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Kentucky-licensed trucker shut down following accident caused by drug overdose
According to FMCSA, Kinmon was driving west on I-74 in Ohio on Aug. 18 when his truck slowed down to a stop and began rolling backwards. The truck rolled into adjacent travel lanes, jackknifed and hit a guardrail before coming to a stop with the trailer blocking the westbound lanes.
December 8, 2017
Business
FMCSA orders shutdown of one-truck fleet, two drivers
A one-truck fleet and its driver based in Washington state and a California-licensed trucker have been effectively shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in separate shut down orders.
December 7, 2017
Business
Driver shut down by FMCSA after fatal crash, investigation
Earnest Paul Biddwell was driving on Tennessee State Route 305 on Aug. 3 when his trailer separated from his truck, crossed the center line and struck another truck, causing it to veer off the highway into a ditch and up an embankment before it overturned.
November 2, 2017
Regulations
Trucker shut down following fatal crash, âegregiousâ hours-of-service violations
Virginia State Police found in their investigation that Carlos Alberto Garcia had been on-duty and driving for more than 103 hours over the previous eight days at the time of the crash, with only one 10-hour off-duty period taken.
August 16, 2017
Business
North Carolina trucker shut down following fatal alcohol-involved hit and run
According to FMCSA, Simranjeet Singh Sandhu was driving on the Cross Bronx Expressway on March 27 when he allegedly changed lanes without signaling, then struck a car, killing the driver and hospitalizing a passenger. He then fled the scene.
June 28, 2017
Business
Two-truck Alabama fleet shut down following fatal crash, violations
Jeffery Finklea of Beatrice, Ala., was ordered to shut down his two-truck operation on April 24. FMCSA says a truck operated by J&L crossed the center line of Alabama Highway 13 on March 28 and collided head-on with a passenger car, killing both of its occupants.
April 27, 2017
Business
FMCSA shuts down trucker following two alcohol-related arrests in four-day period
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration effectively shut down Eric Ronald Scott after he was arrested twice in a four-day period for alcohol-related incidents.
February 2, 2017
Business
Agency shuts down Texas carrier for hours, drug testing violations
FMCSA announced this week it has shut down a the Forest Hill, Texas-based FTW Transport, issuing an imminent hazard out-of-service order for violations related to hours-of-service compliance and drug and alcohol regulations.
April 1, 2014
Business
Agency to publish rule to strengthen ability to shut down carriers with âpatternâ of unsafety
FMCSA is set to publish a proposed rule that will allow it to suspend or revoke the authority of motor carriers who have been found to have a pattern of âegregious disregardâ for federal safety rules, rather than relying on results of compliance reviews alone.
January 17, 2014
Business
Agency shuts down North Carolina fleet for compliance failures
Moonlight Express has become the 11th trucking company this year to receive an imminent hazard out-of-service order from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, effectively shutting down the Cherryville, N.C.-based five-truck fleet.
November 5, 2013
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