states will be partnering for a high-visibility enforcement campaign. The ...more
DWI driver nearly sends rig off Texas overpass
A truck driver has been released on bond after a DWI incident that nearly sent ...more
‘The Sassy Trucker’ reportedly detained in Dubai for yelling in public
A truck driver and social media personality followed by hundreds of thousands of people is ...more
This 8 vehicle pileup was the third in the same I-70 construction zone in three days
Another major pileup involving four semi trucks and several passenger vehicles occurred on I-70 in ...more
POV: You’re a car sitting helplessly while a train slams into a car hauler
A nearby motorist captured footage of a passenger train colliding with a car hauler in ...more
Here are 10 tips to help you get ready for August’s CVSA brake inspection blitz
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week 2023 is now behind us, but ...more
UPS to Train Nonunion Employees to Deliver Packages
UPS says training won't have an impact on current operations. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via Bloomberg ...more
A truck driver was trapped inside of his cab due to an “active electrical hazard” ...more
Deadly crash left pickup sandwiched between four semis in Tennessee
The driver of a pickup truck is dead following a multi-vehicle crash on I-65 in ...more
Used Class 8 Truck Sales Rise in March as Prices Slip
(vitpho/Getty Images) Used Class 8 truck sales for March increased on a year-over-year basis, but ...more
CHP sends ‘heartfelt’ thanks to truckers who parked under bridge ‘to shorten the drop’ for person in crisis
The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Bakersfield Division recently thanked a group of truckers who volunteered ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has deployed new patrol vehicles that are “specifically designed to ...more
New Mexico town bans big rig parking on public streets
Police in a southeastern New Mexico town are warning the trucking community about a new ...more
April Class 8 Truck Sales Slip 8.7% as Market Slump Persists
Freightliner claimed the largest market share for the month with 6,551 trucks sold, accounting for ...more
Volvo Triples Electric Truck Dealer Network Since Last Year
VTNA President Peter Voorhoeve outlines the truck maker’s sustainability strategy at ACT Expo in Anaheim, ...more