Trucking Accident News

A pedestrian was killed when struck by a tractor trailer near Wickenburg on Wednesday night, authorities say. The incident happened on U.S. 93 at Milepost 194.4, just south of Arizona 89, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Highway 93 was closed both directions near the crash site for over two hours.

The Pottstown Mercury reports the couple's car was struck by a tractor-trailer Wednesday as they were traveling on the westbound lanes of the Route 30 Bypass at Pottstown Pike.

The truck ran off the right side of the roadway into a ditch and rolled onto its side. The driver was not injured in the accident.

Texas inspectors pulled one out of five commercial vehicles - including 18-wheelers and buses - off the road this year because they were unsafe, posing a potentially dangerous risk to an untold number of drivers and passengers in the state.

American voters say they are overwhelmingly opposed to allowing bigger, heavier trucks on our nation's highways, according to a national survey released today. The survey found public opinion is strongly against proposals being pushed by some large trucking companies asking Congress to raise the national cap on truck size by 20 percent to 97,000 pounds from the current limit of 80,000 pounds.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a regulatory proposal requiring interstate commercial truck and bus companies to install electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) to monitor the number of hours their drivers are on the road.