Industry News
Hageman Wants To Ditch Policy That Keeps Non-English-Speaking Truckers On The Road
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman wants the Dept of Transportation to reconsider a policy that allows non-English-speaking truckers on the road. The policy is a “major safety issue for all drivers,” she said.
Shipper USPS Claiming Government immunity in Crash of Trucker with No US CDL
The June 2022 crash involved an uninsured semi truck with faulty brakes driven by Jesus Puebla, who did not have a valid CDL at the time of the crash.
Trucker With No US CDL Had Been Deported 16 Times Kills Scott Miller
The trucking company who employed a previously deported truck driver recently involved in a fatal wreck in Colorado had a history of ELD violations and hiring unlicensed drivers, investigators found.
Driver on Work Visa was actively watching You Tube when he hit tow truck operator
A truck driver is facing multiple charges after running over a tow truck operator on a Kentucky interstate while watching Youtube.
US indicts Guatemalan man in smuggling attempt that killed 53 migrants
A Guatemalan national was indicted Thursday for a smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants dead.
Trucker on Work Visa and Suspended License Kills Two in Missouri
Prosecutors add new charge for driver in crash that killed two women on I-70. The man charged for the death of two women in a crash on August 5 faced another charge.
Texas CVE officers say they encountered two ‘nightmares on 18 wheels’ this week
The Boyd Police Department (BPD) out of Texas shared an eyebrow-raising account of the violations uncovered during a pair of commercial vehicle traffic stops this week.
“Imminent hazard” driver on drugs indicted on manslaughter and homicide charges
43-year-old Jerry Hernandez was initially charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide for the March crash that killed a preschool student and a motorist, but the grand jury in Bastrop County, Texas added two counts of manslaughter. Hernandez was indicted on Tuesday, August 6th.