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$1.7 million awarded to man who says truck driver’s train horn caused hearing lossA Mississippi jury sided with a man who said that a truck driver’s train horn blast caused him permanent hearing loss. Mississippi resident Jerry Kelly was awarded $1,787,597 by a jury following a lawsuit brought against Jerry Garland. On May 4, 2020, both Kelly and Garland were on a job site in Florence, Mississippi, working for commercial asphalt company Adcamp....0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 20K Views
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$1M bond set for unlicensed trucker accused of fatally striking SheriffA truck driver accused of hitting a police officer in Tennessee will be held on $1 million bond, a judge has ruled. The fatal incident happened last Thursday, February 3rd. The truck driver in question, 43-year-old Christopher Savannah, had his bond set on Monday, February 7th in Roane County, Tennessee. According to WVLT News 8, Savannah failed to slow for a rolling...3 Commentarios 0 Acciones 17K Views2
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$671K in cocaine ‘concealed in the tires of a tractor trailer hauling juice,’ Customs and Border Patrol saysU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized a large amount of cocaine reportedly found hidden in a commercial vehicle trailer’s tires. The drug seizure occurred on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the World Trade Bridge, in Laredo, Texas. A CBP officer referred a 1997 Freightliner trailer hauling a shipment of “juice” for a secondary inspection....0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 20K Views
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“Christmas Miracle” reunites trucker with her lost dog after weeks spent apartA truck driver and her dog have been reunited after a traveling mishap left the dog stranded far from home. Melissa and her dog, Hope, travel the country together by semi truck; but a few weeks ago their travels came to a halt when Hope got lost during a traffic jam near Cortland County in upstate New York. Hope was in the car with Melissa’s friend when they encountered a road closure and...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 15K Views
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‘Absolutely NOT’ — FMCSA slapped with over 700 comments on plan to mandate electronic ID technology for CMVsHundreds of people have provided the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with an opinion on a controversial proposal to require that commercial vehicles be equipped with electronic identification technology accessible by law enforcement when the truck is parked or in motion. Electronic CMV IDs to Allow Police to Focus on “High-Risk Carriers and Drivers” On...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 16K Views
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‘Brave’ Good Samaritans rescue driver from burning dump truckSeveral motorists saved the life of a dump truck driver after a crash in Maryland on Friday morning. The accident happened on May 20th in Rosedale at around 8 a.m. on Interstate 95. According to Fox 45, the dump truck crashed into a guard rail and burst into flames on I-95 near Hazelwood Avenue. Several motorists stopped when they saw the wreck and helped to pull the...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 16K Views
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‘Colossal, record setting seizure’ — $11.8 million worth of cocaine seized from truckload of baby wipesOfficers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized more than 1500 pounds of cocaine from a semi trailer over the weekend. The drug bust occurred on Friday, August 26, 2022, at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge in Laredo, Texas. CBP officers referred a truck manifesting a shipment of baby wipes for a secondary inspection. Using a canine unit and the...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 14K Views
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‘Get In With Me (Trucker Remix)’ is the trucking song you need to hear right nowTrucking content creator Larry Cothran recently released an infectious rap single called ‘Get In With Me (Trucker Remix)’ that anyone in the trucking industry today will relate to right away. While many in the trucking community know Cothran for his comedy videos, his latest effort is a single that puts a trucking spin on artist Bossman Dlow’s song...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 14K Views
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‘Large rock’ thrown at semi from overpass, Ohio police seek two suspectsPolice are seeking information from the public after a semi truck was damaged by a large rock thrown from an overpass in Xenia, Ohio, on Friday. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of September 10. The Xenia Police Department says that they were called to the scene at US 35 westbound at Bellbrook Avenue after a truck driver reported that his vehicle had been hit by a rock....0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 17K Views
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‘Texas Hammer’ truck wreck lawyer sues ‘Alabama Hammer’ for stealing his shtickA personal injury lawyer from Texas famous for wild TV ads featuring himself wielding a hammer against big rigs has sued another lawyer from Alabama for copying his commercials. Attorney Jim Adler, also known by his trademark the “Texas Hammer,” has filed suit against lawyer Mike Slocumb, who goes by the moniker the “Alabama Hammer,” for copyright infringement,...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 17K Views
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‘Unsafe and unacceptable’ — Georgia DPS calls out pickup driver’s container haulThe Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) took to social media on Thursday to call out an “unacceptable” amount of overhang from a container. In the September 1 social media post, Georgia DPS said: As they say, “If it fits, it ships” well, not in this case. SFC Strickland (Region D) stopped this CMV yesterday. The container had a 15-foot nine-inch overhang....0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 19K Views
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46,000 Pounds of Applesauce Spill on I-57 After Semi-Truck RolloverBENTON, Ill. — A semi-truck carrying tens of thousands of pounds of applesauce overturned in the early hours of Monday morning, October 6, causing a temporary shutdown of northbound I-57 near mile marker 76 in Franklin County. According to the Illinois State Police, the crash occurred at approximately 4:38 a.m. when a truck tractor semi-trailer rolled over, blocking both northbound lanes...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 3K Views
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5,500 truck drivers lose U.S. driving privileges after failing English proficiency testsSAN DIEGO, Calif. — More than 5,500 commercial truck drivers across the United States have had their licenses suspended or revoked after failing English language assessments, according to Israel Delgado Vallejo, vice president of Mexico’s Northwest Chamber of Freight Transporters. Delgado Vallejo told El Sol Newspaper in Tijuana that the suspensions are part of heightened federal...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 2K Views
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A dust devil dropped a trampoline on I-10 in Tucson. A ‘quick-thinking’ trucker pushed it away so no one got hurt.The Arizona Department of Transportation (AZDPS) is publicly thanking a trucker for acting fast to get large and dangerous debris out of the roadway. The incident occurred on May 21, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona while a trooper was conducting a traffic stop on I-10. While pulled over, the trooper saw “a trampoline lifted into the air by a powerful dust devil.” The...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 13K Views
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Buc-ee’s to open first-ever store in ColoradoPopular travel station chain Buc-ee’s is opening the company’s first-ever store in Colorado next week. On Monday, March 18, Buc-ee’s will celebrate the grand opening of a new 74,000 square feet location in Johnstown, Colorado. The Johnstown store will be about the same size as the Sevierville, Tennessee, Buc-ee’s that was named the largest gas station...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 14K Views
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Cameras capture truck’s sudden plummet off North Carolina bridgeOfficials in Craven County, North Carolina, released traffic camera footage of a truck’s crash off of a bridge earlier this month. The incident occurred during the morning rush hour on May 13, 2022, in New Bern, North Carolina. North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers said that 46 year old truck driver Harold Neal was driving too fast for the wet conditions and lost control,...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 18K Views
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Car Trapped Under Publix Semi-Truck Near Pine Ridge Road in Collier CountyCOLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies responded early Thursday morning to a vehicle entrapment crash involving a Publix semi-truck near the entrance ramp of Pine Ridge Road westbound onto Interstate 75. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office reported that the crash was called in at 6:20 a.m. Responding crews found a passenger vehicle lodged under the semi’s undercarriage. Tow...0 Commentarios 0 Acciones 4K Views
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