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2021-05-03 21:15:43 -

3-on-1 truck stop assault sends driver to emergency room
A truck driver was injured at a truck stop on Sunday morning after being assaulted in the parking lot. The incident happened on May 2nd at around 4:15 a.m. in Columbia, Missouri. According to Columbia Daily Tribune, the unidentified trucker was sitting in his rig at a parking lot in the 3400 block of Grindstone Parkway when three black males approached his rig. The three men...

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2022-07-02 16:27:38 -

LA neighborhoods pass emergency law banning truck traffic
The Los Angeles City council has passed an emergency law to temporarily ban new trucking operations in several LA neighborhoods after resident complaints. The ordinance was passed on June 29th and will be in effect for 45 days. The ordinance prohibits truck traffic in neighborhoods near the port of LA in Wilmington and Harbor City. The city will also focus on trucking companies...

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2023-01-23 17:19:28 -

Plane clips roof of semi truck during emergency highway landing
A plane clipped the roof of a semi truck during an emergency landing in Texas late on Sunday morning. The accident happened on January 22nd in Houston, Texas along the 99 Grand Parkway near the Tomball ISD stadium at around 11:15 a.m. According to CW 39 News, the pilot lost engine power and chose to make an emergency landing on the highway. During his descent, the pilot...

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2021-09-09 16:32:14 -

Troopers say medical emergency may have caused trucker’s crash into Indiana scale house
Indiana State Police (ISP) have released new information on a trucker’s fatal crash through a weigh station on Wednesday morning. The crash occurred shortly after 5 p.m. on September 8 at the I-74 Weigh Station in northern Dearborn County, near the Indiana/Ohio state line. Troopers say that 63 year old Tennessee-based truck driver James G. Bristol was driving a 2021 Freightliner semi...

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2024-03-18 13:33:29 -

Truck driver’s dash cam catches insane emergency landing
A truck driver had a super close encounter with a plane that was caught on dash cam on Thursday morning. The unusual dash cam clip was shared by Louisiana based Breaux Petroleum Products on July 2. They wrote: Talk about unusual morning traffic! One of our transport drivers had a surprising encounter this morning on Highway 3235. We applaud his...

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2022-05-13 11:11:20 -

Truckload of bees receives emergency dousing during breakdown
A team of firefighters came to the rescue of some overheated bees when the truck hauling the hives broke down in Iowa on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred on May 11th on Highway 218 exit ramp to C-57 near Janesville, Iowa. According to the Waverly Newspaper, the trucker hauling beehives contacted 911 after his truck broke down during an unseasonably high heat...

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American Truck Drivers

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2025-03-15 03:13:29 -

Chaos on Texas Highways: Multiple 18-Wheelers Flip Over in Amarillo Wind Storm
A massive dust storm swept across the Texas Panhandle on March 14, triggering a deadly highway pileup, multiple wildfires, and a state disaster declaration. Extreme winds reaching 80 mph fueled hazardous conditions, causing low visibility, dangerous travel, and rapid fire spread. Fatal Multi-Vehicle Pileup on Highway 60 A major crash on Highway 60 near Bovina resulted in one...

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2025-02-15 16:25:07 -

Deadly Crash Inside I-80 Tunnel Sparks Fire, Blocking Rescue Efforts
A fatal crash inside the Interstate 80 tunnel near Green River, Wyoming, on Friday morning resulted in a fire that burned for hours, with falling debris preventing emergency crews from extinguishing the flames. Authorities confirmed that at least two people were killed, with multiple others injured, but the unstable conditions inside the tunnel have made it impossible to assess the full...

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2025-02-06 16:51:17 -

Driver Rescued After Box Truck Overturns on New Jersey Turnpike
Emergency crews responded to a box truck crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Wednesday morning, where a driver was trapped inside the overturned vehicle. The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. at Exit 16E, near the toll plaza on the eastern spur of the Turnpike in Secaucus, New Jersey. The crash blocked at least four lanes leading to the I-495/Lincoln Tunnel approach, creating heavy traffic...

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2025-04-16 19:06:29 -

Kansas Highway Patrol Releases Names of Eight Victims in I-70 Pileup Involving 71 Vehicles
GOODLAND, Kan. — The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) has released the identities of the eight people killed in a devastating 71-vehicle pileup that occurred on March 14, 2025, along Interstate 70 in Sherman County. On Monday, April 14, KHP confirmed the following individuals lost their lives in the crash: Larry Smith, 72, Kansas Dawson Hogan, 20, Kansas Baiel Sharshembiev, 24,...

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2025-02-12 20:52:45 -

Route 28 Reopens After Diesel Tanker Crash and Spill in Allegheny County
Southbound lanes of Route 28 reopened early Wednesday morning after emergency crews worked overnight to clear the scene and repair damage following a tractor-trailer rollover accident. The highway was shut down for nearly 10 hours after a diesel tanker truck crashed into a barrier and overturned, spilling fuel. The road was reopened around 3 a.m. Allegheny County Emergency Services Chief...

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2025-02-06 17:04:39 -

Trucker Moves Burning Semi Away from Fuel Pumps at Connecticut Truck Stop
Firefighters in Milford, Connecticut, responded to a semi-truck fire at a local truck stop early Wednesday morning, where a quick-thinking driver managed to prevent a potential disaster. The Milford Fire Department (MFD) received multiple calls at 6:00 a.m. on February 5 reporting a tractor-trailer engulfed in flames at the Secondi Bros Truck Stop. According to officials, the truck was...

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2025-02-10 15:29:00 -

Woman Killed After Tractor-Trailer Collides with Ambulance in Florida
A woman riding in an ambulance died after the vehicle was hit by a tractor-trailer at an intersection late Friday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). The crash occurred at approximately 11:35 p.m. at the intersection of State Road 39 and McGee Road. According to a preliminary FHP crash report, a 26-year-old man was driving a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue ambulance...

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