Large trucks and tractor trailers use Interstate 70 which runs through Missouri and Illinois and is a central corridor for trucks traveling east or west. To ease traffic congestion on…
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Big rigs barreling down St. Louis area highways pose dangers to motorists who share the road with them. According to a recent investigative report on KMOV-4 St. Louis, inattention, bad…
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The Southern Illinoisan recently ran a three-day series on motor vehicle accidents in Southern Illinois. The series concluded that Illinois 37 is the deadliest roadway and Illinois 149 comes in…
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On Tuesday, a Greyhound bus carrying 42 people flipped onto its side and injured more than two dozen people, the Daily Herald reports. Darren P. Duke, 46, was driving the…
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More than 1,000 trucking companies have avoided a federal regulator’s order to shut down and pay fines for safety violations by simply changing their names, the Associated Press reported July…
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Last week, an annual campaign dubbed Road Check 2009 was held at more than 1,000 locations across North America. Sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), the inspections took…
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A semi truck rolled over and spilled hazardous chemicals on an Interstate 70 entrance ramp Feb. 6, the Kansas City Star reported. According to the paper, the trucker got out…
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On July 13, 2005, a truck and a tour bus carrying members of Eminem's Anger Management 3 Tour collided on Westbound I-70 near Odessa, Missouri in Lafayette County. Four passengers…
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A collision between two city buses in Lynchburg, Virginia sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries, The News & Advance reports. The crash occurred on Jan. 12. Two…
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After a series of fatal head-on semi truck accidents, the Kansas Department of Transportation plans to install highway median guard cables in certain areas of the state, the Kansas City…
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