FAYETTE COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — Monday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. the driver of a propane truck received serious injuries after he drove off the roadway to avoid a head-on collision with a red SUV that was passing another vehicle in a no passing zone going up a hill. Vernon Lee Brown, age 60 of Connersville, was north
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LAKE COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — A church school bus caught fire, early this morning, causing all the occupants to flee from the bus. Preliminary investigation by Trooper William Stancy revealed at approximately 12:54 a.m., this morning, Saturday, June 30th, 2018, blue 2000 Champion school bus, owned by Herscher Christian Church, Herscher, Illinois, and driven by Sue A.
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WAYNE COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — Troopers Friday morning responded to report of a semi on its side on the west bound I-70 ramp to US 35 South. Troopers arrived to find a 2011 Volvo semi pulling a box trailer off the roadway flipped onto it’s drivers side. The preliminary investigation by Trooper Scott McPheeters indicated that
Read moreLEWISTON, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On June 28th, 2018 at approximately 08:11 a.m. a non-injury crash occurred on US Highway 95 at milepost 315, Lewiston, Idaho. A 2013 Mack semi-truck pulling a single trailer driven by Michael L. Mindus, 42, of Moses Lake, Washington was traveling southbound when he failed to slow down in time and rear
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LOWELL, IN (TruckinNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — On Saturday June 23, at approximately 10:00 p.m., a semi tractor-trailer was southbound on I-65 at the 240 mile marker. This is at the Lowell exit and also in the construction zone. Preliminary investigation by Troopers Zach Beaver and Kurtis Jones shows that a 2013 Freightliner, owned by Eagle Expressways Inc., left
Read moreEDEN, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On June 18, 2018, at 11:49 a.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a fatal crash on East 1010 S, south of Eden, ID. Kellie Barker, age 57, of Kingman, AZ, was westbound on 1010 South, south of I84, in a semi truck and trailer. Barker stopped in the lane of travel and
Read moreSOMERSET COUNTY, MD (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Maryland State Police) — The investigation continues into a fatal crash involving a box truck in Somerset County, Maryland. The Monday crash occurred at N/B Rt. 13 and Peach Orchard Rd, Somerset County, MD. Upon Troopers arrival they located a single vehicle, box-truck that drove off the roadway and struck several trees. The box-truck was fully engulfed in
Read moreMILTON, LA (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Louisiana State Police) — Shortly before 3:30 pm on June 14, 2018, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two vehicle serious injury crash that occurred on LA Hwy 92 near Mermentau Rd. in Lafayette Parish. The crash took the life of 20-year-old Jessie R. Bourque of Duson. The initial investigation by State Police
Read moreCATALDO, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On June 14, 2018, just after midnight, the Idaho State Police investigated an injury crash near Cataldo, Idaho. Melissa K. Matuu, 29 year old female of Cheyenne, Wyoming was traveling westbound I90 near milepost 36 in a white 2014 Toyota Tundra when an elk crossed into the path of the vehicle and
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PUTNAM COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — At approximately 8:00 Saturday evening, Indiana State Police and Putnam County emergency agencies responded to a multi-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 46 mile marker. Three occupants were sent to area hospitals. Preliminary investigation indicates a tractor-trailer driven by Harpeet Singh, age 25 of Canada, began to
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