TRUCKING NEWS

Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Finds Five Critical Defects During Level I Inspection — Deflated Suspension, Air Leaks, Separated Reservoir, and Leaking Differential

TENNESSEE — A Tennessee Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Plus East Region Trooper placed a trailer out of service after a Level I inspection uncovered...

Wyoming Deputies Issue Multiple Citations to Semi Truck Driver for Being Nearly 17,000 Pounds Overweight With No Registration, No Authorization, and Multiple Other Violations

LARAMIE COUNTY, WYOMING — A semi truck driver picked up multiple citations Monday morning in Laramie County. Deputies stopped him and found a long...

Lake Charles Police Need Public’s Help Finding Tractor-Trailer With Major Wheel and Equipment Loss, Spotted Near I-10 Bridge Crash Scene

LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA — Lake Charles Police need the public's help. They are trying to identify a tractor-trailer spotted on westbound Interstate 10 near...

Driver Survives After Bucket Truck Goes Over Side of 135-Foot Calcasieu River Bridge While Swerving to Avoid Debris From Previous Crash

LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA — A bucket truck driver walked away uninjured Sunday morning after swerving to avoid debris on the Calcasieu River Bridge and...

20-Year-Old Arrested After 120-MPH Chase Ends in Fiery Crash That Flipped Tractor-Trailer and Trapped Civilian in Burning Car – Driver Says He Flees to...

PARADISE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — A 20-year-old driver fleeing Pennsylvania State Police at more than 120 mph ran a stop sign and slammed into a...

Three Undocumented Immigrants Found Hidden in Tractor-Trailer at Laredo North Checkpoint — U.S. Citizen Truck Driver Faces Human Smuggling Charges

LAREDO, TEXAS — Border Patrol agents stopped a suspected human smuggling attempt at the Laredo North checkpoint after finding three undocumented immigrants hidden inside...

Ohio Owner-Operator Among Three Indicted After Federal Agents Find 8 Kilos of Cocaine Hidden in Peterbilt Truck — Part of $4 Million Drug Ring...

AKRON, OHIO — Federal agents broke up a Northeast Ohio drug trafficking ring that used a Peterbilt semi-truck to move cocaine. Three Akron men...

56-Year-Old Truck Driver Dies After Concrete Truck Veers Off Road and Overturns in Oconee County, South Carolina

SENECA, SOUTH CAROLINA — A concrete truck driver died Monday morning after his vehicle veered off the road and overturned in Oconee County, according...

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...