MESA, ARIZONA — An Arizona Highway Patrol trooper stopped a pickup truck hauling a piece of heavy construction equipment on AZ-202 near Warner Road on June 23, 2026, and found the driver had no commercial driver's license, no medical card, and no USDOT number — while a CDL driver was apparently waiting at the destination for the load to arrive. According to AZDPS, the driver was transporting the heavy load from Phoenix to a job site at Tempe Marketplace, where a licensed CDL...

GREENFIELD, INDIANA — A California truck driver was arrested on Interstate 70 in Greenfield Saturday morning after police stopped his semi and confirmed it was carrying nearly 40,000 pounds of stolen Tungsten Oxide Powder worth $2,857,500 that had been fraudulently obtained in Pennsylvania and was destined for Mitsubishi Materials Corporation in Japan. Greenfield Police Department received an alert at approximately 6 a.m. on June 27 about a semi traveling westbound on I-70 entering...

NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — A pickup truck driver was killed Monday morning after a crash involving two tractor-trailers on southbound Interstate 83 in Newberry Township, where traffic had backed up through a weekend construction zone that was in the process of being cleared. Pennsylvania State Police Troop J were called to the scene at approximately 5:58 a.m. near mile marker 32.9, between Exit 33 (Yocumtown/Route 392) and Exit 32 (Newberrytown/Route 382). The pickup truck...

BOLTON, NORTH CAROLINA — A Columbus County Sheriff's Office deputy who was shielding a road striping crew on US-74 Thursday morning was killed when a tractor-trailer failed to slow down and slammed into his marked patrol vehicle from behind, then struck a bumper truck ahead of it, crossed the median, and caught fire. Deputy Damien Draper Bost, 30, of Nakina, was transported to Columbus Regional Healthcare System, where he was pronounced deceased. He served with the Columbus County...

DAYTON, NEVADA — Two people are dead and a third was airlifted with life-threatening injuries after a semi-truck struck two passenger vehicles at the intersection of US Highway 50 and Traditions Parkway in Dayton, Nevada, early Sunday morning, with preliminary statements at the scene suggesting the truck driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel. The Nevada Highway Patrol and Lyon County Sheriff's Office responded at approximately 7:14 a.m. on June 28, 2026, to the three-vehicle crash...

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — A 24-year-old Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputy was killed early Sunday morning when a heavy-equipment utility truck hauling a trailer loaded with concrete form material slammed into her patrol car as she directed traffic at a crash scene on Interstate 45 near Lake Woodlands — just six months after being pinned as a patrol deputy and weeks before her 25th birthday. Deputy Erika Serrato died at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands hospital after being...

FOSTER, RHODE ISLAND — A driver is dead after an SUV drove through a stop sign and collided with a tractor-trailer at the intersection of Route 101 and Route 94 in Foster Thursday night — the third serious crash at the same intersection since April, renewing urgent calls for safety improvements at what residents and local leaders say has become a deadly problem spot. The crash occurred when an SUV failed to fully stop at the stop sign on Route 94 before entering Route 101 and...

WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA — Two Georgia women escaped with minor injuries Saturday morning after the rear trailer of an oversized tractor-trailer combination broke loose on northbound Interstate 75 and rode over the top of their Subaru Forester, crushing the vehicle and blocking all northbound lanes for nearly two hours. Florida Highway Patrol said the crash occurred at approximately 9:52 a.m. near Milepost 280. A 36-year-old Kansas man was driving a tractor-trailer consisting of two...

KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA — A Polk County tow truck driver was arrested after allegedly breaking into a vehicle he was dispatched to impound and stealing the owner's debit card — a woman who had just been arrested for petty theft herself and was now, according to Sheriff Grady Judd, the victim. Markus Anthony, 32, of Kissimmee, faces charges of burglary, theft, fraudulent use of a credit card, and drug possession, in addition to an outstanding burglary warrant out of neighboring Osceola...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — A semi-truck driver fled the scene of a fiery early-morning collision with a CSX freight train on Atlanta's westside Friday, leaving behind a trail of Amazon shipping packages scattered along the tracks and triggering the suspension of MARTA rail service between two stations. Atlanta Fire Rescue responded at approximately 3:43 a.m. to the intersection of Lee and Sparks streets, near Lee & White and the Westside Trail of the Atlanta Beltline. The CSX train struck...

WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS — A single-day multi-agency commercial vehicle and immigration enforcement operation in Wichita County on June 25, 2026, resulted in 24 people detained for being unlawfully present in the United States, 15 truck and trailer combinations impounded, and 109 equipment violations issued. Operation June Bug was a joint effort between the Wichita County Sheriff's Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Electra Police Department. Results 132 total...