SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — The California Highway Patrol issued a citation after troopers stopped a commercial vehicle in the Tracy area and found a front-seat passenger using a lawn chair instead of the manufacturer-installed seat, according to CHP’s Tracy Division. CHP said the traffic stop occurred on Jan. 24, 2026, at the intersection of 11th Street and Grant Line Road. Troopers reported the right-front passenger was seated in a folding lawn chair and was not wearing a...

GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDA — A semi-truck driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries Monday morning after an 18-wheeler hauling gravel overturned on Interstate 10 in Gadsden County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said the crash happened near mile marker 185 and initially blocked one eastbound lane as emergency crews responded. Troopers said the truck was carrying gravel, which spilled onto the roadway after the rollover. The crash caused traffic backups while crews...

NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS — A 51-year-old woman was killed and her husband was seriously injured Sunday after a plow truck backing up in an MBTA commuter rail parking lot struck the couple during a snowstorm, according to officials. Police said Noriko Rapley, 51, of Norwood, and her 47-year-old husband were walking through the MBTA Norwood Central parking lot around 2 p.m. when a Ford F-350 pickup equipped with a plow reversed and hit them. Rapley was pronounced dead at the scene. Her...

GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA — A tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 85 northbound in Gaston County Sunday afternoon, forcing a temporary closure as icy winter weather created hazardous driving conditions, according to NCDOT and local officials. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said the crash shut down I-85 North near mile marker 17, impacting the stretch between Exit 20 (New Hope Road / North Hope Church Road area) and Exit 17 (US-321). The incident was reported just...

VILLA RIDGE, MISSOURI — A fire truck will be out of service for at least six months after a tractor-trailer struck the apparatus Sunday afternoon on Interstate 44 in Villa Ridge while firefighters were responding to a separate crash during the weekend winter storm, according to the Boles Fire Protection District. The department said the crash happened around 12:40 p.m. Sunday on I-44. Firefighters were already on scene for another crash, and the fire truck was positioning to provide...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, TENNESSEE — A tractor-trailer crash temporarily blocked a lane of I-75 south in Campbell County early Monday as icy winter weather created hazardous driving conditions across East Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Photo credit: TDOT A TDOT spokesperson said the truck jackknifed, briefly impacting traffic on the interstate. Shortly after midnight, THP said troopers were investigating the crash...

CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA — A tractor-trailer driver was charged after a southbound semi struck an overhead sign gantry at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel early Sunday, causing the structure to collapse across the roadway and shut down all southbound travel lanes near the North Toll Plaza, officials said. The crash happened at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, in the North Toll Plaza area, according to CBBT Marketing Specialist Paige B. Addison. Addison said the impact caused...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA — First responders helped deliver a baby inside a tractor-trailer parked along a Cumberland County roadway during near-whiteout conditions Sunday morning, then performed neonatal resuscitation before escorting the family through the storm to a hospital, according to Citizens Fire Company No. 1 and Cumberland Goodwill EMS. Officials said crews were dispatched around 10 a.m. to the 800 block of York Road in South Middleton Township after receiving a call...

TOLEDO, OHIO — No one was hurt after a snow plow truck caught fire Sunday afternoon in Toledo when it reportedly stalled and then burst into flames as the driver tried to restart it, according to Toledo Fire and Rescue. The fire happened around 1:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Westwood, near the City of Toledo’s Division of Transportation, during a 13 First Alert Weather Day. A Toledo Fire and Rescue battalion chief told crews that the plow had stalled, and when the driver...

RAWLINS, WYOMING — Two oversized “superloads” hauling construction equipment are back on the move out of Rawlins after traveling across Wyoming all week under escort, according to the latest updates from the Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) and WYDOT. Officials said today’s leg begins with the two superloads departing Rawlins and traveling US Highway 287 to Wyoming Highway 220 to Wyoming Highway 257, then arriving into the Casper area on US Highway 20. Motorists on these...

MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA — Authorities are responding to a serious commercial vehicle incident after an overturned semi-truck began leaking diesel fuel on Brock Road, causing significant damage to a bridge, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the incident involved two commercial semi-trucks, with one of the trucks overturning and actively leaking diesel at the scene. Officials confirmed that injuries have been reported, though the extent and number...

PERU, INDIANA — A semi-truck crash late Friday afternoon left hundreds of residents in the city of Peru without power after the truck struck a utility pole and power lines at the corner of Shooting Park Road and Pulaski Street, city officials said. According to Peru Mayor Ken Kolowski, the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. when the semi-truck was turning from Shooting Park Road onto Pulaski Street and reportedly turned too sharply. The trailer struck a utility pole, causing it to...