Industry News
Trucking Industry Insiders Back Move to Bring Back English Proficiency Checks
Lax licensing rules are allowing potentially unsafe foreign truckers to legally work America’s highways, industry insiders say.
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.
Trucker with no US CDL Kills 5 In Colorado
“These families have had to deal with the trauma and this devastating loss every single day,” Deputy District Attorney Yvette Guthrie said in a statement. “Absolutely nothing that this defendant did the day of this tragic crash was an accident. This wasn’t road rage; this was traffic terrorism.”
Family of man killed in Highway 285 semi-truck crash near Conifer speaks out
The driver of the semi-truck was charged with one count of careless driving resulting in death and three counts of careless driving resulting in injury.
Ukrainian Driver kills 7 Motorcyclists in Crash
Trucker acquitted in NH crash that killed 7 motorcyclists faces hearing to get his license back