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2024-04-20 09:30:38 -

$1.7 million awarded to man who says truck driver’s train horn caused hearing loss
A 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....

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2024-04-18 09:42:55 -

$19K fine issued for overweight violation, truck driver arrested hours later for defying out-of-service order
Police in Oregon issued a large fine for an overweight violation and then arrested a truck driver two hours later for operating while out-of-service, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO). The incident began shortly before 7 a.m. on April 10 when WCSO deputies pulled over a tractor trailer on NW Jackson School Road in Washington County, Oregon....

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2025-04-24 13:51:18 -

$500K Bond Set for Truck Driver Accused of Texting During Fatal Crash in San Benito
SAN BENITO, Texas — Bond has been set at $500,000 for a tractor-trailer driver accused of texting while driving during a fatal crash in San Benito, according to Cameron County jail records. Fernando Gonzalez Altamirano, 39, a Mexican national, was arraigned on a charge of criminally negligent homicide following the Saturday crash that claimed the life of 70-year-old Lorenzo Guajardo, of...

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2022-07-27 00:20:58 -

“Out of practice” truck driver found guilty of smuggling 110 migrants
A Mexican truck driver has admitted to transporting more than 100 undocumented migrants inside of his trailer back in May. 36-year-old Marthin Rueda Alcorta guilty plea was announced on July 25th. The US Department of Justice reports that Alcorta drove erratically through an inspection lane at a Border Patrol checkpoint north of Laredo, Texas and nearly struck a...

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2022-05-20 23:39:52 -

‘Brave’ Good Samaritans rescue driver from burning dump truck
Several 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...

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2024-04-16 11:21:07 -

2nd lawsuit brought against concrete truck driver in fatal bus crash
Six families involved in lawsuit brought against concrete truck driver following fatal school bus crash in Texas several weeks ago. The accident occurred in Bastrop County, Texas in March, and led to the deaths of 5-year-old Ulises Rodriguez Montoya and 33-year-old Ryan Wallace. 42-year-old Jerry Hernandez, the driver of the concrete truck, has been charged with...

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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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2024-01-19 14:14:42 -

90-year-old mechanic shop forced to close after “inattentive” truck driver plows through it
90-year-old mechanic shop forced to close after a semi truck plowed through the building, knocking over walls and damaging vehicles. On January 10th, Richard Binder was working at Cal & Gus Motors in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, just as he has been doing since 1970, when he heard a sound “like a plow dropped.” “And all of a sudden, the truck just started to...

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2022-06-06 21:50:55 -

A Truck Driver’s Bill of Rights
Long gone are the days of Wild West trucking, where truck drivers were able to just do their work, unhindered by regulations and restrictions. The government has lost sight of the value truck drivers bring to America. Instead of supporting the backbone of America, they’ve crippled truck drivers with regulations and have treated modern day truck drivers like criminals. Even the agencies...

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2022-06-01 22:32:17 -

Arizona Walmart closed until further notice after truck driver ‘intentionally’ crashes into store
A truck driver was arrested early Wednesday morning after crashing into a Walmart store in Arizona, according to local police. Police responded to a Walmart located at 100 W. White Park Drive in Nogales, Arizona, at 3:20 a.m. on June 1 in reference to a “semi-truck that intentionally collided into the front of the Walmart.” No injuries were reported. The...

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2024-04-15 16:23:30 -

$12k in stolen pork marks 37th Philly cargo theft this year
Twelve thousand dollars worth of pork was stolen from the back of a semi truck on Wednesday in the 37th Philly cargo theft in 2024. The theft occurred on Wednesday, April 10th along Charter Road in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to 6 ABC, the truck driver was asleep in his cab when he felt the trailer shaking as the thieves stole his cargo of pork. The...

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2025-03-22 01:42:45 -

$150 Million in Lawsuits Filed Over Fatal I-35 Crash in Austin That Killed 5 and Injured Dozens
Two major lawsuits, including one seeking over $100 million in damages, have been filed in connection to a deadly 18-vehicle crash on Interstate 35 in North Austin that killed five people and left at least a dozen others injured. One of the lawsuits was filed by Nathan Jonard, a survivor of the March 13 crash, who alleges that driver negligence and corporate irresponsibility led to the massive...

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2024-04-15 10:38:09 -

$1M in stolen semi trucks still missing one month later
Over $1 million worth of stolen semi trucks are still missing from a trucking company nearly a month after the crime occurred. The theft happened on March 14th at around 9 p.m. in Puslinch, Ontario, Canada. According to Guelph Today, five white Volvo tractor trailers ranging from 2019 to 2022 were stolen from a trucking yard near Highway 401. ...

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2024-04-07 16:40:52 -

$1M lawsuit filed by teacher in recent school bus crash
$1M lawsuit filed by teacher seriously injured in school bus crash with concrete truck in Texas late last month. The accident claimed the life of a 5-year-old on the bus and an adult in a car behind the bus. Since the crash, the concrete truck driver, 42-year-old Jerry Hernandez, has admitted to consuming illicit substances and getting very little sleep prior...

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2024-04-16 11:16:25 -

$2 million bond set for driver in “intentional” Texas DPS crash
A $2 million bond has been set for the man responsible for the “intentional” Texas DPS crash in Brenham on Friday. The “intentional” Texas DPS crash occurred at around 11 a.m. on Friday, April 12th at the Texas Department of Public Safety in Brenham, Texas. 42-year-old Clenard Parker had been at the office the day prior attempting to...

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2024-03-18 14:33:19 -

$8.4 million worth of meth seized from truckload of celery, broccoli, & cauliflower
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized $8.4 million worth of meth from a commercial shipment of vegetables. The drug seizure took place on Tuesday, March 12 at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas. A 2021 Volvo tractor and trailer approached the facility with a shipment manifested as celery, broccoli, and cauliflower. The Volvo was...

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2024-04-11 16:37:02 -

$888K in cocaine seized from tractor trailer in Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a large amount of cocaine from a tractor trailer at a Texas border crossing. The drug seizure took place on Monday, April 8, at the Rio Grande City Port of Entry located in Rio Grande City, Texas. CBP officers referred a tractor hauling an empty trailer for a secondary inspection. Following an inspection using CBP canine...

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