Derailed Train Nuked Ohio Town
Derailed train nuked Ohio town East Palestine Ohio nuked by train derailment causing chemical spill and dark plume descend on town and wildlife About 50 cars, including 10 carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a...
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Fuel Spill Causes Evacuation in PA
Fuel spill causes evacuation in PA in the city of Bethlehem. 100’s of residents were evacuated from their homes today after 6,000 of gallons of fuel spilled out of an overturned tanker truck near Paul Avenue and West Union Boulevard on the city’s west side.
Feds Reviewing Autonomous Truck Mishap
Feds reviewing autonomous truck mishap as an incident where a TuSimple truck made contact with a concrete medium divider simply a human error, or something that speaks to a potential larger issue with the...
Scientists Developing Rollover Solution
A team of trucking outsiders is working on a fifth-wheel solution to reduce the death and injuries caused by Class 8 truck and trailer rollovers on U.S. highways.
3 Enter Pleas In Trucking Scam
Three more participants in a Louisiana insurance ring, dubbed Operation Sideswipe — that targeted heavy-duty commercial trucks — pleaded guilty in June, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. One of the three is an…
NTSB Issues “Most Wanted” List
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ’s latest “Most Wanted List” of the top 10 transportation safety improvements highlight several highway and driver-related safety recommendations, including a recommendation to require collision-avoidance technologies on all vehicles…
Feds Charge 11 With Staging Crashes
Feds Charge 11 with staging crashes following a widespread investigation into staged crashes targeting truckers and their insurance companies. In late August, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana announced that 11 people had…
Judge Rules FTS Intl Will Get New Trial
An appeals court has ordered a new trial in a 2018 “nuclear verdict” case that was believed to be the largest trucking verdict in the country’s history, saying the award was excessive. In 2013, a…
Hazmat Haulers Insurance Critical
Several homes were evacuated earlier this year after a semi-truck tanker overturned near Williamsburg, Ky.,and leaked 5,000 gallons of highly flammable butyl acrylate onto the railroad tracks below. Several agencies responded to the incident, including…
Truck Driver Wins Suit Against His Boss
A truck driver who fell asleep and was injured while driving along Interstate 59 in Alabama in 2015 was awarded $80 million by a Texas jury after suing his bosses for forcing him to falsify…
