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Two people are dead after a Papa John’s truck overturned in a chain reaction crash involving another semi truck and a pickup.  The accident happened on Interstate 75 north near the Wade Green Road and Hickory Grove Road exits in Acworth, Georgia on April 3rd at around 8:45 a.m.  According to WSBTV, a red Freightliner The post Two dead after Papa John’s truck overturns in chain-reaction crash appeared first on CDLLife.

Three people were arrested in Florida on Thursday morning after a roadside road rage fight.  The fight broke out on the morning of Thursday, April 2nd on Interstate 4 in Polk City, Florida.  According to 10 Tampa Bay, the incident started when truck driver Marcos Ramos Santa attempted to change lanes and move into a The post Three people arrested in roadside road rage fight involving tow truck, semi truck appeared first on CDLLife.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against a trucking company, alleging that it discriminated against a truck driver based on his Christian faith. On April 3, 2026, the EEOC announced a lawsuit against California-based Blue Eagle Contracting, Inc., a U.S. Postal Service bulk mail delivery contractor. The lawsuit alleges that Blue Eagle The post EEOC sues trucking co. for discrimination for failing to get Christian trucker home on Sundays for church appeared first on CDLLife.

Federal authorities are investigating a fatal workplace accident that took place at a facility in Illinois this week. At noon on March 31, 2026, the Carol Stream Police Department (CSPD) responded to S & S International located in Carol Stream, Illinois, for a reported work place accident. Police said that a 55 year old male The post OSHA investigating after man dies in attempt to load ‘metal spool’ onto flatbed truck with crane appeared first on CDLLife.

A woman was arrested for menacing and assault after fighting with her truck driver boyfriend in the cab of his semi truck earlier this week.  Police were called to the 1900 block of David Street in Grand Junction, Colorado on Wednesday afternoon, April 1st.  According to Western Slope News, police arrived to find a truck The post Trucker’s girlfriend arrested for menacing and assault after fight inside truck cab appeared first on CDLLife.

Arizona troopers found hundreds of commercial vehicle violations during a recent enforcement detail in Ehrenberg. The annual “Operation Full House” commercial truck enforcement campaign took place March 25 and 26 “at and around” the I-10 Ehrenberg Port of Entry, located at mile marker 3.5, near the California state line. Operation Full House was spearheaded by The post Over 900 violations uncovered during two-day commercial vehicle enforcement detail in Arizona appeared first on CDLLife.

An Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) trooper recently arrested a truck driver on multiple charges after finding a large amount of marijuana on his commercial vehicle. On March 31, 2026, an ALEA Motor Carrier Safety Unit (MCSU) trooper conducted a commercial vehicle inspection on a truck on I-20 near mile marker 143 in St. Clair The post Truck driver with no CDL arrested after roadside inspection in Alabama uncovers 185 pounds of marijuana appeared first on CDLLife.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will proceed with a study that aims to quantify the benefits of creating new semi truck parking spaces. FMCSA will submit a proposed information collection titled Quantifying the Benefits of Creating New Truck Parking Spaces to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, according to The post FMCSA advances plan to survey thousands of truckers about the struggle to find a truck parking spot appeared first on CDLLife.

Love’s Travel Stops opened new stores in Montana and New Mexico, adding more than two hundred truck parking spaces to the company’s network. On April 2, Love’s announced the opening of locations in Laurel, Montana, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Laurel, Montana, travel stop is located at 415 19th Ave. W, off of I-90 at The post Love’s adds 216 truck parking spaces with new stores in Montana and New Mexico appeared first on CDLLife.

A former truck driver has been sentenced to federal prison for taking part in an international firearms trafficking conspiracy. Erhan John Er, 35, of Sarasota, Florida, was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison, according to an April 2 statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Er pleaded The post Cross-border trucker sentenced to prison for smuggling guns from Florida into Canada appeared first on CDLLife.