TCA Highway Angel

Highway Angel of the Year extinguished potentially deadly car fire

One early November morning in 2020, Christopher Lloyd was somewhere he wasn’t usually. The Airline Transportation Specialists driver had been pulled in to assist when another driver was unable to complete his run. Perhaps it was destiny.

“That wasn’t my normal run that night,” Lloyd said. “The driver that usually takes that run had broken down. The dispatcher called and asked if I could take it. I was delayed by over an hour, but somehow it all lined up for me to be there at that precise moment...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/highway-angel-of-the-year-extinguished-potentially-deadly-car-fire

Canadian trucker named Highway Angel for helping spinout victims

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Karl Scholl, from Calgary, Alberta, a Highway Angel for stopping to help a couple who landed in a ditch during icy road conditions.

On the morning of Dec. 27, Scholl was hauling a full truckload of freight on Canada Highway 3 near Moyie, British Columbia, when he noticed other drivers flashing their lights, signaling that there was something up ahead.

“The roads were in poor condition from ice and snow,” Scholl told the TCA. “As I crested a hill,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-trucker-named-highway-angel-for-helping-spinout-victims

Public invited to vote for TCA’s Highway Angel of the Year

For the first time, the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is letting the public vote for its Highway Angel of the Year. The association is allowing online voting on which of the three finalists TCA, along with presenting sponsor EpicVue and supporting sponsor DriverFacts, will choose as the 2021 Highway Angel of the Year.

The winner will be announced at the upcoming TCA annual convention, Truckload 2022: Las Vegas, March 19-22 at the Wynn Las Vegas. The Highway Angel winner will be announced...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/public-invited-to-vote-for-tcas-highway-angel-of-the-year

Truckers who died helping accident victims named Highway Angels

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has posthumously recognized Adam “Troy” Miller, 53, of Hagerstown, Maryland, and Ashish Patel, 46, of Ontario, Canada, as Highway Angels for stopping to help at the scene of a serious accident last summer.

“He would do anything for anybody.” — Julie Miller, about her husband, Troy Miller, a trucker who died while helping car accident victims.

According to an article by the Transportation Nation Network, the fatal incident happened the morning of July 1 on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-who-died-helping-accident-victims-named-highway-angels

Trucker a Highway Angel for rescuing family after spinout

Composite photo of driver Demetrius Fields and a Hirschbach Motor Lines truck.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Demetrius Fields a Highway Angel. Fields, an Atlanta resident, stopped to help a family after their vehicle spun out in the middle of a busy highway during a severe winter storm.

Fields was heading through Pennsylvania on Dec. 16 as a strong snowstorm was closing in. He was on his way to Indiana as Pennsylvania road crews were preparing to close the interstates as conditions got worse. 

“It was coming down heavy, pretty much a whiteout,” Fields...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucker-a-highway-angel-for-rescuing-family-after-spinout

The Daily Dash: Buttigieg supports raising fuel taxes; a truck driver’s life-or-death decision

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the debate over infrastructure investment is sure to heat up as President Joe Biden’s Transportation Secretary nominee, Pete Buttigieg, has said raising fuel taxes is an option. Plus, a truck driver was forced to make a life-or-death decision, and a January freight lull may have finally arrived.

Paying for infrastructure

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg acknowledged...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-buttigieg-supports-raising-fuel-taxes-a-truck-drivers-life-or-death-decision

The Daily Dash: Heartland’s good quarter and questions on why a driver with drug convictions was on the road

Heartland Express earnings

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening today in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Heartland Express came out of the box with its second-quarter earnings, posting better-than-expected results. Plus, the owner of a carrier whose driver is alleged to have killed four kids in a crash says he knew the driver had prior drug convictions, and Navistar’s chief engineer explains why autonomous trucks will be on the road in 2024.

It’s early, but this is a good sign

Heartland Express...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash-heartlands-good-quarter-and-questions-on-why-a-driver-with-drug-convictions-was-on-the-road

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