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Watch as Arizona firefighters work to rescue a tanker truck driver submerged in raging floodwatersTake a look at dramatic footage of the moment that firefighters were called in to rescue a truck driver trapped by floodwaters. The water rescue video was captured in Gila Bend, Arizona, on August 14 after monsoon storms swept through the region, causing serious flooding and leaving two people dead. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has since declared a state of emergency. In the video, equipment...0 Comments 0 Shares 12K Views
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Motorists walk away from obliterated pickup after hitting brakes in front of semi truckFour people walked away with only minor injuries after a serious wreck with a semi truck decimated their pickup on Tuesday morning. The accident happened on August 17th in Wadsworth, Illinois. According to the Lake & McHenry County Scanner, the pickup was traveling along Interstate 94 near Wadsworth Road when it slowed down to make a lane change. The semi truck behind it...0 Comments 0 Shares 13K Views
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Weeklong brake blitz starts SUNDAYThe Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) last major truck inspection event of 2021 starts this weekend. This year’s CVSA Brake Safety Week will take place August 22 — 28. The area of special emphasis for this year’s effort is on hoses and tubing. During the week-long enforcement effort, commercial vehicle inspectors with law enforcement agencies across the...0 Comments 0 Shares 8K Views
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VIDEO: Pickup driver says testosterone to blame for stunning display of road rage on I-35A motorist is facing felony assault charges for a road rage incident caught on camera on an Oklahoma interstate earlier this month. Steven Coughran, 40, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and child neglect, according to local outlet News 9. The charges were issued for a road rage incident captured on video on August 8 on I-35 in Edmond, Oklahoma. ...0 Comments 0 Shares 11K Views
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Trucker’s excessively reckless driving attributed to swallowing methA trucker’s reckless driving was caught on camera in Oklahoma on Wednesday, and police say the erratic behavior can likely be attributed to methamphetamine. The incident happened on Wednesday, August 18th, but police did not release the information until Thursday, August 19th. According to Oklahoma News 4, a motorist was driving along the Turner Turnpike in Oklahoma...0 Comments 0 Shares 10K Views
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Semi truck plows into bank building, misses employee by mere inchesA semi truck plowed through the side of a bank in California on Thursday morning, narrowly missing an ATM repairman and sending the driver to the hospital. The accident happened on August 19th in Burney, California. Kyle Hester was working on an ATM inside of the US Bank when the rig hit the corner of the building, tore down the wall, and came to a stop mere inches from...0 Comments 0 Shares 9K Views
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Drivers should prepare for damaging Hurricane Henri to hit New England over the weekendForecasters predict that Tropical Storm Henri could strengthen into a hurricane over the weekend as the storm nears the New England coastline. On Friday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Hurricane Watch and a Storm Surge watch for southern New England. A Hurricane Watch means that a hurricane is possible within the next 48 hours. Should Henri make landfall as a hurricane,...0 Comments 0 Shares 10K Views
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Driver who claimed to be hauling bananas indicted on human smuggling chargesA truck driver found transporting 115 undocumented immigrants has been indicted on human smuggling charges. The incident took place on July 19th, 2021, but the truck driver, Michael Warren McCoy, was not indicted until August 10th. According to LMT News, McCoy was pulled over by a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper at around 6 a.m. for failing to stay in his lane....0 Comments 0 Shares 10K Views
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Border Patrol finds MS-13 gang members in semi trailer at I-35 checkpointBorder Patrol agents arrested two members of a notorious criminal gang during a search of a tractor trailer at a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint. In a Thursday news release, US Border Patrol Laredo Sector (USBP) said that agents manning the I-35 checkpoint searched a commercial vehicle trailer after a canine unit alerted to the vehicle. When officers searched the trailer, they discovered...0 Comments 0 Shares 13K Views
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