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TRUCKING NEWS

Illinois Jury Convicts California Truck Driver Who Said He Had No Idea $10.6 Million in Cocaine Was in His Trailer — Phone Messages Suggested...

MCLEAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS — A McLean County jury convicted a California truck driver Thursday in one of the largest cocaine cases the county has...

Arizona Deploys 50+ Inspectors to I-10 Ehrenberg Port of Entry This Week for “Operation Full House” Targeting Commercial Vehicle Safety

EHRENBERG, ARIZONA — More than 50 commercial vehicle inspectors will descend on the I-10 Ehrenberg Port of Entry this week for "Operation Full House,"...

Indiana Troopers Find 100 Pounds of Meth Worth $500,000 and a Handgun During Routine DOT Inspection on I-70 — California Driver Faces 30 Years...

PUTNAM COUNTY, INDIANA — A routine DOT compliance inspection on Interstate 70 near Cloverdale turned into a drug bust Saturday afternoon. Indiana State Police...

Semi Hauling Train Engine Overturns and Catches Fire on I-44 in Missouri, Killing Passenger — Rubbernecking Drivers Trigger Five Additional Crashes as Traffic Backs...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI — A semi-truck hauling a train engine overturned and caught fire on Interstate 44 in southwest Missouri Sunday afternoon, killing a...

CHP Inspectors Find 3-Inch Hole Eaten Through Fifth Wheel Plate by Corrosion — Truck Placed Out of Service, Coupling Failure Could Be Catastrophic

CORDELIA, CALIFORNIA — A Commercial Vehicle Inspection Specialist at the CHP Cordelia Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility discovered a critical safety defect during a routine...

Both Had Clearance: Air Canada Jet Slams Into Port Authority Fire Truck on LaGuardia Runway, Killing Both Pilots — Controller Says “I Messed Up”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Two pilots died and 41 people went to the hospital after an Air Canada regional jet slammed into a...

Oklahoma Trooper Pulls Over Truck Driver With No CDL — K-9 Unit Finds 20 Pounds of Meth in Duffel Bag in Trailer — Driver...

CUSTER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a red semi-truck in Custer County on March 11, 2026, and discovered the...

Vermont Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Raising Fines From $2,000 to $20,000 for Trucks That Get Stuck in Smuggler’s Notch — Bill Heads to House

MONTPELIER, VERMONT — The Vermont Senate unanimously passed a bill Friday that would multiply fines tenfold for truck drivers who get stuck on the...