Two utility workers died after their truck plunged into a reservoir along a Northern California river as they were returning from a job. The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. employees drowned Thursday when their company truck skidded off the road …
Kansas is getting more than $5 million in federal funds to improve truck and bus safety. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro made the announcement last week in Goddard. The grants include nearly $4 million for the Kansas …
Police say a dump truck carrying boy scouts to a regional jamboree has collided with a passenger bus, killing three people in the southern Philippines. Police Inspector Jose Andy dela Cruz says the dead include at least one boy scout …
A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy was injured in an altercation with a man who tried to steal a pickup truck from a witness at the scene of a crash that killed two people. Authorities say 20-year-old Colby Wade Cardoso stopped …
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday announced more than $2 million in grants to improve commercial truck and bus safety in North Dakota. The state highway patrol is getting more than $1.9 million for compliance reviews, safety audits …
Pickup trucks are still the most popular vehicles among thieves in West Virginia. The National Crime Insurance Bureau’s latest “Hot Wheels” report shows five of the top 10 vehicles stolen in West Virginia last year were pickup trucks. The most …
Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 20,000 pickup trucks and SUVs because a defective switch can cause the turn signal, tail lights and brake lights to fail. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday on its website that …
Authorities and witnesses say an Amtrak train smashed into a tractor-trailer in Maine, causing an explosion that set both on fire and sent flames more than three stories high. Steve McCausland from the Maine Department of Public Safety says the …
Investigators struggled Monday to piece together how a truck driver who plowed into an Amtrak train in the Nevada desert failed to notice the crossing gates and blinking lights that should have been visible a half-mile away. At least six …
Prosecutors have accused a truck driver of having marijuana in his system when he struck and killed a road construction worker in northeastern Indiana. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office filed a felony charge of causing death while driving with a …