WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation has warned that Illinois could lose up to $128 million in federal highway funding after a federal audit found widespread problems with the state’s non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s License program. On February 17, Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced that a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration audit determined nearly one in five non-domiciled CDLs issued by Illinois were granted illegally....

HARDIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY — An illegal U-turn by a tractor-trailer driver led to a fiery two-rig crash Monday night that shut down the Bluegrass Parkway for nearly nine hours, according to Kentucky State Police Post 4. Troopers responded shortly before 9:30 p.m. to the eastbound lanes near the seven-mile marker. A preliminary investigation determined that two commercial tractor-trailers were traveling eastbound when one driver, identified as 41-year-old Manual Ostos Paxtian of Moss,...

PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO — Four people are dead and 29 others have been transported to hospitals following a massive multi-vehicle crash involving approximately 30 vehicles on Interstate 25 south of Pueblo. Photo credit: Colorado State Patrol According to the Colorado State Patrol, troopers were dispatched just after 10 a.m. on February 17 to a pileup on southbound I-25 near mile markers 92–94, south of West Pueblo Boulevard and near Stem Beach. Officials confirmed that several...

CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA — The widow of the Perdue tractor-trailer driver who died after plunging off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel says her husband was familiar with the span and had crossed it many times before. CBBT Police confirmed that 61-year-old Ronnie Andrews of Robersonville, North Carolina, was killed when his Perdue tractor-trailer crashed through the southbound right guardrail around 6:40 a.m. on February 15. The truck went over the west side of the bridge on the upslope...

THE DALLES, OREGON — Two Oregon State Police troopers and a commercial truck driver were injured Monday morning in a crash involving two commercial trucks on an Interstate 84 off-ramp in The Dalles. The crash was reported around 7:30 a.m. at the top of the I-84 on-ramp at Exit 87 along Highway 197, just north of the interstate. Initial reports indicate an Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife K-9 vehicle was involved in a collision with two commercial vehicles — an unloaded...

JAY COUNTY, INDIANA — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced enforcement actions against multiple trucking companies and a commercial driver’s license school following a fatal semi-truck crash that killed four members of an Amish community earlier this month. According to federal officials, the actions stem from a February 3, 2026 crash involving 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev, a Kyrgyzstan national who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said was illegally present...

ROSEVILLE, MINNESOTA — Firefighters rescued an employee trapped inside a commercial cooler Friday morning after a tractor-trailer fire spread to multiple semitrailers and into a distribution building. According to the Roseville Fire Department, crews were dispatched around 8:00 a.m. to Quality Custom Distribution at 2501 Walnut Street for reports of a tractor-trailer on fire. When firefighters arrived, they found multiple semitrailers engulfed in flames, with the fire extending into...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA — Following Sunday’s fatal crash involving a Perdue tractor-trailer, records show that at least 15 tractor-trailers have gone over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel since the 1980s. A 2023 public records investigation found that 14 truck drivers had fallen off the CBBT prior to this year. Adding Sunday’s crash brings the total to 15. In the past, only two drivers have survived the plunge into the water: an unidentified driver in 1984...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA — As the trucking community mourns the death of Perdue driver Ronnie Andrews following Sunday’s tragic crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, many are remembering the rare story of survival from another trucker who went over the side nearly a decade ago — and lived to tell about it. Photo credit: 13newsnow Matt Killmon first shared his story publicly in 2023, recounting how he survived a tractor-trailer plunge off the CBBT on January 6, 2016....

CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA — Authorities have identified the Perdue Farms driver killed in Sunday morning’s tractor-trailer crash on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel as 61-year-old Ronnie Andrews of Robersonville, North Carolina. Recovery crews have also confirmed that both the truck and Andrews’ body were removed from the water Sunday evening. The single-vehicle crash occurred around 6:30–6:40 a.m. on February 15, 2026, on the southbound span near the North Channel...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 26-year-old man was killed and a woman remains in critical condition after a garbage truck struck their electric bicycle in Northwest Washington, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Police said the crash was reported at approximately 2:06–2:08 p.m. on February 13, 2026, in the 4100 block of Kansas Avenue NW near the intersection of Upshur Street in the Petworth neighborhood. Photo credit: 7News Investigators determined that the garbage...

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA — A Perdue Farms tractor-trailer driver has died after a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning sent his truck overboard from the southbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Photo credit: wboc According to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel District, the crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. near the North Channel Bridge, just south of Fisherman’s Island. Officials said the southbound tractor-trailer went off the west side of the bridge and...