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Arizona Troopers Prepare For Heavy Holiday Enforcement, Will Focus On Commercial Vehicles

PHOENIX, AZ (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Arizona State Police) — Troopers statewide this Memorial Day weekend are targeting impaired drivers, distracted drivers, fatigued drivers, unrestrained occupants and speeders through various focused enforcement operations. Troopers and roadside motorist assistants will also be patrolling for stranded motorists. The goal is to reduce fatality and injury collisions statewide and insure people get to their destinations safely.

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UBER FATAL CRASH: NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On Self-Driving Car

WASHINGTON, DC. (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: NTSB) — The National Transportation Safety Board released Thursday its preliminary report for the ongoing investigation of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian and an Uber Technologies, Inc., test vehicle in Tempe, Arizona. The modified 2017 Volvo XC90, occupied by one vehicle operator and operating with a self-driving system in computer control mode, struck a pedestrian

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Old Dominion Freight To Open Five New Service Centers

THOMASVILLE, NC (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Old Dominion) — Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. will celebrate the opening of five service centers across the United States in the second quarter, punctuating its steady growth strategy to keep pace with ongoing customer demand. New and relocated facilities in Bowling Green, Ky., Casper, Wyo., Lakeland, Fla., Ogden, Utah and Parkersburg, W.Va. expand the less-than-truckload (LTL)

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No Oversize, Overweight Vehicles Permitted On Minnesota Highways This Weekend

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (TruckingNewsNow.com) — If you’re planning to drive your oversized vehicle or overweight load through Minnesota over the Memorial Day weekend, think again. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says that “Oversize/overweight travel is not allowed on all state highways, including interstates, from 2pm on Friday, May 25th through 2am Saturday, May 26th, and from 2pm Sunday, May 27th until

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Mack Truck With 53-Foot Trailer Tips, Blocking Idaho’s US 12

LEWISTON, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) — On May 22nd, 2018, at approximately 1820 hours, a commercial motor vehicle crash occurred on west US 12 near milepost 76.6 in Idaho County, Idaho. The crash occurred in the construction zone just east of Kooskia, Idaho. A 2017 Mack truck tractor driven by Kenneth E. Kazda, 43, of Lewiston, was hauling a 53 foot Western trailer

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Semi With Three Trailers Involved In Idaho Fatal Truck Crash

MALAD, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On Monday, May 21, 2018, at approximately 11:30 A.M., Idaho State Police investigated a fatality crash, southbound Interstate 15 at milepost 3, 10 miles south of Malad. Darrell Oler, 61, of Blackfoot, was driving southbound in a 2011 Ford F350 pickup. Kent Halford, 54, of Idaho Falls, was also driving southbound in

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Florida Truck Crash Sends Man To Hospital

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (TruckingNewsNow.com) — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a serious accident that shut down Florida’s Beeline Highway for several hours Monday night. According to investigators, Pavel Gomez Cruz driving a Freightliner Tractor Trailer was involved in an incident that required him to pull over on the side of the road. Cruz exited the tractor

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Old Dominion Freight Raising Rates

THOMASVILLE, NC (TruckingNewsNow.com) — Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (Nasdaq: ODFL) today announced a general rate increase (GRI) of 4.9% applicable to rates established under the existing ODFL 559, 670, and 550 tariffs effective June 4th, 2018. Todd Polen, Old Dominion’s Vice President of Pricing Services, commented, “At Old Dominion, we are committed to delivering our superior value proposition of

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Two Semis Involved In Major Crash

JEROME, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On Friday, May 18, 2018, at approximately 4:32 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a six-vehicle, injury crash, westbound Interstate 84 near milepost 198 in Jerome County. It involved the following vehicles: A 2007 Peterbilt semi hauling hay, driven by Efrain Orozco Gil, 43, of Eden. A 2012 Dodge Ram pickup, driven by Robert

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