BAKER COUNTY, OR (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Oregon State Police) — Sunday, August 12, at approximately 8p, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a two vehicle crash on I-84 one mile from Baker City near mile post 307. Investigation revealed that a 2016 Ford Van, operated by Stavr Plasari (36) from Glen Ellyn, IL. was westbound on I-84
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MALHEUR COUNTY, OR (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Oregon State Police) — On Saturday, August 11, 2018 at approximately 2:45 PM Oregon State Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a two vehicle head on collision on Hwy 95 near milepost 97. Investigation reveals that a white 2005 Ford Focus, operated by Jaila Aguilera-Pinder (19) from Las Vegas, NV. was northbound on
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CLAY COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — Saturday morning, July 28 at approximately 3:03, Indiana State Police responded to the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 24 mile marker for a truck crash. Preliminary investigation revealed an unknown passenger car allegedly veered erratically into the driving lane, forcing the driver of a Budget Rental Truck to travel off
Read moreLAS VEGAS, NV (TruckingNewsNow.com) — Trucking safety advocates are calling on truck drivers and trucking companies to ensure that sleepy drivers are not behind the wheel following a deadly crash near Las Vegas. Two men were killed in a Toyota Corolla when the car was struck by a semi-truck driver who police say admitted to “drowsy driving.” Michael Leizerman, a
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CLARK COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — Troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg responded to a crash Monday evening involving a semi-tractor and trailer on Interstate #65 South at the 19 Mile Marker, (closest town Henryville). When officers arrived they found the semi-tractor and trailer fully engulfed in fire with the driver trapped inside. The
Read moreUPDATE (4:44pm Monday, July 16, 2018). The victim has died. BOYNTON BEACH, FL (TruckingNewsNow.com) — Boynton Beach Police are investigating after a Publix semi-tractor trailer ran over a pedestrian just before 9 a.m. in the 2200 block of North Seacrest Boulevard. Investigation has determined that the Publix truck was traveling northbound in the right lane and stopped in front of 2220
Read moreCALDWELL, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On Thursday, July 12, 2018, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle crash eastbound I84 at milepost 31, in Caldwell. Stephen Coombe, 65, of Waterford, Ontario was driving a 2015 Freightliner semi pulling two trailers when the vehicle veered off the right shoulder and overturned. Coombe was wearing a
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LAKE COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — A semi driver went off the roadway for unknown reasons hitting the concrete barrier wall which caused a huge traffic back-up. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Timothy Borsa revealed at approximately 1:40 a.m., Monday, July 9, 2018, morning a 2012 Volvo pulling a rail container, owned by J & G Freight, Incorporated out
Read moreHYATTSTOWN, MD (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Maryland State Police) — Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a tractor-trailer driver that occurred this morning in Montgomery County. At approximately 11:30 a.m. this morning, a trooper with the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division at the Hyattstown weigh station placed the victim’s tractor-trailer out of service for brake violations. The vehicle was placed in the
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PARKE COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — Friday morning at 09:29, Indiana State Police and Parke County emergency agencies responded to a tractor-trailer crash on State Road 59 just south of County Road 720 South. Preliminary investigation revealed a Freightliner tractor pulling an empty box trailer, driven by 69-year-old Donald E. Stevenson of Reelsville, IN., was southbound on SR
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