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Border Agents Find Nearly $5 Million in Meth Hidden Inside Trailer Wall Carrying ‘Cardboard’ Load During Secondary Inspection at Otay Mesa
OTAY MESA, CALIFORNIA — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly $5 million worth of methamphetamine from a semi-truck trailer this month after...
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Worker Thrown From Boom Truck Bucket at Minnesota Intersection — Was Helping Oversize Load Navigate Under Traffic Light When Boom Moved Suddenly
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MINNESOTA — A boom truck worker was thrown from an elevated bucket Thursday afternoon while helping guide a commercial vehicle carrying an...
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CHP Catches Truck Bypassing Cordelia Scale Facility on Restricted Road — Inspection Finds 24 Violations, 7 Out-of-Service Level, Truck and Trailer Towed
FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA — A truck driver caught traveling on a restricted roadway while apparently trying to bypass the Cordelia Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility received...
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Georgia DOT Advances Plan to Build 41 Miles of Dedicated Truck Lanes on I-75 to Separate Commercial Traffic From Passenger Vehicles — Barrier-Separated, No...
GEORGIA — The Georgia Department of Transportation is moving forward with a plan to construct two dedicated commercial vehicle lanes along 41 miles of...
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Florida Jury Finds Truck Driver and Motorist Each 50% at Fault for U-Turn Crash That Caused Traumatic Brain Injury — Truck Driver Made Illegal...
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA — A Florida jury handed down a roughly $2 million verdict in a 2023 tractor-trailer U-turn crash case but split fault equally...
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Former UPS Worker Steals Delivery Truck, Leads Police on Chase, Barricades Himself Inside Disabled Vehicle for Hours Until SWAT Breaches Rear Door
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA — A man suspected of being a former UPS employee stole a UPS delivery truck in Fremont early Thursday morning, led police...
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Potatoes Spilled Across US-30 in Idaho After Semi Rear-Ends Flatbed Hauling Tractor; Driver Hospitalized
TWIN FALLS COUNTY, IDAHO — A crash between two westbound semi-trucks near Kimberly sent a load of potatoes spilling across the intersection, blocked U.S....
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Semi Impounded in Georgia After Passenger Called 911 Claiming He Was Kidnapped; Investigation Finds He Was Traveling Willingly, Truck Found With Violations
LAVONIA, GEORGIA — A semi-truck was placed out of service and impounded in northeast Georgia after a passenger called 911 claiming he had been...
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California Truck Driver Accused of Stealing Freightliner Told Wyoming Troopers He Was ‘Helping a Friend’ Get Cargo to Chicago — But Was Driving the...
ALBANY COUNTY, WYOMING — A commercial truck driver accused of stealing a 2021 red Freightliner and refrigerated trailer in California told Wyoming Highway Patrol...
