FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — A 2006 Kenworth Truck pulling a 53-foot trailer failed to negotiate the curve from from Florida’s Turnpike on to I-595, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The truck collided with the concrete barrier wall and fell off the of the elevated ramp. Investigators say the truck and trailer landed in a grassy area, on its roof,
Read moreTOLEDO, OH (TruckingNewsNow.com) — The limousine driver who died Sunday when he crashed into an SUV in New York, leaving 20 dead, shouldn’t have been behind the wheel. The Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, a national transportation safety organization, says the fact that driver Scott Lisnicchia didn’t have a Commercial Drivers License means that he was risking his life —
Read moreWALLACE, IDAHO (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On October 6th, 2018, at 06:21 am, the Idaho State Police responded to a semi truck crash on I90 at milepost 62, near Wallace, Idaho. Terry Rinkes, 56, of John Day, Oregon, was traveling eastbound in a 2017 International Tractor, pulling a utility trailer when he fell asleep behind the wheel and
Read morePORT ST. LUCIE, FL (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Florida Highway Patrol) — A possible fatal traffic crash occurred on Thursday, October 4, 2018, at approximately 2:30 p.m., at 12701 Glades Cutoff Road, Saint Lucie, County. A dump truck was traveling southeast on the dirt roadway at the entrance of 12701 Glades Cutoff Road, across the railroad tracks. The train was southwest on
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JASPER COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — A multiple semi crash has closed all lanes of south bound I-65 with traffic being diverted at the 215 mile marker (Rensselaer exit). It is expected that this will be closed for another hour or two. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Paul Arnold revealed at approximately 5:03 am, this morning, traffic was
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CLARK COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — Thursday at approximately 5:13 pm, troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg responded to an overturned semi on the interstate ramp from I-265 WB to I-65 SB in Clark County. The preliminary investigation revealed the semi-tractor and trailer loaded with two steel coils was traveling west down the ramp, when
Read moreWILDER, IDAHO (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On Thursday, September 13, 2018, at approximately 2:22 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash on US95 at Jacks Road, three miles north of Wilder in Canyon County. David Austin, 71, of Nampa, was northbound on US95 in a 2014 Volvo semi pulling a single trailer, preparing to make a left
Read moreIDAHO FALLS, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at approximately 9:32 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash on US20 at milepost 383, in Island Park. Shad Swink, 44, of Moab, Utah, had turned onto US20 from a side road and was in the turn lane, attempting to merge into eastbound traffic.
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YAMHILL COUNTY, OR (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Oregon State Police) — On September 7, 2018 at approximately 5:00 P.M. Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to the report of a log truck that had run off the road on Hwy 22 W near mile post 20. Investigation reveals that a 1992 Peterbilt truck, operated by Ronald Lee TAYLOR (81) of La Grande,
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MARSHALL COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — Monday morning, around 9:30 a.m., Indiana State Police investigated a fatal crash between a pickup and a semi that occurred in the northbound driving lane of US 31 just north of 11th Road. Preliminary investigation by Senior Trooper Ben Ennis shows that a white 1995 Kenworth driven by Randall Grabowski, age 49
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