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2 hrs ago | Asbury Park Press

Trucker pleads guilty in overpass crash, loses commercial license

A Cumberland County truck driver pleaded guilty this afternoon to causing $3 million in catastrophic structural damage in June to the Lacey Road overpass of the Garden State Parkway.

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Related Topix: Cumberland County, NJ, Bridgeton, NJ

10 hrs ago | Heavy Duty Trucking

New Program Trains Troops For Trucker Jobs

Troop Transition, a career transition program designed for those serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, announced Troops 2 Truckers, a program for service members who seek post-service employment in the trucking ...

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18 hrs ago | Heavy Duty Trucking

TCA Recognizes Gazarian as a Highway Angel

The Truckload Carriers Association recognized driver Jonathan Gazarian of French Lick, Ind., as a Highway Angel for his bravery in assisting a man injured in a car accident.

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Related Topix: French Lick, IN, Leavenworth, IN

Mon Oct 06, 2008

The Victoria Star

Truckers share your everyday concerns with road safety: CTA

B4 Canadian Trucking Alliance www.cantruck.com Safety is a critical concern of Canada's professional truck drivers and the trucking industry.

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The Mercury

Tow truckers 'jam' cellphones at accidents

By Natasha Joseph Some of Cape Town's tow truck drivers are almost certainly using sophisticated "cellphone jammers" to ensure that accident victims cannot contact other tow truck drivers or even emergency ...

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Life, Hobbies, Ham Radio

Heavy Duty Trucking

Delphi Offiers Collision Warning System For Trucks

Delphi is now adapting its collision warning systems for commercial vehicles. The system can help warn truck drivers of impending danger in front of the vehicle.

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

Press-Telegram

Ban on pre-1989 trucks takes effect

A semi is destroyed at SA Recycling as part of the launch of the Clean Truck Program at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles, CA, Long Beach, CA

Southwest Times

Police: Big trucks get stuck

A truck driver was cited Friday after he got his rig stuck in a sharp curve on Miller Lane while attempting to take a shortcut to a local industry.

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Related Topix: Virginia Government, Virginia

Startribune.com

Falsely accused, St. Paul driver moves on

There are times when he feels the sting again, and wonders aloud what his life might be like if not for the false claims made against him, but Ali Abdilahi is ready to move on.

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Related Topix: Ramsey County, MN

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Press-Telegram

Ports gearing up for Clean Trucks Program

Cesar Olivarez, a truck driver for 27 years, drives a 16-year-old rig that under the Clean Trucks Program will not be allowed into the port of Los Angeles after Jan.

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Related Topix: Long Beach, CA, Transportation

Heavy Duty Trucking

Used Truck Association Prepares For Convention

The Used Truck Association will celebrate its 20th anniversary during its ninth annual convention Nov.

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Related Topix: Reno, NV, Reno Metro, Speakers, George Bush, W.

Fri Oct 03, 2008

CBC

Trucker in deadly Alberta bus collision found not guilty

A tractor-trailer collided broadside with this bus on a highway north of Edmonton in May 2005, killing 6 oilsands workers and injuring 21 others.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Belleville News

Trucker suspended for behind-the-wheel TV viewing

A court has suspended the license of a truck driver who careened down a highway while watching episodes of "Battlestar Galactica" on a laptop computer atop his dashboard.

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Alton Telegraph

Two cows struck, killed by pair of motorists

A pair of local drivers is wishing the cows would have come home sooner. A 17-year-old Carrollton girl suffered minor injuries Wednesday night after striking a cow along U.S. 67.

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Thu Oct 02, 2008

CBC

Conditional sentence for trucker in Cape Breton woman's death

A truck driver from central Newfoundland has been given a conditional sentence for leaving the scene of an accident that left a Cape Breton woman dead two years ago.

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WCIV

Woman is Killed in Fatal I-95 Accident

A woman is killed in an accident on I-95 southbound just south of exit 115 in Manning early Wednesday morning.

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Related Topix: Manning, SC, Clarendon County, SC

NJ.com

Continue reading "Alleged serial killer admits stabbing Hunterdon County woman to death"

A trucker and alleged serial killer accused of stabbing a woman to death in her Hunterdon County home last year pleaded guilty to the slaying in a Flemington courtroom today.

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Related Topix: Flemington, NJ, State Prisons, Prison, Hunterdon County, NJ, Bloomsbury, NJ

Wed Oct 01, 2008

KIRO-TV Seattle

KIROTV.com Story Leads Detective To Rape Suspect

A story on KIROTV.com leads Lacey police to identify the man who officials say raped a woman near St.

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Related Topix: Saint Martin's University, Violent Crime, Lacey, WA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Charge filed in St. Martin's rape

A former truck driver already jailed in Nevada has been charged in Olympia with the rape last April of a Saint Martin's University student.

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Related Topix: Saint Martin's University, Olympia Metro, Olympia, WA, Thurston County, WA

Truckers News

May named ATA Driver of the Year

David May, a West Seneca, N.Y.-based relay and city driver for Con-way Freight, has been named the American Trucking Associations 2008 National Truck Driver of the Year.

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Related Topix: West Seneca, NY

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