Jim Purcell 
UPDATE: Well, turns out the trailer of that CRST rig WAS empty, which is no real big surprise. We also know now that the CRST driver was 71-year-old Vinson Lawrence from California, who had this to say: “All of a sudden, it just blew over. It was one scary feeling. The wind just treated this … Read more
Lots of Bud Light wasted early this morning after tractor trailer overturns in Long Island, NY. According to CBS New York, an unlicensed motorist collided with the semi on a Long Island Expressway (I-495) service road at Walt Whitman Road in Melville, NY. The beer truck overturned and hundreds of cases of beer spilled out … Read more
On I-40 in Hickory, NC a 21-year-old rookie driver decided at the last second to take exit 123B. It was a bad decision. The Swift driver just got his CDL last week, and was hospitalized with an injury to his left arm and was “shaken by the accident”. I can imagine. “He just got his … Read more
Tuesday afternoon, a tractor-trailer went through a barrier and halfway down an embankment at Beaver St. on I-95 in Jacksonville. The accident happened after the semi collided with two cars and hurtled off the interstate. According to News4Jax: The drivers of the cars and one passenger suffered minor injuries in the crash, which was reported … Read more
Monday afternoon, tractor-trailer hauling seafood from California to New York was stopped in Indiana by Indiana State Patrol for a “routine compliance inspection”. After talking to the driver and passenger, the trooper became suspicious and developed “probable cause” for a search of the vehicle. Additional ISP troopers were requested to assist. According to the Banner … Read more