ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA — The Minnesota State Patrol is urging drivers to stay off the roads until a winter storm passes after troopers responded to hundreds of crashes statewide on Sunday, including multiple jackknifed semi-trucks, as state and local agencies moved to expand emergency support during peak holiday travel. In a Sunday evening update, a Minnesota State Patrol spokesperson said that between 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., law enforcement responded to 96 property damage crashes, 14...

TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS — Police are investigating after a truck carrying an estimated $400,000 worth of live lobsters was allegedly stolen during a delivery run that began in Taunton on Dec. 12, with the shipment intended for Costco locations in Illinois and Minnesota but never reaching its destination. Dylan Rexing, CEO of Rexing Companies, said his business arranged for a carrier to transport the lobsters from Taunton to the Midwest. Rexing said the truck left with the shipment, but...

LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA — A semi-truck overturned and its driver was hospitalized after a crash on State Road 33 Friday night that began when a Mini Cooper crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the semi, setting off a chain-reaction collision that killed two people in a pickup truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened around 7:00 p.m. on State Road 33 in Lake County, north of Swamp Drive. According to FHP, a 2009 Mini Cooper driven by Seenarine...

NORTHGLENN, COLORADO — A crash involving a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 at 120th Avenue in Northglenn Thursday morning, with multiple people taken to local hospitals and an extended closure expected as crews worked the scene and investigators began their review. Northglenn police said the crash was reported around 6:30 a.m., according to James Burlison, the department’s public information officer. Photo credit: Denver7...

BOYLE HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA — A major early-morning crash involving a semi-truck and multiple vehicles on southbound Interstate 5 in Boyle Heights left one person dead and 15 others injured Sunday, prompting a SigAlert and hours-long lane closures as crews worked a fire and investigated what led to the collision. Photo credit: kick.com/conner The crash happened just after 5:00 a.m. on the southbound 5 Freeway near 4th Street, just north of the Interstate 10 interchange. The...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — A person died Friday afternoon after being struck by a semi-trailer on the Kilpatrick Turnpike in northwest Oklahoma City, authorities said. Photo credit: Koco 5 Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said the semi-trailer hit and killed a pedestrian on the turnpike near Meridian Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. Aerial footage from the scene showed troopers blocking off two westbound lanes of the Kilpatrick Turnpike while the crash was investigated....

AMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINIA — Virginia State Police said alcohol is suspected to be a factor in a logging truck crash in Amherst County Tuesday that shut down Route 130 for an extended period and ended with the driver being arrested after troopers said he fled the scene on foot. Photo credit: Blue Ridge Regional Jail  Police said Eric Landon May, 30, was taken into custody following the crash. According to investigators, May was driving a 2013 Freightliner tractor-trailer...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Chicago police said they are searching for a tow truck driver after a minor collision in the Near North Side early Monday escalated into gunfire that struck a woman’s windshield, with no injuries reported. Chicago police said the incident happened around 3:50 a.m. in the 800 block of North LaSalle Street. A 34-year-old woman was driving a gray Chevrolet SUV southbound, adjacent to a tow truck, when the tow truck struck the rear of the SUV. Police said that...

EAST DUNDEE, ILLINOIS — Several vehicles at a semi-truck parking lot in East Dundee caught fire Friday after authorities said a running semi was left unattended, leading to a multiple-vehicle fire that caused an estimated $400,000 in property damage. According to the East Dundee Fire Protection District, firefighters responded just after noon on Dec. 26 to 590 Healy Road in East Dundee, Kane County, at an outdoor vehicle and equipment parking and storage business. Photo credit: East...

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — The California Department of Motor Vehicles is facing a lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly 20,000 immigrant truckers seeking to block the state from canceling their commercial driver’s licenses after the DMV sent cancellation notices citing expiration date errors on non-domiciled CDLs. The Asian Law Caucus and the Sikh Coalition, along with the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in an effort to stop the DMV from canceling...

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND — An unoccupied tractor-trailer rolled down a hill Friday evening and narrowly avoided striking a three-story apartment building in Montgomery County, prompting a hazardous materials response after more than 60 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from ruptured saddle tanks. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the incident happened around 7:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Baltimore Road near Norbeck Road, behind a Safeway...

SENECA, MISSOURI — A tractor-trailer rollover late Christmas night shut down Missouri 43 south of Seneca as responders worked an hours-long recovery involving a trailer loaded with approximately 30,000 pounds of coffee creamer. At about 11:45 p.m. late Christmas night (Thursday), E-911 received reports of a tractor-trailer rollover on Missouri 43, just south of State Route U. Seneca Fire, Seneca Police, and Newton County Ambulance responded to the scene. Seneca officials requested...