Jim Purcell 
A crazy, high, delusional, drunk (all of the above?) man, jumps up on top of a tractor-trailer. Why, you ask? Well, apparently, after crashing his SUV and leaving it on the I-94 median near Alexandria, MN, this guy starts walking down the middle of the interstate. He’s flagging down cars, apparently trying to get a … Read more
A tractor-trailer overturned on the ramp from wb I-70 to sb I-465 in Indianapolis on Sunday morning. The overturned semi was hauling 43,000 lbs of diapers and was partially hanging off the interstate bridge ramp. Fortunately, it was soon able to be moved off the bridge. WTHR reports that crews were still working to unload … Read more
On Sunday night in Holyoke, Ma., 2 semis were set on fire, apparently intentionally triggered by Comcast TV remotes in each of the trucks. A third truck caught on fire as the flames spread. The fire sent a “thick black plume of smoke” into the night air, which could be smelled a good distance away … Read more
Thursday morning, 43-year-old truck driver Eri Pleitez, of Lynn, Ma, was apparently driving drunk when he rolled his tractor trailer, bringing down a utility pole, power lines, a transformer and a guardrail. Pleitez was cut off by a black pickup truck, causing the truck to roll over onto its side. He was hauling 38,000 lbs … Read more
The extreme snowfall from Winter Storm Stella caused all major highways in New York State to be closed to all tractor-trailers from Monday night and late into Tuesday. The ban was lifted on I-84 between the CT and PA borders Tuesday night. Now, all highways are once again open to big trucks. Gov. Andrew Cuomo … Read more