$4.5M award to Amtrak upheld in deadly Nevada truck crash
A federal judge has refused to grant a new trial for a Nevada trucking company ordered to pay more than $4.5 million in damages to Amtrak after a truck slammed into a passenger train at a rural highway crossing in 2011, killing six people. A U.S. Distr…
Fleet Fined for Firing Driver Who Voiced Safety Concerns
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Brindi Trailer Sales and Services for illegally terminating a driver who brought up safety concerns about his truck. Shortly after being hired by Brindi in 2011, the driver began notifying the…
MacKay President Says Distribution is Biggest Change in Aftermarket
Stu MacKay, president of MacKay & Company, took time during the recent Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue to compare today’s aftermarket to that of 1956. What a difference 60 years make.
Researchers to Develop Low-NOx NG Engines for California
A pair of private research organizations will develop natural gas engines as viable, fuel-efficient and less polluting alternatives to diesels for use in California. UK-based Ricardo Inc. says it will partner with the Gas Technology Institute to design…
Strangers band together, form human chain to save truck driver teetering over PA Turnpike hillside
Arlyn Satanek was driving on the Turnpike during the weekend snowstorm when he saw this tractor-trailer dangling off the road. Locked arm and arm with each other, complete strangers saved the life of a driver whose tractor-trailer lost control during t…
Strangers band together, form human chain to save truck driver teetering over PA Turnpike hillside
Locked arm and arm with each other, complete strangers saved the life of a driver whose tractor-trailer lost control during the weekend snowstorm and was teetering over the edge of a hillside. BRENNAN TELLS US, HE’S JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE, RIGHT? REPOR…
Someone Shot Out a Trucker’s Tire on I-205 Last Night
Portland police are reporting a gunman in a “newer black SUV with tinted windows” pulled up alongside a semi truck on southbound I-205 near Division early this morning, and shot one of its tires out. That’s it, really.
UK-bound migrant ‘SHOT by suspected people smugglers at notorious camp’
“Three migrants were badly wounded in all, including one by a bullet,” said a local police source. “It is thought that people smugglers were involved in the violence.”
Dyer Brook trucker injured when rig carrying logs overturns
A truck driver was injured Monday night when a rig carrying logs overturned on a logging road, according to state police. Kerry Hardy, 62, of Dyer Brook was traveling west on the private road when the rear of his trailer went off the side of the road, …
Rogue tow-truckers a threat to cops’ security
Metro police officers are renting handheld service radios to tow-truck drivers to help them get to accident scenes faster, says mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith. This after the arrest of a vehicle-towing company owner in Blackh…