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CDLLife | Trucking
16h ago
One person died in an incident at a garbage truck business in Easley, South Carolina early on Monday morning.
The accident happened at around 10 a.m. on March 18th at NuLife Municipal Truck Center in Easley, South Carolina.
According to Fox Carolina, both the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the Pickens County Coroner’s Office were called to the business due to a death at the location. The incident has since been deemed an accidental workplace accident.
Investigators do not believe that the death is suspicious or that any foul play was involved.
No further informati ..read more
CDLLife | Trucking
19h ago
A truck driver helped two inmates in the smuggling of meth into jail, leading to the arrest of four men, police say.
The meth was found inside of a cell at Gwinnett County Jail near Lawrenceville, Georgia on January 17th, which launched an investigation into the incident.
According to WSBTV 2, inmates David Isaias Wilson, and Salathiel McKinney arranged the delivery of the meth with the help of outside sources, including truck driver Willis McFadden and a man named Dante Thompson. McFadden allegedly handed meth directly to an inmate, and Thompson allegedly helped in the delivery ..read more
CDLLife | Trucking
19h ago
Police are asking the public for help in locating a missing trucker whose semi truck was found abandoned at a Tennessee truck stop.
Twenty-seven year old Alabama-based truck driver Jalen Allen has been missing since February 29, 2024, according to information shared by the Marion County Sheriff’s Department.
Allen worked for Western Express. The company was contacted February 29 for a report that one of their trucks had been abandoned at a Pilot truck stop in Monteagle, Tennessee. The company reportedly picked up the abandoned truck but there has been no sign of Allen since.
Allen reportedly ..read more
CDLLife | Trucking
19h ago
An oblivious truck driver accidentally forces a construction worker to get in a little workout in this concerning video.
In the clip, a construction worker is holding a stop sign to halt traffic in a construction zone, which is filmed by the dash cam of a semi truck at the front of the line of traffic.
Suddenly, the construction worker looks concerned and starts to hustle away, shuffling across the road – and that’s when a semi truck sideswipes the filming truck driver and smacks right into the stop sign that the worker was manning.
It’s not completely clear what happened he ..read more
CDLLife | Trucking
19h ago
Shipping container falls off semi truck and injures two as it travels through Chicago on Sunday afternoon.
The incident happened on March 17th on the eastbound Kennedy Expressway in Chicago just before 3 p.m.
According to WGN TV, the shipping container fell off the semi truck as it was moving along the Expressway. As it fell, it struck a nearby car, injuring two people inside.
Two people were transported to the hospital with non life threatening injuries as a result of the incident
The eastbound lane of the expressway was shut down for a couple of hours while crews wor ..read more
CDLLife | Trucking
23h ago
The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) is warning drivers to use extra caution after a turkey strike sent a semi truck driver to the hospital last week.
The incident took place on March 13, 2024, in Jasper County, Missouri.
According to local outlet KOAM, a semi truck traveling on eastbound I-44 at mile marker 29 struck a turkey.
The bird went directly through the windshield, striking Texas-based truck driver Kevin Battaglia, 63.
The semi truck crashed off of the interstate into the median, striking a cable barrier.
Battaglia was transported to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries ..read more
CDLLife | Trucking
23h ago
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CDLLife | Trucking
4d ago
Engine maker Cummins Inc. has agreed to pay a settlement to California authorities to resolve accusations of violations of the state’s emissions control and certification requirements.
On March 15, California Air Resources Board (CARB) and California Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Cummins had agreed to a $46 million settlement for emissions violations.
CARB says that Cummins “made undisclosed changes to approximately 120,000 engines in California after CARB had certified the engines for sale.”
Officials also say say that “2,000 Cummins engines had undisclosed auxiliary emissi ..read more
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4d ago
Popular travel station chain Buc-ee’s is opening the company’s first-ever store in Colorado next week.
On Monday, March 18, Buc-ee’s will celebrate the grand opening of a new 74,000 square feet location in Johnstown, Colorado.
The Johnstown store will be about the same size as the Sevierville, Tennessee, Buc-ee’s that was named the largest gas station in the world when it opened in June 2023.
The new Buc-ee’s is located at 5201 Nugget Road off of I-25 and CR 48.
While there will be no truck parking or trucker-friendly amenities, the store will feature 116 fueling stations and 12 electric ..read more
CDLLife | Trucking
4d ago
Man’s body left on median for four days after highway hit and run accident with semi truck in Pennsylvania, police say.
The accident happened on Saturday morning, March 9th, but Devin Habib’s body was not found until Tuesday night, March 12th on Interstate 80 near New Castle, Pennsylvania.
According to WKBN, Habib got into an argument with the mother of one of his four children, causing her to drop him off on I-80 and even throw his belongings out of the car. The woman then called some family members to let them know she had left him there. Several days later, the family had still ..read more