Disabled West Springfield trucker hit with lifetime driving ban for latest drunk driving offense
SPRINGFIELD — A disabled former truck driver with one drunk driving conviction pleaded guilty to a second Monday after allegedly passing out behind the wheel on a busy West Springfield street last summer. Hector Mendez, 52, of 1550 Memorial Av…
‘I woke up … burning alive,’ trooper testifies in trucker’s crash trial
Illinois State Police Capt. Patrick Kimes escorts Kim Balder, left, wife of trooper Douglas Balder, from court March 3, 2014.
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OTA releases new shipper survey
TORONTO, Ont. – The OTA has rolled out a new survey called Operation UpGrade that allows drivers and carriers the chance to reveal how shippers and consignees treat truckers during pickups and deliveries. The OTA says the survey will help…
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28 hospitalized including trucker in Oxnard Metrolink train crash, at least 3 critical
The remains of a truck and crossing sign are seen near Fifth and Rice avenues and Rice Avenue in Oxnard on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, after a Metrolink commuter train struck the truck on the tracks. More than two dozen people were injured when a Metrolink…
US truck tonnage sets new record in January
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations’ seasonally-adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index recorded an all-time high in January. US for-hire truck tonnage rose 1.2% in January, posting a 6.6% year-over-year gain, the largest y-o-y gain in more than a year.…
Truck strike enters 7th day, crimps Brazil’s fuel, food supplies
A growing protest by Brazilian truck drivers against high fuel prices entered a seventh day on Tuesday, interrupting supplies of diesel and food across several commodity-rich states at the start of harvest season. The protests are part of a reaction to…