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Dump Truck Driver Under DUI Investigation After Hitting SUV and Crashing Into Creek in Lancaster County

BART TOWNSHIP, Pa.— Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a suspected DUI crash after a dump truck rear-ended an SUV and plunged into a creek early Wednesday morning. Troopers said the crash happened around 5:57 a.m. on October 29 in the 100 block of Hollow Road in Bart Township. According to investigators, an older-model Ford F700 dump truck struck the rear of a Hyundai SUV, then...

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2025-10-31 16:55:39

Odessa Trucking Company Sued for Over $1M After Semi Crash, for Failing to Properly Train Driver

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — An Odessa-based trucking firm and one of its drivers are facing a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages after a two-semi crash earlier this month that ended with one of the trucks catching fire. The crash happened on October 15 along Highway 285 near the Highway 302 interchange in Reeves County, according to the accident report. Investigators said...

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2025-10-31 16:41:00

Virginia Man Surrenders 2 Years After Hit-and-Run That Killed Truck Driver on I-95

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Virginia — Nearly two years after a deadly hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95, 50-year-old James A. Puryear of Kingstowne has surrendered to Virginia State Police in connection with the death of a tractor-trailer driver. The crash occurred around 5:05 a.m. on November 19, 2023, when a 2005 Infiniti G35 sideswiped a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia driven by 31-year-old...

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2025-10-31 15:59:24

Affidavit: Trucker Watching Anime Before Fatal Crash That Killed Turnpike Worker

OTTAWA COUNTY, Oklahoma — A newly filed affidavit reveals that a semi-truck driver charged with first-degree manslaughter admitted to watching an anime video on his cell phone moments before a crash that killed an Oklahoma Turnpike Authority employee. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), 50-year-old David Ray Carlson was driving a 2024 Freightliner Cascadia eastbound on...

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2025-10-31 15:26:18

146 Illegal Truck Drivers Arrested on Indiana Highways During ‘Operation Midway Blitz’

GARY, Indiana — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Governor Mike Braun announced that 223 people, including 146 semi-truck drivers, were arrested on Indiana highways near the Illinois state line as part of Operation Midway Blitz, a joint enforcement effort between DHS, ICE, and the Indiana State Police. The operation, launched in mid-September, focused on illegal immigrant...

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2025-10-31 15:00:40

Prohibited dump truck loses control, crashes into utility pole on Fairview Avenue in Hawthorne

HAWTHORNE, New Jersey — A dump truck that ignored posted weight restrictions barreled down Fairview Avenue Wednesday morning, ending in a dramatic crash at the intersection of Fairview Avenue and Goffle Hill Road. The crash occurred on October 29 when the heavy truck, traveling downhill, lost control and struck a utility pole, snapping it in half and bringing down live power lines....

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2025-10-30 16:40:26

Semi vs. semi hit-and-run on I-41/94 near Mitchell Interchange causes tanker rollover and hazmat spill

OAK CREEK, Wisconsin — A hit-and-run crash between two semis near Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport caused a tanker truck to overturn and spill hazardous liquid on Wednesday, leading to multiple freeway closures and major traffic delays. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened around 1 p.m. on I-41/94 southbound near College Avenue. A...

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2025-10-30 16:04:38

Long-haul trucker found guilty of murdering girlfriend inside tractor cab outside Patchogue motel

PATCHOGUE, New York — A 61-year-old long-haul truck driver has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend inside his tractor-trailer near a Long Island motel, Suffolk County prosecutors announced. According to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney, Willie Hart, of Yaphank, was convicted by a jury on October 29, 2025, of second-degree murder for the killing of...

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2025-10-30 15:41:53

More than 7,000 truck drivers taken off the road for failing English proficiency tests, USDOT chief says

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 7,000 commercial truck drivers have been placed out of service in 2025 for failing to meet federal English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Duffy announced the figures on October 30, citing new federal data showing that 7,248 drivers have been sidelined so far this year for English-related...

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2025-10-30 15:18:58

Tractor-trailer and pickup collide in Warsaw, spilling frozen food later donated to local pantries

WARSAW, New York — A tractor-trailer crash that closed part of West Buffalo Street on Friday afternoon turned into an unexpected community effort to help those in need after the wreck’s spilled cargo was donated to local food pantries. Around 3:30 p.m., emergency crews — including Warsaw Ambulance and Medic 80 — responded to the intersection of West Buffalo Street and...

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2025-10-30 14:29:06

Republicans call for probe into ‘CDL mills’ after deadly crashes involving illegal immigrant truck drivers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican lawmakers are demanding a federal investigation into so-called “CDL mills,” training programs accused of rapidly issuing commercial driver’s licenses to underqualified drivers — a growing concern following multiple fatal crashes involving illegal immigrant truckers. In a letter sent Tuesday to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy,...

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2025-10-29 17:19:13

California man sentenced to nearly 19 years for sexually assaulting sleeping female truck driver

OXNARD, California — A California man has been sentenced to 18 years and 8 months in state prison for the violent sexual assault of a female truck driver who was asleep inside her rig in 2020, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. Jose Luis Meza Jr., 34, of Oxnard, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to assault with intent to commit rape and forcible oral...

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2025-10-29 16:38:01

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