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Truck driver Marc Simard and his employer Drive Logistics have been sued for wrongful death after a tractor trailer accident involving a dropped mobile phone and a woman (who goes by T.A.R. in the lawsuit) who had stopped and gotten out of her vehicle to help another...
The Huffington Post reports that "multiple" passengers were hurt when a bus and a FedEx truck hit each other - apparently the FedEx driver was in a hurry because he ran a red light and caused the truck wreck. There were more than 20 people who were injured in this...
As Elizabeth Ames Jones writes for the San Antonio Express-News, the Eagle Ford Shale natural gas deposits - where much hydrofracking and oil drilling takes place - is a veritable "economic treasure," a place that accounts for a full six percent of gross product for...
In the commercial trucking business, truck drivers must keep records of their driving activity - how long they've been behind the wheel. The rules are known as "hours-of-service," and truckers aren't supposed to drive longer than they're allowed; the hours-of-service...
"He was a great kid with high energy and a lot of confidence, and performed well for us after signing," says Bobby Heck, assistant general manager for the Houston Astros. In the Washington Post, Heck says, "This is a huge loss for everyone that knew him." Heck is...
Apparently, 45 barrels of hot oil, the Eagle Ford shale, and trucks are a bad combination. When the driver brought his truck into the well, the hot oil on his truck caught fire, exploded, and injured both the driver and another worker. Investigators are looking into...
For more than a year, the trucking industry has been anticipating the launch of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA). The goal of this new national safety initiative for commercial motor vehicles is to...
As the Houston Chronicle reports, truck driver Kenneth Laymon, 45, went across the center median and hit a van full of 10 people, on their way to a wedding, killing all of them. Laymon also died as a result of the big rig crash. The cause? Laymon had just made a phone...
Before the pilot program being pushed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can become a reality - the one that would allow big rigs from Mexico to operate on U.S. roadways - the Department of Transportation wants the FMCSA to do more work. This work...
It's not often that motorcyclists survive when hit by trucks. According to Luis Arevalo, the president of the International Association of Firefighters, the motorcyclist was hit when a speeding truck driver cut across multiple lanes of traffic, completely failing to...
