Denver Crash Leaves Four Dead. Speeding Semi Leads To 28 Car Chain Reaction Wreck. DENVER, CO (TruckingNewsNow.com) — A National Trucking Safety Organization is urging trucking companies to ensure their drivers are trained in mountain driving following the Denver truck crash and explosion that left four people dead. Trucking Attorney Michael Leizerman, co-founder of the non-profit Academy of Truck Accident
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CHARLESTON, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) — A two semi crash east bound on the Indiana Toll Road, at the 28.4 mile marker (this is approximately 2 ½ miles west of the Chesterton exit), this evening has traffic down to one lane for clean-up. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Amjad Umrani revealed at approximately 4:45 p.m., this Monday, April 22,
Read moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: FMCSA) — FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 12 individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of
Read moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: DOT) — FMCSA announces its decision to deny the application of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for an exemption from the requirement that its drivers use electronic logging devices (ELDs) to record their hours of service (HOS). FCA requested the exemption for all its operators of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) including engineers, technicians, and other drivers who
Read moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: DOT) — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces its decision to grant SmartDrive System, Inc.’s (SmartDrive) application for a limited 5-year exemption from 49 CFR 393.60(e)(1) to allow an Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) camera to be mounted lower in the windshield than is currently permitted. The Agency has determined that the placement of
Read moreCOEUR D’ALENE, ID (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Idaho State Police) — On April 10, 2019 at approximately 12:22 p.m. an injury semi-truck crash occurred on I90 near milepost 26 on 4th of JulyPass. A red 2017 Volvo Tractor pulling a 2019 Wabash trailer driven by Feliks Giterman, 43, of Brooklyn, NY was travelling westbound on the west side of 4th of July Pass at a high rate
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SPENCER COUNTY, IN (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: Indiana State Police) Indiana State Troopers are investigating a a fatal accident on I-64 west of Ferdinand near the 60 mile-marker. Multiple Indiana State Police Accident Reconstructionists were on scene for over five hours piecing together the events that lead up to this tragedy. Preliminary investigation efforts reveled an eastbound vehicle drove off the north
Read moreLANSING, MI (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: MDot) — Effective Monday, April 8, 2019, at 6 a.m. weight restrictions will be lifted from the southern Michigan border north to I-96 from the interchange with US-31, in the city of Muskegon, Muskegon County, then east on I-96 to I-69 in Clinton County then continuing east on I-69 ending at the Blue Water bridge in the city
Read moreWASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: DOT) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared South Dakota-licensed truck driver Clayton Virgil Hall to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce. Hall was served the federal order on March 27, 2019. In
Read moreStill fewer than 20 attorneys nationwide have achieved distinction WASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) — There are now 18 attorneys board certified in Truck Accident Law, according to the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Board Certification — which has existed for less than a year in the speciality of Truck Accident Law — is designed to separate attorneys who are just good
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