MOBILE, Ala. — A Wilmer woman convicted in the 2021 death of a tow truck driver will not serve jail time after a judge handed down a suspended sentence on Thursday. Elizabeth Sprinkle was originally charged with manslaughter in the December 13, 2021 crash that killed tow operator Jonathan Neesmith, who was working on the shoulder of the interstate when he was struck. A jury in September found her guilty of the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. On Thursday, a judge...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A driver was taken to the hospital Friday morning after crashing a pickup truck into a garbage truck in North Portland, according to Portland Fire & Rescue. Photo credit: Portland Fire & Rescue The crash occurred on North Lombard Street near North Ida Avenue, according to KPTV. Crews arrived to find the pickup’s driver pinned beneath the steering wheel. Firefighters used power tools to cut through the dashboard and free the trapped driver....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A crash involving a jackknifed semi-truck and a Tesla caused major delays Thursday afternoon on southbound Interstate 5 near Grapevine Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Photo credit: Caltrans The collision was reported around 2:14 p.m., according to KBAK/KBFX. CHP said the semi-truck jackknifed into the guardrail, damaging roughly 40 feet of rail and blocking the No. 1 and No. 2 lanes. It was not immediately known whether anyone was...

FREDERICK, Md. — A New Jersey truck driver has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the second-degree murder of his girlfriend, whose body was discovered inside the cab of his tractor-trailer at a Costco distribution center in 2023. Matthew Sidney Watley, 48, of Sicklerville, N.J., pleaded guilty on October 21 in Frederick County Circuit Court to killing 46-year-old Candice Thompson, also of Sicklerville. A Frederick County judge handed down the maximum sentence on Thursday. The...

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — A tractor-trailer crash that shut down eastbound lanes of Interstate 88 on Wednesday was caused by a driver who failed to move over for a disabled truck, according to New York State Police. The collision occurred around noon near mile marker 102.5, according to WRGB. Troopers say Eric W. Smith, 44, of Hartford, Connecticut, struck the rear of a disabled tractor-trailer that was partially in the right lane. The second truck was operated by William J. Truman, 67, of...

DUPONT, Wash. — An overturned semi-truck hauling live chickens shut down multiple lanes of Interstate 5 early Friday morning, scattering hundreds of birds across the roadway and creating major traffic delays, according to the Washington State Patrol. Photo credit: Washington State Patrol The crash happened around 1 a.m. near Mounts Road in the DuPont area, according to KOMO News. Troopers said the semi overturned on northbound I-5, spilling crates and releasing chickens onto...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal transportation officials are threatening to withhold nearly $75 million in funding from Pennsylvania after a nationwide audit found the state illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to ineligible foreign drivers, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The announcement came Thursday from Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, who said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) uncovered serious violations in...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is defending his administration after backlash over the arrest of an Uzbek national with suspected terror ties who was captured while holding a valid Pennsylvania commercial driver's license. The driver, Akhror Bozorov, was arrested by ICE in Kansas while operating a big rig and carrying a Pennsylvania CDL listing a Somerton, Philadelphia address. DHS officials said Bozorov was wanted in Uzbekistan for alleged ties to terrorist...

EDEN, N.C. — A dump truck driver accused of running a stop sign and killing four utility workers in Eden has been indicted on second-degree murder charges and is being held on $1.6 million bond, according to court records. Michael Ray Vernon, 66, of Eden, was formally indicted Monday on four counts of second-degree murder without regard to human life and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to WGHP and court documents. He appeared in...

WAYNE, Okla. — A police pursuit in central Oklahoma ended Wednesday morning when the fleeing suspect crashed into a semi-truck on Interstate 35, causing the rig to roll and seriously injuring the truck driver. The incident began around 8:19 a.m. when the Oklahoma Highway Patrol dispatch was notified that the District 21 Task Force was pursuing a vehicle northbound on I-35 near the 78-mile marker. Before troopers could join the chase, the suspect’s vehicle crashed. Around the...

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. — A person was injured early Thursday after a dump truck and a tractor-trailer collided on Interstate 64, causing both vehicles to strike embankments and trapping the drivers inside, according to Virginia State Police. Photo credit: Goochland County Government The crash occurred around 3:40 a.m. on November 20 along I-64 East near the Route 623 exit, according to WRIC. Investigators said the dump truck was stopped or disabled in the right lane when a...

GREENSVILLE COUNTY, Va. — A tractor-trailer driver was killed Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 95, according to Virginia State Police. Troopers said the crash occurred around 2 p.m. on November 19 along I-95 South near the Route 301 exit at the 12-mile marker, according to WRIC. An initial investigation found that the tractor-trailer ran off the right side of the roadway, struck multiple trees, and overturned. Photo credit: Virginia State Police The...