Video shot by another motorist shows the driver of a tractor trailer trying to wiggle the unidentified man off its hood as it sped down the highway.
Universal Logistics reported that it has agreed to a $36 million settlement for an accident that involved a “marginal driver.”
Landstar System warns on earnings due to a “tragic vehicular accident” and weaker than anticipated market conditions.
A truck driver who was convicted and sentenced for dangerously driving his truck in a way that caused grievous bodily harm and severe brain damage to a young woman has escaped a much more severe sentence owing to bureaucratic failings.
Deadly crash treated as a potential murder/suicide; Mainfreight reports US$1.93 billion of revenues; druggy truckie gets 14 months; freight costs revealed.
A second seafarer was yesterday found dead following the collision of two cargo ships in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A deadly maritime accident has killed several people during a ship repair job in China. Accounts differ but it is clear that either eight or ten people are dead. A further 19 were hospitalized and are believed to be in a serious condition, but stable.
Autonomous truck technology has the potential to change the cost structure of the carrier industry. A McKinsey & Company report said that a fully autonomous trucking market would cut operating costs by 45 percent, saving carrier companies between $85 billion and $125 billion annually.
Crash scenes have dotted landscapes in parts of Northeast this week. Snow, wind, extreme cold all factors.
A former NTSB executive tells FreightWaves that “perishable information” critical to freight accident investigations is at risk of disappearing.
Australian trucking continues to prove fatally dangerous to drivers with a death rate in Australian road transport nearly six times greater than the national industrial average.
