A woman died on Jan. 6 in a crash with a tractor trailer in Cambridge, Vermont.
According to Vermont State Police, the 61 year old woman was a passenger in a 2005 Toyota Highlander driven by a 43 year old woman who suffered a broken leg in the...
Truck Driver May Face Trial for DUI Crash in Pennsylvania
A truck driver from New England who was driving in Indiana, Pennsylvania on November 13 admitted he had smoked marijuana and taken heroin before a crash with several vehicles on Route 22.
The truck driver appeared in court on Jan. 5, and did...
FMCSA To Conduct Study on Truck Drivers’ Commuting Habits
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or FMCSA announced in early 2018 that it will survey tractor trailer drivers about how long they spend commuting to and from work in their personal vehicles or in their rig off the clock to...
FMCSA Orders 3 Truckers Off US Interstates
Federal authorities in December ordered three commercial truck drivers and one trucking company off US interstates. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) called the truckers and trucking company 'an imminent hazard to public...
I-81 in Pennsylvania May Add New Median Safety Features
The year 2018 will see design work underway on part of I-81 in Pennsylvania in the Carlisle area that could include new median barriers to prevent crossover accidents, such as a serious tractor trailer crash that occurred in 2017.
The...
2 Big Rig Drivers Die in Head-On Crash in Kansas
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Dec. 29 that two tractor trailer drivers died in a head-on wreck in southeast Kansas.
The police reported the accident happened in the early hours of Dec. 28 west of Severy, Kansas. They stated that a truck...