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Watermelon Tractor-Trailer Merges From Emergency Lane Into I-77 Traffic, Strikes Mulch Truck and Causes It to Flip and Burn — Driver Hospitalized

May 17, 2026

RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA — A tractor-trailer hauling watermelons pulled out of the emergency lane and into northbound I-77 traffic Sunday morning, striking another tractor-trailer carrying mulch, flipping it and setting it ablaze in a fiery crash that shut...

Train Enthusiast Was Recording Trains When Norfolk Southern Train Split Septic Truck in Half at Unguarded Virginia Crossing — Sewage Sprayed Everywhere; Driver Had...

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Deputies Chase Stolen Hot Pink Moving Truck From New Jersey Down I-95 Into Baltimore — Driver Caught at Gas Station With One Tire Shredded...

May 17, 2026

Kentucky State Police Need Help Finding New York Truck Driver Indicted for Killing Grandmother and Two Grandchildren After Semi Failed to Slow for I-24...

May 17, 2026

Semi-Truck Clocked at 105 MPH While Passing Iowa State Trooper — Driver Says ‘My Bad’ When Stopped

May 16, 2026

Canadian Truck Driver Cited After Falling Asleep on I-90 and Drifting 300 Feet Along Guardrail Before Tipping Over; Had Been Driving Since 2 a.m.

May 16, 2026

Illinois Firefighters Use Water to Disperse Bees After Truck Driver Trapped Outside His Cab by Bee Swarm at Flying J Truck Stop

May 16, 2026

Michigan Trucking Giant Central Transport Settles for $5.5 Million After EEOC Finds It Refused to Hire Female Truck Drivers for at Least Ten Years...

May 16, 2026

Colorado State Patrol Issues 2,400+ Citations to Commercial Drivers for Failing to Carry Chains This Season — 317 Drivers Caught Bypassing Checkpoints, Enforcement Continues...

May 16, 2026

Watermelon Tractor-Trailer Merges From Emergency Lane Into I-77 Traffic, Strikes Mulch Truck and Causes It to Flip and Burn — Driver Hospitalized

Train Enthusiast Was Recording Trains When Norfolk Southern Train Split Septic Truck in Half at Unguarded Virginia Crossing — Sewage Sprayed Everywhere; Driver Had...

Deputies Chase Stolen Hot Pink Moving Truck From New Jersey Down I-95 Into Baltimore — Driver Caught at Gas Station With One Tire Shredded...

Kentucky State Police Need Help Finding New York Truck Driver Indicted for Killing Grandmother and Two Grandchildren After Semi Failed to Slow for I-24...

Semi-Truck Clocked at 105 MPH While Passing Iowa State Trooper — Driver Says ‘My Bad’ When Stopped

Canadian Truck Driver Cited After Falling Asleep on I-90 and Drifting 300 Feet Along Guardrail Before Tipping Over; Had Been Driving Since 2 a.m.

Illinois Firefighters Use Water to Disperse Bees After Truck Driver Trapped Outside His Cab by Bee Swarm at Flying J Truck Stop

Michigan Trucking Giant Central Transport Settles for $5.5 Million After EEOC Finds It Refused to Hire Female Truck Drivers for at Least Ten Years...

Colorado State Patrol Issues 2,400+ Citations to Commercial Drivers for Failing to Carry Chains This Season — 317 Drivers Caught Bypassing Checkpoints, Enforcement Continues...

Train Enthusiast Was Recording Trains When Norfolk Southern Train Split Septic Truck in Half at Unguarded Virginia Crossing — Sewage Sprayed Everywhere; Driver Had...

Deputies Chase Stolen Hot Pink Moving Truck From New Jersey Down I-95 Into Baltimore — Driver Caught at Gas Station With One Tire Shredded...

Kentucky State Police Need Help Finding New York Truck Driver Indicted for Killing Grandmother and Two Grandchildren After Semi Failed to Slow for I-24...

Semi-Truck Clocked at 105 MPH While Passing Iowa State Trooper — Driver Says ‘My Bad’ When Stopped

Canadian Truck Driver Cited After Falling Asleep on I-90 and Drifting 300 Feet Along Guardrail Before Tipping Over; Had Been Driving Since 2 a.m.

Train Enthusiast Was Recording Trains When Norfolk Southern Train Split Septic Truck in Half at Unguarded Virginia Crossing — Sewage Sprayed Everywhere; Driver Had...

Ohio Truck Driver Arrested for OVI on I-71 After Concerned Citizen Reports Dangerous Driving — Trooper Finds Open Trailer Door and Smell of Alcohol

Wisconsin Trucking Company Faced $46,000 Tow Bill After Chicago Bridge Strike — Tow Company Wouldn’t Negotiate Until a News Crew Showed Up, Then Dropped...

Nashville Police Find Bloodied Man on Top of Semi at Gas Station — Had Broken Into Construction Business, Barricaded Himself in Manager’s Office, and...

Truck Driver in Fatal I-71 Crash Had Brake Violation Just Weeks Before He Killed Family of Three

Semi Driver Who Died in Cincinnati’s Fiery I-71 Crash Identified as Marvin ‘Big Marv’ Poole, Father of Five — Good Samaritans Fought Desperately to...

Tire Detaches From Northbound Semi-Truck, Crosses I-5 Median and Strikes Southbound Minivan Head-On; Driver Injured

Kentucky State Police Need Help Finding New York Truck Driver Indicted for Killing Grandmother and Two Grandchildren After Semi Failed to Slow for I-24...

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22 Cattle Killed, 19 Survivors Moved to Corral After Nebraska Coal Train Strikes Cattle Trailer at Unguarded Crossing — Driver Did Not See Train...

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Tennessee Trooper Stops Truck for Inoperative Taillights — Finds Bald Steer Tires, Missing Fuel Cap, Inoperative ID Lamps, and Driver With No Valid License

Watermelon Tractor-Trailer Merges From Emergency Lane Into I-77 Traffic, Strikes Mulch Truck and Causes It to Flip and Burn — Driver Hospitalized

Train Enthusiast Was Recording Trains When Norfolk Southern Train Split Septic Truck in Half at Unguarded Virginia Crossing — Sewage Sprayed Everywhere; Driver Had...