Two leave scene on foot after hitting tractor-trailer on Indiana interstate
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — Two Indiana residents have been arrested after allegedly crashing a car into a tractor-trailer and then leaving the scene on foot.
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Auto transport company owner sentenced for fraud, other charges
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Michael Chaves, 41, owner of Rumford, Rhode Island-based CAT Inc., an auto transport company, was sentenced on March 10 by U.S. District
8,000 gallons of milk spilled in North Dakota semi crash
WING, N.D. — Authorities say a semi-trailer hauling milk crashed in central North Dakota over the weekend and spilled nearly 8,000 gallons of milk. The
Michigan DOT opens temporary M-30 bridge following 500-year flood
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State Highway 30 temporary bridge over the Tobacco River in Gladwin County was opened to traffic March 11 by the
Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday, March 14, pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be
Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska dig out from powerful snowstorm, Iowa reports hazardous conditions
People in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa were digging out Monday, March 15, from a powerful late winter snowstorm that led to airport and road
Governor seeks overhaul of Pennsylvania’s highway funding
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Amid a deepening stalemate over financing highways and public transit, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday, March 12, proposed phasing out Pennsylvania’s
Legislation requiring underride guards proposed again in Senate, trucking groups voice opposition
A bill requiring underride guards on certain new trucks and trailers would bring reassurance to families who have lost loved ones in underride accidents, but
New Love’s brings 115 truck parking spaces to Kansas City, Missouri
OKLAHOMA CITY — With the March 11 opening of a new travel center, Love’s is serving customers in Kansas City, Missouri. The new location, located
Suit seeks to stop $7 billion expansion of Houston area interstate
HOUSTON — A federal lawsuit was filed Thursday, March 11, to stop a massive $7 billion highway widening project in Houston that local officials and
1 killed, 2 injured in I-70 tractor-trailer crash in Indiana
CLAY COUNTY, Ind. — One person was killed and two received non-life-threatening injuries March 10 when two tractor-trailers were involved in a crash on Interstate
FMCSA declares Minnesota trucker an imminent hazard after multiple controlled-substance violations
WASHINGTON — Minnesota-licensed commercial truck driver Jordan Andrew Bane has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal
Seat belt check leads to criminal charges for driver of tractor-trailer
PERU, Ind. — Following a traffic stop earlier this week, an Indiana man has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, according to the Indiana
Washington farm exports hampered by cargo-container shortage
SEATTLE — Farm exporters in Washington state have been left with stockpiles of product and idle trucks as the pandemic has created a shortage of
Wrong-way trucker involved in fatal crash declared imminent hazard by FMCSA
WASHINGTON — An Ohio-licensed commercial driver who caused a fatal head-on collision while traveling the wrong way on a Virginia highway has been declared an
State lawmaker introduces bill calling for halt to PennDOT plan to toll nine bridges
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The chair of Pennsylvania’s Senate Transportation Committee on March 10 said he wants to halt plans to toll nine major bridges on
Border Patrol agents stop human-smuggling attempts using tractor-trailers, apprehend 111 people
LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at the Laredo North Station kicked off the week by stopping three human-smuggling attempts using
Clean fuel proposal gets green light from New Mexico panel
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico legislative panel on March 9 advanced a measure that would set the stage for the creation of a clean
ATA, OOIDA square off in renewed speed-limiter debate
A letter sent March 3 to the new Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg by the American Trucking Associations and Road Safe America has reignited a debate
A voice for drivers, an ear from the FMCSA: Drivers selected for advisory panel share changes they want to see in trucking
WASHINGTON — Some applied because they were recommended. Others applied because they wanted to make a difference in the trucking industry. No matter the reason