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2025-10-17 17:22:07 -

18-wheeler driver was run over by his own tractor-trailer while addressing mechanical issue
HOUSTON, Texas — A 59-year-old truck driver was tragically killed by his own tractor-trailer Wednesday morning after the vehicle rolled forward while he was inspecting a mechanical issue along the East Loop of Interstate 610, according to the Houston Police Department (HPD). The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. near 900 East Loop North, just before Clinton Drive, when the driver of a...

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2024-03-15 20:48:16 -

Body left on median for four days after hit and run by semi truck
Man’s body left on median for four days after highway hit and run accident with semi truck in Pennsylvania, police say. The accident happened on Saturday morning, March 9th, but Devin Habib’s body was not found until Tuesday night, March 12th on Interstate 80 near New Castle, Pennsylvania. According to WKBN, Habib got into an argument with the...

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2022-07-13 11:36:22 -

Box truck driver unidentified after hit-and-run with 15-year-old
Police are looking to identify a box truck driver who fled the scene after an accident with a 15-year-old pedestrian. The accident happened on the afternoon of July 11th in Cherokee County, Georgia. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the 15-year-old girl was crossing the street on Bells Ferry Road, just south of Highway 92 when she was struck by the white...

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2023-07-03 00:12:37 -

Company says they’ll run totally driverless trucks between Dallas and Houston by 2024
Autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation, Inc. says that they have entered the final phase of a commercial launch of driverless truck operations in Texas. On April 3, Aurora announced that “the company has introduced the final driving capabilities needed to commercially haul freight without vehicle operators between Dallas and Houston by the end of 2024.” Until then, a safety...

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2022-07-09 15:03:16 -

Family-run North Carolina trucking company selected to haul Capitol Christmas Tree
A husband and wife team who work for a North Carolina trucking company have been selected to haul this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. Hardy Brothers Trucking Company, headquartered in Siloam, North Carolina, was selected to haul the 2022 Capitol Christmas Tree from the National Forests in North Carolina to Washington D.C., with several stops along the way to let community...

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2023-01-23 20:05:10 -

No leads after 25-year-old broken down trucker struck by hit-and-run vehicle
Police have no leads after a trucker was struck while tending to his broken down semi truck in Chicago on Sunday night. The incident occurred on January 22nd at 9:36 p.m. in the 10700-block of West Irving Park Road in Chicago, Illinois. According to ABC 7 Chicago, the trucker was parked in the eastbound lanes of the roadway with his flashers on and triangles placed. The...

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2025-10-30 16:04:38 -

Semi vs. semi hit-and-run on I-41/94 near Mitchell Interchange causes tanker rollover and hazmat spill
OAK CREEK, Wisconsin — A hit-and-run crash between two semis near Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport caused a tanker truck to overturn and spill hazardous liquid on Wednesday, leading to multiple freeway closures and major traffic delays. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened around 1 p.m. on I-41/94 southbound near College Avenue. A...

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2024-04-11 16:14:38 -

Truck driver hauling excavator arrested for $500K hit and run at Texas bridge
Police recently arrested and charged a truck driver for a $500K hit and run at a bridge in Odessa, Texas. At 10 a.m. Friday, April 5, the Odessa Police Department (OPD) responded to IH-20 and E. Loop 338 for a reported bridge strike. Police determined that a semi truck driver hauling an excavator struck the overpass and caused $500,000 worth of damage to the structure, then fled...

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2021-05-06 22:12:48 -

Truck driver wins $9.3 MILLION after he was run over by co-driver in alleged $50 turn-around trap
A California jury awarded a truck driver more than $9 million in a personal injury lawsuit he filed after he was run over by his co-driver during an altercation with an employee on private property. On Tuesday, a jury in Fresno, California sided with 27 year old Pennsylvania-based truck driver Daquan Jones, finding that property owner Hiller Aircraft Corporation and the city of Firebaugh were...

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2022-05-18 22:44:22 -

Trucker sentenced to three months for wreck that sent steel coil into traffic after being run off road
A truck driver has been sentenced to three months in jail for an accident that sent a steel coiling rolling into traffic. The accident happened back in September of 2021, but the driver, Kieth Blackwell, was not sentenced until April 29th, 2022. According to Journal-News, Blackwell was heading north on US 127 hauling a steel coil through St. Clair Township, Ohio...

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2025-09-26 17:28:48 -

Dump Trailer Hits Bridge on I-180, Scattering Debris and Causing Widespread Closures in Northumberland County
A tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 180 in Delaware Township, Northumberland County, caused significant traffic disruption, widespread power outages, and forced early school dismissals on the morning of Friday, September 27. The incident occurred at 7:42 a.m. when a 2004 Peterbilt truck driven by David Wright of Muncy was traveling westbound hauling a 23-ton load of stone. According to...

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2025-10-21 14:48:52 -

Tractor-trailer flees after spilling load on Pennsylvania Turnpike, causing 4 other vehicles to crash, injuring 3
Tractor-trailer flees after dropping load on Pennsylvania Turnpike, leaving debris that caused crashes and injured 3 DENVER, Pa. — A tractor-trailer fled the scene after striking a bridge and spilling part of its load onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike, leading to multiple vehicles crashing into the debris and injuring three people, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The incident...

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2025-10-31 15:59:24 -

Virginia Man Surrenders 2 Years After Hit-and-Run That Killed Truck Driver on I-95
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Virginia — Nearly two years after a deadly hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95, 50-year-old James A. Puryear of Kingstowne has surrendered to Virginia State Police in connection with the death of a tractor-trailer driver. The crash occurred around 5:05 a.m. on November 19, 2023, when a 2005 Infiniti G35 sideswiped a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia driven by 31-year-old...

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2021-04-17 17:34:39 -

WATCH: The aftermath of a double hit and run
A trucker captured the aftermath of a major truck parking lot fail in this video. “Oops. Somebody failed at parking 101,” the filming driver exclaims in the clip. “Oh wait, there’s two of them!” he continues. Both trucks appear to have been clipped on the front left, with pieces of the bumpers scattered on the ground. Other truckers chimed in about the incident...

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