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Operator hits overhead door while exiting — could trucker have prevented it?
After truck operator John Doe pulled the loading dock at a grocery store, a staff member of the facility lowered the dock’s overhead door, which Doe hit on his way out. Could he have prevented the accident?
January 2, 2015
Business
Research identifies large truck rollover locations
ATRI released findings from the first part of a three-part effort looking to mitigate costly large truck rollovers.
May 10, 2012
Business
Driver gets 18 months for falsified logbook
A federal judge has sentenced a Philadelphia trucker to 18 months in prison for falsifying his logbook in connection to vehicular homicide.
May 9, 2012
Channel 19
Divine intervention at its best: A truck accident in Guam
What happens when a loaded straight dump loses its brakes on a downhill run and collides head-on with a tanker truck loaded with jet fuel? Not what you might expect. Reporter Brett Kelman, writing in the Pacific Daily News, reports that Guam Governor Eddie Calvo (pictured) was proclaiming the relatively ho-hum aftermath, with mostly minor […]
January 23, 2012
Channel 19
Veteran long-hauler uninjured in run-in with 2009 Heisman winner
Lee Roop of the Hunstville (Ala.) Times yesterday reported, fortunately, that long-haul driver Paul Clewis was uninjured and will drive out the remainder of the 2011 season after an attempted right-side pass resulted in disaster for 2009 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram’s four-door Infiniti — and Clewis’ tractor’s front end. Clewis wasn’t aware an incoming […]
July 23, 2011
Channel 19
Inbound/outbound: Trucking news Monday
Strange days on the road A New Jersey-based driver last Thursday jackknifed his rig under murky circumstances on I-805 during rush hour in San Diego, Calif. He then exited the cab, laid down on pavement just next to the center highway divider and, when police arrived, asked to speak to President Obama, reported Hailey Persinger […]
March 7, 2011
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