trucking accident

Texas trucking company fined $44K for Oregon fuel spill

A Texas carrier is being fined $44,191 by Oregon regulators for failing to help clean up diesel fuel spilled after an accident on Interstate 84 last year.

A truck owned by Dallas-based Marko Transport overturned and crashed near the city of Pendleton, Oregon, on Nov. 26, 2021, spilling about 100 gallons of diesel fuel and closing a 50-mile stretch of I-84 eastbound for nine hours.

Hazmat crews responded to the crash site to deal with the fuel spill, according to news reports.

Marko Transport did...

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Truck driver killed in Louisiana after load crashes through cab

A truck driver was killed in Louisiana on Monday when a heavy load he was transporting on a trailer came loose and smashed into the trailer cab.

Jason Gilbert, 52, of Gray, Louisiana, was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle accident, which occurred just after 8:30 a.m. on U.S. Highway 90 and Bayou Gauche Road, about 30 miles west of New Orleans, authorities said.

“The trailer was carrying a heavy load and as the [tractor-trailer] approached the Louisiana 306 intersection, it slowed...

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Flatbed truck crash in Louisiana under investigation (with video)

The cause of a tractor-trailer barreling off a highway and bursting into flames in Rayne, Louisiana, is under investigation.

The incident occurred Thursday when a flatbed truck belonging to Lake Charles, Louisiana-based Pappillion Trucking traveling east on Interstate 10 left the roadway, drove down an embankment, crossed a street, crashed onto private property and caught fire.

Rayne is located along I-10, between Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Watch: A video shows a flatbed truck as it...

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