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12 hrs ago | KIFI Idaho Falls

Wyoming trooper gets 15 years in prison

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wyoming state trooper to serve 15 years in prison for kidnapping a truck driver in what prosecutors say was an aborted murder plot.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Layover

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Earlier this year, a Wyoming State trooper was arrested. Agents with the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Wyoming Department of Criminal Justice arrested Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Franklin Joseph Ryle Jr.

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Related Topix: Wyoming, Prison, Douglas, WY, Boat Disaster

South Metro

Ammonia leak investigation focusing on trucker training

A Rosemount fertilizer plant remained shut down Wednesday while investigators probed an industrial accident that killed an Oklahoma truck driver and critically injured another as they loaded anhydrous ammonia on Monday.

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Related Topix: Rosemount, MN, Environmental Law, Law, OSHA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

CBC

Winnipeg trucker killed in U.S.

A Winnipeg long-haul truck driver was killed on a Nebraska highway on Thursday after his semi-trailer broad-sided a propane truck, police said.

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Related Topix: Bruning, NE

Wed Nov 18, 2009

StarTribune

A noise - a bang! - a deadly cloud

Under the big fluorescent lights, the two truck drivers who had pulled into Rosemount from Oklahoma seemed to be having trouble with a connection in the piping that one would use to pump the anhydrous ammonia into his semitrailer truck.

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Related Topix: Rosemount, MN, Train Disaster

Journal News

Police seek witnesses to Cortlandt crash that killed trucker

CONTINENTAL VILLAGE - State police are seeking witnesses to a fiery crash on Route 9 that took the life of a Canadian trucker Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Peekskill, NY, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Putnam County, NY, Canada

WQOW

MN Osha to investigate Rosemount ammonia leak

Federal investigators will try to determine what caused an anhydrous ammonia leak that killed a truck driver and injured three other people in Rosemount.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

KTVN Reno

New rules to keep some trucks from Port of Oakland

Some truck drivers who haul goods into and out of the Port of Oakland may soon find it too expensive to work in the port.

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Truckers News

Volvo, Mack engines certified for EPA 2010

By CCJ Staff Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks announced Monday, Nov. 16, that their diesel engines have been certified by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board to meet the near-zero emissions standards that take effect in January 2010.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law, Automakers, Marketing

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Truck driver killed after ammonia release

One truck driver was killed and another was critically hurt when anhydrous ammonia was released Monday night in Rosemount.

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Related Topix: Rosemount, MN, Dakota County, MN, Chemicals

Journal News

Trucker killed on Route 9 in northern Cortlandt

CONTINENTAL VILLAGE - A truck driver was killed on Route 9 near the Westchester-Putnam county line this afternoon after a woman driving a sedan crossed into his lane of traffic, forcing him off the road, police said.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

ND student earns degree while trucking

A University of North Dakota student is learning on the road. Julie Hjelle of Lankin is getting her online degree while working as a truck driver.

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Related Topix: University of North Dakota, Lankin, ND, Offbeat

Truckers News

ArvinMeritor announces executive appointments

By CCJ Staff ArvinMeritor Inc. announced that the board of directors has elected Carsten Reinhardt to the position of senior vice president and chief operating officer.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Automakers, ArvinMeritor

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Decatur Daily

18 wheels of worry

An 18-wheeler on Alabama 67 on Friday. Alabama had 131 deaths from 27 fatal wrecks involving tractor-trailer rigs in 2008 BUY THIS PHOTO In two separate instances within a couple of days of each other earlier this month, local police officers dealt with truck drivers who allegedly lied about being kidnapped and robbed.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Falkville, AL, Priceville, AL

KCBD-TV Lubbock

Grand jury indicts ex-trucker with murder

A grand jury has indicted a former truck driver who is imprisoned in Virginia with first-degree murder in connection with the 2001 death of an Anthony woman.

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Related Topix: Dona Ana County, NM

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Jury awards $5.1M in fatal Flagler crash

A jury on Thursday awarded $5.1 million to a Palm Coast man who was severely injured and whose wife was killed when a sod truck ran a stop sign at Cody's Corner and collided with the couple's van.

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Related Topix: Palm Coast, FL, Flagler County, FL

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Pasadena Star-News

Judge trims bail for trucker charged in fatal Angeles Crest Highway crash

A judge Friday cut bail nearly in half for a truck driver indicted in connection with a multi-vehicle wreck on Angeles Crest Highway that killed a 12-year-old Palmdale girl and her father.

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Related Topix: Palmdale, CA, Pasadena, CA, 9, Los Angeles County, CA

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Heavy Duty Trucking

Westport Incurs $9 Million Loss For Second Quarter

Westport Innovations, a Canadian-based supplier of alternative fuel and low-emissions transportation technologies, posted a $9 million net loss for the fiscal second quarter 2010, which the company attributes to investment gains and lower sales volumes in Cummins Westport.

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Related Topix: 9, Manufacturing, Automakers, Electric Vehicle

Spokesman Review

In brief: Korean navies exchange fire

The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire today along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, Boat Disaster, Gulf Shores, AL

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Contra Costa Times

New bridge bypass throws a curve at drivers

Driving the accident prone S-curve on the Bay Bridge gives a shot of adrenaline to Nancy Frank, of Oakland, since the bypass opened just after Labor Day weekend.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA

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