MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — A Jeep collided with a semi-truck early Thursday morning on a county road in Merced County, with dense fog and low visibility cited as major contributing factors, according to the California Highway Patrol. Photo credit: CHP Merced CHP said officers responded to the crash after the driver of the Jeep reportedly did not see the semi backing into a lot in time to slow down or avoid the collision. The Jeep struck the front of the truck, officials said....

ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA — A series of crashes during heavy snow and low visibility blocked both eastbound and westbound lanes of the Indiana Toll Road near mile marker 94 Wednesday afternoon, involving roughly 30 vehicles including at least 10 semi trucks, according to Indiana State Police and the Indiana Toll Road. Officials said the crash scene was on I-80 eastbound near the Bristol Toll Plaza, about two miles east of Elkhart. Investigators said the first collision was reported...

CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA — North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers escorted a heavy-haul move Wednesday as an oversized building measuring 81 feet wide traveled a five-mile stretch of Highway 46 from County Road 17 to west of Kindred, according to NDHP. Photo credit: NDHP Officials said the move took place Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, along Hwy 46, starting at Co. Rd. 17 in Cass County and ending west of Kindred. Troopers said the building being transported measured 81 feet wide, 81...

ELOY, ARIZONA — A commercial driver was airlifted to a hospital after a load of metal beams shifted into the cab during a single-vehicle crash south of Eloy Tuesday afternoon, according to Arizona Highway Patrol and the Eloy Police Department. Officials said the collision happened around 1 p.m. Jan. 13, 2026, on AZ-87 southbound near milepost 116, as the commercial vehicle attempted to turn west onto Milligan Road. Photo credit: AZDPS Highway Patrol Troopers said the truck was...

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI — A judge sentenced Melvin Battle of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to five years of probation for hitting and killing a man with a truck in Springfield in 2023, according to investigators. Authorities said Todd Tennison, 51, died after being struck by a semi-truck trailer near Kansas Expressway and Interstate 44 in September 2023. Investigators said Battle entered an Alford plea in October. Police said officers responded on Sept. 29, 2023, to the Walmart...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA — A tractor-trailer crash partially blocked Interstate 75 early Thursday after a commercial vehicle overturned near mile marker 261, sending the driver to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. Officials said the crash happened when a tractor-trailer driven by a 32-year-old man from Lakeland was traveling southbound on I-75 and the driver lost control. Investigators said the truck left the roadway, entered the median, and...

MANOR TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — A tractor-trailer crashed over a hillside in Manor Township Wednesday afternoon, leaving the driver trapped and prompting a multi-agency rescue response on the Route 422 bypass, according to the Manor Township Volunteer Fire Company and local reports. Photo credit: Manor Township Volunteer Fire Company The fire company said the crash was reported around 1:58 p.m. near Hawk Hollow Road on the Route 422 bypass. Responders found the tractor-trailer had gone...

BARTON, VERMONT — A tractor-trailer and a plow truck overturned on Interstate 91 in Barton Thursday morning, according to the Orleans Fire Department. Photo credit: Orleans Fire Department The Orleans Fire Department posted photos from the scene showing both vehicles on their sides. Officials said both drivers were OK. Photo credit: Orleans Fire Department Fire officials cautioned motorists to take it slow while traveling in the area. Photo credit: Orleans Fire...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA — A log truck overturned in the Ebony area of Brunswick County Wednesday morning, sending the driver to the hospital by helicopter, according to the Ebony Volunteer Fire Department. Photo credit: Ebony Volunteer Fire Department Emergency crews were dispatched around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, for a reported crash involving a person trapped in a log truck, officials said. Fire crews arrived to find a single-vehicle crash with the log truck...

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK — A woman riding a bicycle was struck by a tractor-trailer at a busy Midtown intersection early Wednesday, suffering severe leg trauma and being taken to the hospital, according to police. Police said the crash happened around 6:15 a.m. at Second Avenue and E. 57th Street when a 53-year-old truck driver operating a Rhode Island-plated tractor-trailer was traveling southbound on Second Avenue and struck the 46-year-old cyclist while turning right onto E. 57th...

CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS — Baytown Fire Department crews responded to a mutual-aid call Friday afternoon for an 18-wheeler rollover with entrapment in Chambers County, where firefighters extricated the trapped driver and later rescued a dog found inside the cab, officials said. Photo credit: Baytown Fire Department Officials said the call came in shortly before 1:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, prompting the response of Baytown E5, E7, TR51 and B1. Crews arrived to find the...

KINGMAN, ARIZONA — An Arizona Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol trooper arrested a commercial truck driver for DUI early Jan. 11 after stopping the vehicle on Interstate 40 near Kingman and observing signs of impairment, officials said. According to AZDPS, state troopers with Commercial Vehicle Enforcement located the driver on I-40 near Kingman during the early morning hours and conducted a traffic stop. Officials said the driver showed signs of impairment during field...