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Iowa Farmers Load 11 Tractor-Trailers With 350 Bales of Hay and Drive Seven Hours to Help Nebraska Ranchers After Historic Wildfires Destroy Feed Supplies
WASHTA, IOWA — Eleven tractor-trailers carrying 350 bales of hay left Washta, Iowa Wednesday morning, headed to ranchers in Nebraska whose feed supplies were...
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UPDATE: OHP Finds Truck Believed to Have Shed Debris That Led to Deaths of Trooper, Mother, and 4-Year-Old on I-35 — Driver Now Cooperating...
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has located the commercial truck believed to be connected to the chain of events that killed...
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California Inspectors Find Entire Brake Chamber Missing and Zip Ties Used in Place of Brake Components — Trailer Immediately Placed Out of Service
DESERT HILLS, CALIFORNIA — Inspectors at the CHP Desert Hills Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility discovered a trailer missing its entire brake chamber and several...
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Hazmat Responds After Tractor-Trailer Clips Power Line in Phelps, New York, Knocking Down Telephone Pole and Causing Transformer Fluid to Leak Onto Truck
PHELPS, NEW YORK — A tractor-trailer clipped a power line on Waddell Road in Phelps, bringing down a telephone pole and causing fluid from...
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NTSB Says Tanker Driver Reported Leak to His Company 20 Minutes Before Chemical Tank Explosion That Killed Him
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — A tanker truck driver reported a leak on his vehicle to his company approximately 20 minutes before the truck exploded...
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Multiple 911 Calls After Tractor-Trailer Swerves Across I-75 Lanes in Florida — Driver Who Doesn’t Speak English Admits to Drinking BuzzBallz, Can Found With...
SUMTER COUNTY, FLORIDA — A non-English speaking truck driver from New York is facing a DUI charge after multiple motorists reported seeing his tractor-trailer...
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Dump Truck Driver Leads Multi-Agency Chase Across Two Counties Before Crashing Into Onondaga Lake — Tried to Strike Police Cars Along the Way
SALINA, NEW YORK — A single-axle dump truck driver led police on a two-county chase Thursday afternoon before crashing into Onondaga Lake, ending a...
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Trailer Catches Fire After ABS Issues and Tire Blowout Near Silver Lake, Indiana; 200,000 Eggs Lost in Fire; Driver Detaches Cab Before Flames Spread
SILVER LAKE, INDIANA — More than 200,000 eggs were destroyed Wednesday afternoon after the trailer of a Happy Eggs semi-tractor-trailer caught fire on CR...