UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON — A semi-truck driver had to be rescued by rope after his tractor-trailer crashed through a guardrail and plunged approximately 60 feet off a cliff, rolling multiple times before coming to rest on Union Pacific railroad tracks along Highway 730. The crash occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2026, near milepost 8 on Highway 730 in Umatilla County. According to Oregon State Police, Edgar Silva-Rosas, 31, of Yakima, lost control of his semi...

MASON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA — A truck driver was flown to a hospital after being trapped upside down with his head partially submerged in water following a crash off an embankment on State Route 62, rescued in part thanks to a fellow truck driver who spotted the wreck and called for help. Photo credit: WSAZ At approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Dennis Busman, 50, of Troy, was traveling northbound in a semi truck and trailer along Graham Station Road near the 1200...

LOVE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA — Three tractor-trailers were blown over by high winds on southbound Interstate 35 near mile markers 14 and 15 in Love County last night, with one driver transported to the hospital with injuries expected to be non-life-threatening. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to all three incidents, which occurred in the same stretch of highway. One driver was transported to a hospital for injuries but is expected to recover. No further details about the drivers were...

BEREA, OHIO — The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission has issued high-wind travel restrictions across the entire 241-mile toll road for certain high-profile vehicles on Friday, March 13, 2026, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. ET. The Ohio Turnpike will remain open for passenger vehicles and most commercial vehicles during the restriction period. The restrictions target high-profile vehicles most susceptible to high wind speeds. The following vehicle types are prohibited from...

OKLAHOMA — A car driver escaped without injury after his vehicle slid underneath a semi trailer loaded with cooking oil on southbound Interstate 35 at Covell Wednesday morning, with his ruptured fuel tank igniting the cooking oil on the trailer in a fiery blaze. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on the morning of March 11, 2026, when traffic began to slow on southbound I-35. The car ran underneath the semi trailer, striking the rear dual tires. The driver...

PIERRE, South Dakota — South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden has signed two new bills into law aimed at strengthening commercial driver licensing standards, including English language proficiency requirements and stricter rules for non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses. On March 10, 2026, Governor Rhoden signed Senate Bill 164 and Senate Bill 180, measures state officials say are intended to improve roadway safety and tighten eligibility standards for commercial drivers....

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The co-owner of a Utah trucking company has been sentenced on federal fraud charges tied to a long-running bribery scheme involving FedEx Ground contracts. On February 3, 2026, Konstantin Mikhaylovich Tomilin was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Utah to three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General. As part of the sentence, Tomilin was ordered to pay $650,000 in restitution...

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — New details have emerged in the case of Jeffrey Latson Jr., the Memphis semi-truck driver who was shot by Akron police during a chase on February 28 following a domestic disturbance at a Springfield Township IHOP — with his father now speaking out and revealing his son was shot four times, including once in the head. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeffrey Latson Sr. Latson Jr.'s father, Jeffrey Latson Sr., who also drives a big rig, told WREG that his son was...

SELMA, TEXAS — A truck driver was arrested early Tuesday morning after a police K-9 alerted officers to cocaine concealed inside hollowed-out tractor batteries during a traffic stop on Interstate 35, with the driver later admitting he knew the drugs were in the truck. In the early hours of March 10, 2026, Selma Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop on a semi-truck and trailer in the 16000 block of I-35. During the encounter, the 38-year-old male driver gave conflicting...

COLORADO — The Colorado State Patrol is reminding commercial vehicle drivers of the serious consequences of excessive speeding after issuing 463 citations for driving 15 mph or more over the speed limit in 2025 — the highest number recorded in the last five years. The warning comes as CSP launches a three-month "Stop Speeding" campaign, during which troopers are taking a low-tolerance approach to the top fatal crash factors, including lane violations and speeding. Under Colorado...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA — A tractor-trailer driver was arrested March 10 after deputies say he fired a BB gun into the rear window of a car on Interstate 40, shattering the glass with a projectile from a weapon that closely resembled a real handgun. Photo credit: Haywood County Sheriff's Office According to the Haywood County Sheriff's Office, a caller reported a disturbance on I-40 and met with deputies at Exit 37, advising that the incident occurred in Haywood County and...

INDIANA — Newly released application documents show that Indiana officials are seeking federal approval to add tolls to the full length of Interstate 70 across the state, with large trucks facing a rate of 54 cents per mile — totaling $84.25 to travel I-70 from state line to state line. The Indiana Department of Transportation submitted the application to the federal government last fall as part of a pilot program that would use toll revenue to reconstruct and widen I-70 from...