April 29, 2025 • 51 mins
In this episode of Julia's Trucking Cafe - Trucking News Hour, I discuss a horrific accident where two people perished and that burned for 20 hours. I also discuss other stories that have made the headlines in the news of the trucking industry. Music by: Heyday Highway @ EpidemicSound.com
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Speaker 1 (00:29):
Hi, everyone, Welcome to Julia's truck a Cafe Trucking News Hour.
Thank you so much for joining me today. I greatly
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Also, just hop decided to hop on here and get
this show going.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It's been a heck of a week, so I'm trying
to here's a mess and erec and everything else.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
But it is what it is.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
As they say, I don't know what the heck that means.
But since I'm such old school, but as I do
everything myself, I'm trying to get this out. Had a
day off today, so.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
I'm trying people. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
And in our let's get to the news and our
first story. A truck driver is sentenced to prison for
using gas to burn an employer's truck.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
At Omaha Airport.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Truck driver my here is just all over the place
truck drivers facing years in federal prison for taking and
burning a semi truck owned by his former employer. A
Florida based truck driver, Kevin Katie and He's twenty seven,
was sentenced to five years at federal prison in three
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years of supervised release for milicious use of explosive materials.
According to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska.
He was also ordered to pay fifty nine thousand, three
hundred and fifty three dollars in restitution. Officials say that
back March of last year, he was working as a
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truck driver for Prime when he disconnected his vehicle's tracking
devices as employer could no longer track the truck. He
then parked the truck in the south cell phone parking
lot of Epley Field in Omaha, Nebraska, on the thirty
first in March. Surveillance video showed him renting a car
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at the airfield terminal and driving it back to the
truck to the truck in the lot.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Officials say he's.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Seen on video unloading items from the truck into the
rental car, then driving off. Minutes later. Smoke a scene
coming from the park truck, triggering a response from firefighters,
who eventually knocked down the vehicle.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Blaze.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Authorities discovered a red plastic gas container inside the cab
of the semi truck, along with an insidiary device, indicating
that the fire was into in fact intentional.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
The case was investigated.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
By the ATF and Explosives of the City of Omaha
and the Fire Investigation Unit so yeah, that's a felony.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
That's a federal offense to use something to burn down
a truck. So and I work for Prime.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
There's a lot let's just say, there's a lot better
companies out there. As if you spent any.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Time out on the highway, you know this. And hopefully
y'all can hear me.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
I'm using a different microphone so you won't be able
to hear all the background noises of my office assists,
my furry four legged office assistants giving me grief in
the background. And up next, sixteen bagpipers or hospitalized after
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a bus smashes into a flatbed loaded with pipes parked
at a truck stop. Sixteen bag pipers, people who play bagpipes,
were hospitalized after the bus they were riding crashed into
a flatbed trailer hauling steel pipes.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
This occurred in.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Pennsylvania on Mount Cob Road in Jefferson Township. According to
the local news, the school bus was transporting a music
group of bagpipers when it crashed into an envoid truck
stop parking lot. The bus struck a parked flatbed tractive
trailer and came to a rest on top of its load.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Of pipes.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Some of the pipes appeared to have been pushed into
the sleeper of the cab of the truck. Sixteen people
were then transported to the hospital and one person was
entrapped as a result of the crash. Total of twenty
one people were involved in this wreck. Extent of the
injuries is not clear. Is not clear if the truck
driver was hurt in the accident. Pennsylvania State Police is
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still investigating what led up to the crash, and at
the time of the writing of the article, no further
information was released. I'm looking up in the air because
my one cat likes to go up on top of
my desk and eat the other cat's food. Excuse me
in a second, pre Nazzy that I'm back and up next.
(05:30):
The truckers found a ceased at I seventy waist station
in Indiana. As the article pulls up, Indiana State Police
are investigating after SOMEBI truck drivers found a ceased in
his vehicle parked at the way station.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
In Vigo County.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Troopers were dispatched to a way station on I seventy
near the Illinois Indiana state line to perform a welfare
check requested by the truck company. After the company, he
was unable to make contact with the driver. Troopers were
also unable to get a response when they knocked down
the driver's door. The state police assessed the truck and
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discovered a mail's passed away inside. No sign of foul
play or self harm at the point of the investigation.
Truck driver was later identified as Ernest and Rhodes fifty
two of Fordland, Missouri, and it's supposed to have had
an autopsy done on him are sincere condolences go out
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to the family of that driver.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
An employee in this.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Story is charged with the murder of the Illinois Trucking
Company CEO. An Arizona man has been charged a connection
with the death of his employer in Crestwood, Illinois. Scottsdale
resident Josef Sukla fifty two was a charge with a
first degree murder and the death of Dane Koletsky, according
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to Crestwood Police Department. The Police Department of Firefighters responded
to a truckload facilities located in Crestwood for a structure fire.
After the fire excuse me it was put out, authorities
discovered the body of a mail on the second floor
of the building amid the heavy smoke.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
He was identified as Koleski, the CEO of ATG.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Truckload investigators launched death and arson investigations at they say
pointed towards Sukla, who was an employee. Police were able
to track sucl to a truck stop at Holland, Michigan.
He was arrested at the truck stop and they also
said the cause of death was homicide resulting from injuries
to the victim's neck caused by a sharper pointed object.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
He was extradited from Michigan to Illinois and awaiting trial.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
And in this story, the driver was on CNS the
pressants during the seventeen car pile up that killed five
in Austin. Remember my last episode, episode one four, I
spoke about this seventeen car pile up that happened in Austin, Texas.
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Truck driver in a fatal crash that left five people
dead was on Central Nervous System CNS the pressants at
the time of the accident. It happened in a construction
zone on I thirty five in Austin, Texas. Thirty seven
year old I have no idea how to pronounce his
name is facing multiple counts of intoxication, manslaughter, and assault
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for the crash that killed five, killing two young children,
and injuring eleven more people.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Four of the five people killed or a vehicle.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Described as an unrecognizable crumpled mess. A detective and a
member of the Impaired Driving Investigation Unit determined that he
was impaired by central nervous system depressants at the.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Time of the wreck.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
These drugs are known to quote slow down signals sent
between the brain and the body end quote, and are
often used to treat insomnia or panic disorders. He was
observed with droopy eyes, He was slow and slugglish, sluggish
in movements, and relaxed in drowsy demeanor at the time
of the crash. His vital signs also pointed to someone
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who was unusually calm for someone who just involved in
a massive fatal accident. His heart rate and blood pressure
were on the lower.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
End of the normal range at the time they were
taken quote.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Normally, a person involved in a collision who had experienced
psychological or physiological excuitic conditions such as elevated heart rate
increased blood pressure, especially in a collision of this magnitude,
said the affidavit. During the investigation, the person told police
that his brakes failed, but the inspectors found no evidence
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of mechanical issues on the truck, as a record of
hours of service and movie violations prior to the crash,
and the National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation
into this crash. And in this story, two are killed
in I fordy in Arizona. Pileop identified after a wreck burns.
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After the wreck burns for twenty hours, this is also
our top story. As you could see here all of
this by the trees, that's all burned vehicles you could
see in the photo.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Two people killed in a snowy pile up that.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Burned for over twenty hours had been identified by investigators.
The massive crash happened back in March on westbound Interstate
forty near Williams, Arizona. Two victims of the crash were
identified as one Beltran and Evelyn Davis. According to Arizona family,
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the recks started with a jackknife semi truck on the
ice and snow covered interstate. That truck then blocked I forty,
causing multiple semi trucks and passive crowds to crash into it,
which then sparked the fire. The fire then burned threw
the pile up up for twenty hours as crews worked
to quench.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
The blaze and clear the scene.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
A total of twenty two vehicles and thirty six people
were involved in that collision. The incident is still under
investigation at the time of the writing of the article,
and the three ways being evaluated for damage. Investigation is
active and will take time to complete due to the
number of vehicles involved and also how many people were involved,
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and by the extensive fire damage. So sorry, I keep
playing with my hair. I'm old school. I don't like
anything hanging.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
In my face. My hair is so fine that it
just keeps falling over my eyes. So sorry, And let's
see what next.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
We have A sedan is crunched by a flat better
and a double red light red light runner crash. So
two people ran a red light and yeah the car lost.
A sedan seriously lost in a double red light runner
crash involved a flat flatbed. The accident happened at Alabama
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in Tuscaloosa.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
A flat better with small lord runs a red light.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
It's back straight into a sedan who also ran their
own red light.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Excuse me, this is on video.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Shows a crunched sedan, a grassy medium with the motor
is being treated by e ms. We're not sure what
happened after that, but hopefully each double red light runner
learned their lesson. So the semi ran the red light,
the car runs the red light, and they meet in
the middle.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Pretty much and still no statement.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
If you remember last episode or two, the cop in
Jacksonville that shot that was off duty, that shot at
a truck driver, still never gave a statement about.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
What the heck happened.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Just a second, I'm pulling the articles off of my tablet,
so that's why they were getting you'll understand that.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
That's why I'm looking up and down. Still no statement
from the undercover cop.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
There was not an assignment, did not have a body cam,
who shot at a driver that was in his seventies.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Jacksonville Sheriff's office and said there was still.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
No statement and no bodycam footage to release from the incident. Invole,
we got undercover off officer and a truck driver was
in his seventies. The shooting happened back in March during
rush hour with a semi truck and off duty undercover
officer in an unmarked car. They came in contact with
each other for unknown reasons. The officer fired multiple shots
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at the driver.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Truck driver was not.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Hurt, but the officer was left with a shoulder injury.
Doesn't say we're shoulder The officer still has not come
forward in a statement about the incident. Was not worrying
a body cam at the time because of his current assignment.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Quote. We're still looking into the details of what happened.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
We're still waiting to hear from the officer who as
the opportunity to decide whether he or not wants to
make a statement. He needs, he needs to make a statement.
In my opinion, why are you taking a gun out
and a truck driver for? Did the truck driver know
you're undercover cop? Did the truck driver know that you
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were an assignment? You were in an unmarked car, unmarked
you know you could be in private. Say listen, you
scared the guy. I'm surprised you didn't have a heart attack.
Scared the bejbs out of him because he's in his seventies. Hey,
because he starts shooting at him. So what did you
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do aggressively.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
To even make this altercation happen. Were you're blowing his horn?
Were you're coming into his lane? Were you're not watching?
What the heck you were doing? What were you doing? Officer?
Speaker 1 (15:28):
And you were off duty? So what were you doing?
It takes two to tango, dude, how about a statement?
So when and then the shriff's officers, when legally able,
they'll further brief the public on this matter.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
I think they're trying to cover up further than one
of their own, is what I think. But yeah, I'm
just a female. Heck do I know?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Right on to the next had enough of that story
as soon as I get the right one. And there
was a seven thousand dollars reward offered for information on
a truck driver found shot beside a semi at a
Texas truck stop.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
A thirties have increased the.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Cash reward for information on a truck driver found shot
near a semi truck in Midland, Texas. Now this happened
last year. He's twenty six years old. His name is
Austin Wynn and it was a homicide. Police believed that
Wynn was murdered around May twelfth to twenty twenty four.
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So it's coming close to a year ago that this happened.
He was in the ten thousand, one hundred block west
of Interstate twenty in Midland, Texas. When officers arrived on
the scene, Winn was found lying de ceased from a
gunshot worn on the ground next to his truck. Winn
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was a third generation livestock hauler from Oklahoma who was
hauling horse at the time of his death. If you
happen to have any information, please contact the Midland County
Sheriff's Office or call four three two sixty nine four tips.
That's four three two six nine four tips, or you
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could use a mobile app P three tips, or you
could go to six nine four tips dot com. That's
six nine four tips dot com.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Excuse me, I know that was girls. Sorry.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
And this driver turns hisself in after negligent homicide, false
statement charges that killed the truck.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Driver in roadside pond.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
A driver turned himself in after a war was issued
for his arrest for a two twenty twenty four wreck
that left another truck driver dead.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
The accident happened.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Back last year in February twenty ninth, on Interstate eighty four.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Near Exit seventy two in Union Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
The accused truck driver, thirty three year old James Desiro,
was arrested last back in March thirteenth. According to the
local news, Desiro's semi crossed it to the right lane
from the center lane, causing a collision with another semi
driven by Carlos Vega.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Vega then veered off.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
The road way into a nearby Mariy pond, where his
cab became submerged. Desiro's semi also veered into the pond
and became partially submerged.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
He was able to escape the cab on his own.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
When officers arrived on the scene, they found Desiro standing.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
On the right shoulder of the highway.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Vega was extricated from his submerged cab and was pronounced
dead at the scene. Desiro told police that Vega had
lost control of his truck had hit him first, but
police reviewed dash cam footage from both semi trucks and
determined that Desiro's semi crossed into vegas lane first, giving
officers probable cause to issue.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
The warrant for his arrest.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
As a road turned himself in and was taken into
custod He's been charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle,
failure to maintain a lane, and providing a false statement.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Yeah, that definitely has some time.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
When you do all that dumb, dumb, dumb, and here
a big rig catches fire at Away Station Entrance. Minnesota
State Patrol responded to a truck fire at Away Station
near Moore, Moorhead. It was on east bound I ninety
four and Morehead, Minnesota. Graybo said that a semi truck
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caught fire at the entrance of the Red River Waste Scale.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the truck fire
was under investigation by the Moorhead Fire Department. Looks like
a well, its under the hood and then it goes
into the cab. That's what it looks like to me.
(20:06):
I've seen plenty of them in my day. So it
could be electrical. It could be usually diesel, you know
as a lower boiler, a.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Burning point, lower flashpoint.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
I guess you call it than gasoline because of the
wax that's in it to keep like lubricating lubrication in
the motor.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
So it'd be more of an electrical fire. Then it
would be.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
More of like a combustion kind of a fire. I
would my opinion, my personal opinion. And this guy drained
at least five hundred thousand dollars from a trucking company
after being given access to their bank accounts and financial records.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Can we say, dumb, the dumb, dumb? Why would you
do that?
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Why would you give access a former truck driver in busy,
This partner to former NFL linebacker allegedly drained their truck
and company of resources by consistently transferring funds to himself.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
According to.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Shaquille Saquiel Dixon we pronounced it, I think right, been
accused of diverting funds for the account to Good Run
Logistics to his personal accounts. From February of twenty twenty
three through June of twenty twenty four, Dixon allegedly drained
the company of at least.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
A half a million dollars. The Charlotte, North Carolina Trucket.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Company was founded by ex Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson.
Shaq Thompson, excuse me, any Carolina fans. According to Queen
City News, Dixon was hired by Good Run Logistics due
to his truck experience was given access to the company's
bank accounts of financial records. He then used that information
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to transfer company funds to his own account under labels
such as order or draws or transfers to a review,
an attempt to disguise the transactions. Dixon allegedly acted as
the owner of the company in several circumstances, and even
convinced the company's actual owner to add more money to
the company accounts.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
This money eventually ended up.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
In Dixon's personal accounts, reported by the local news. Now
he's facing federal wire fraud charges and booked. But he
did postpond back in March. I mean, you know, I'm sorry,
I just I just can't do that. And this day
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in trucking history.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
What do we have here?
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Quocom was introduced as the first electronic logging device, initially
used by Werner Trucking back in the day. So Worder
Trucking was the first one to cl Order was the
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first one to do the electronic logging device or eled
back in the day. The first in history was an
automatic onboard recording device that made its appearance in nineteen
eighty eight. Then came the paper logs or electronic onboard
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recorders EOBR.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
They were used for hours of service tracking. While recorder
logs improve.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
The accuracy of the data, the lack of consistent data
format meant that the logs needed to be regenerated to
an equivalent paper format for review and enforcement. The record
of duty status back in them days. Definition within the
ELED legislation provides a consistent format for enforcement personnel to review,
so the ELD Mandate was then created. The fmcsa Federal
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Motor Carrier Safety Administration, announced the final rule of the
ELED Mandate and ELED regulations being implemented in several phases,
with a compliance date of December eighteenth, twenty seventeen. Fleet's
already equipped with loggers or recorders had until December twenty
nineteen to ensure compliance with the public specifications. Before the
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final rule of the ELED Mandate was announced, fleet used
the Automatic on Board Device, a much simpler version of
the ELED that did not provide fleets with many of
the features that are known. It started in two thousand
early two thousand. You were also able to I had
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a chauffeur's license. I started in nineteen eighty eight, and I.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Had a chauffeur's license.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
And then you grandfathered in to the or could grandfather
in to the ELD or your CDL, And.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
I'm sorry, I'm but anyways kind of mixing things up here.
Sorry about that.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I'm going to CDL and I'm going ELD, so my
acronyms are getting all confused.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
Sorry, But anyways, from what I understand.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Rumor has it that cel Werner was so in debt
to the Federal Mortar Carrier Safety Administration. And I don't
want to be getting trouble for saying this, but this
is rumor, hypothetically allegedly that he was in so much
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trouble with the FMCSA for his trucks.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
Being over on hours.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
And all kinds of violations that they said, you know,
order for you to get out of all these violations,
we're gonna start a pilot.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Program with your company.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Hence we're gonna quoll Com was introduced and he started
putting it in all.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Of his trucks.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
If you were as been a driver as long as
I have, you remember seeing it on the back of
the trucks's big sign that said, hey, come drive for us.
We got paperless logs. You don't have to worry about
logging anymore. You don't have to worry about trying to
figure out where you are and trying to run a
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paper log and everything. It was all a big act
to get these quill coms into production into all the trucks.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
And it worked because now it's it's federal.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
You have you know, there's no more and they guys
go back to prayer prior two thousand trucks and everything
so they could run pay paper, agriculture and horses and
cows of this kind of thing. Still run paper, I believe,
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but more. I would say eighty five percent of the trucks,
eighty five to ninety percent of the trucks out on the.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Road has this electronic.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Logging device in the Cabala truck and it's like an
egg timer. It's like sitting on an egg timer. You start,
you start your day. You've got ten hours to finish
your day. You got fourteen hour total day. But that's
with fueling, that's with doing your inspection. That's where you
pre trip and post trip inspection, making sure everything works.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
That's what's taking your thirty minute break.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
You have a total of fourteen hours and then you
have to go to bed for ten hours. Well, then
you can't start your day until that ten hours is up.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
So that's where I call it.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Sit. Got an egg timer that it tells you when
you can punch back in.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
And I'm retired now from over the road.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
I run a local job where I don't have to
do any of that. But at the same time, now
I'm punching a clock that I can't punch in any
earlier than six five minutes tail. And then you know,
I have twelve hour shifts now, so I'm working harder
now than I did when I was driving.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
Over the road. So this is our day in trucking history.
Now let's get back to the news.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Two are convicted a human smuggling attempt that left fifty
three dead in a hot semi trailer incident in San Antonio.
Human were convicted for human smuggling attempt that left dozens
of people dead in San Antonio.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Back at twenty twenty two.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Philippe or Duna Torres thirty, Armando or Tago fifty five
were convicted by federal grand jury on one counter conspiracy
to transport illegal aliens resulting in death, resulting in serious
bodily injury, and placing many lives in jeopardy. One count
of transportation of illegal aliens trying to say that past
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ten times resulting in death and one count of transportation
of illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury and placing
lives in jeopardy. Can I say that officials say that
tore as an artago or part of a human in
human trafficking.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
I can't talk now.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Organization that loaded up sixty six people into a semi
without a functional cooling system and drove them from the
Mexico border and on a Texas interstate. So they loaded
them up in in the back of the trailer with
and didn't turn the refer on. And it's not right
that they loaded them up to begin with, Don't get
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me wrong, But you know they were they they didn't
give a flip. They all they all they wanted was
the money. Torres and Artaker are scheduled for sentencing in June,
with the possibility of a maximum sentence of life in prison,
which they should get and they should get their their illegals, they.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Should get their bucks departed.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
The driver of the truck this home Moral Junior of Elkhart,
pled guilty this last January to one count of conspiracy
to transport aliens resulting at death causing serious bodily injury
and placing lives of jeopardy, and one counter of transportation
of aliens resulting at death and one counter transportation of
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aliens resulting in serious bodily injury placing lives in jeopardy.
It's like it's redundant. How many counts was there? Just
to add them up?
Speaker 2 (31:00):
He scheduled for.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Sentencing here in April. So if I find that out,
if he could face the maximum penalty of life in prison,
he needs to get the death penalty.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
Officials also announced that.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Or I can't pronounce this name, the alleged leader of
the Guatemala based human trafficking organization will be extradited to
the US.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
To face charges.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
It connects you with the mass casualty of this incident.
So yeah, they were arrested, they got a grain jury, and.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, so let's see what happened. And if you were
up in Wisconsin up and started, then you will know
of this.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
I believe it's a TA, the petrol excuse me, petro Ta.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
That has the blue Badger bar in it, bar and
grill they're on.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
They got fought by THA corporate. So let's see if
the Blue Badger will stay in, Still Stay Running, Still
Stay Open. It was a pretty cool place. It was
upstairs of the building and you had to walk up
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the steps. And when they brought the food, they had
this wire basket on this kind of cable that it
came from the bottom little trailer kitchen deli area, and
they put it in the basket.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
And they zoomed it up to the bar and.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Then the bartender took it off the basket and then
served it to you.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Granted everything is in in.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Recyclable to gold containers, but that's how you got your food.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
So it was pretty cool to see that.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
The Willcom family announced the train transfer of ownership at
Wisconsin Truck Stop to a large travel center chain.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
There goes a neighborhood.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
They announced that the Racine Petro Truck Stop instead event
the Ta Truck Service and.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
The Blue Badger Bar and Grill under a new ownership.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Of the Ta Petrol Corporation effective back of March.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Transfer ownership allows Michael and Jim.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
To focus on other businesses that they own, so they're sellouts. Allegedly,
the will Come family owned and managed the truck steps
is nineteen ninety three and ninety nine. They became a
Petro franchise e and added in the Iron Skillet restaurant
at Petrol Lube and which is now the Ta Truck Service.
A blue Badger bar and grill was added in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
They've served our customers on the corner of Highway twenty
and I ninety four. We've been through many changes at
this location.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
We want to thank you for your business and your
support over the last thirty two years. We'll miss our employees,
customers and vendors that we're partner with over the year,
said Michael and Jim.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Sell out. You're just to sell out to focus on
other businesses. If you want to retire, say you want
to retire, you know really so they probably offered.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
Him enough money that they couldn't refuse, honestly, just say it.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
And I'm not going to show this video.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
There again because of YouTube you know algorithm. But if
you look at the red end circled red circle on
this photo, that is the driver trying to jump through
the flames to get out of the burning truck.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
And that's all I'm gonna say. He managed to leap.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Over a various very dangerous situation unscathed. After crashing his
truck and sparking a fire. This happened near Akron, Ohio,
on I seventy seven. He initially hit the median of
the interstate soon pulled over the shoulder of the road.
The truck then caught fire a lot of trucks catching
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fire lately. The impact also caused a rupture of the
passenger side fuel tank, which.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Also united that fuel.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
The truck drivers then caught on video throwing open the
truck door, considering his options, and doing his best to
leap over the flames surrounding the cab.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
The truckers jump.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
Falls short, and the man then appears to just run
straight through the flames before jogging to the rear of
his trailer to regroup. And he did escape without injury,
so that's.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
A good thing.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
But you know, shouldn't hit the median to begin with
which you hit the median for dude. And in this story,
eight semi trucks were seized and eight visa holding drivers
nabbed for cocaine smuggling. US Customs of Border Protection sees
hundreds of pounds of cocaine from multiple commercial vehicles passing
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through California Port of van Entry over a two day period.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
This happened back March fourth and fifth May.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
Support of entry locating in Ota Mace of California resulted
the apprehension of eight visa holding drivers and this seizure
of multiple commercial semis official sees more than two hundred
and forty pounds of cocaine.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
So I'm not gonna say on and on and on.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
You know, it goes into the details of the eight
cocaine seizures. But yeah, so I don't know where they
had them or anything, but good job. Border patrol trying
to run through. A truck driver intentionally drove past a
road clone sign and got stuck in the switchbacks of
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snow covered highway. Brilliant, just freaking brilliant. California issued a
citation to a truck driver who allegedly ignored road closure
signs that got stuck in the Lake Tahoe area, accorring
social media post. Commercial driver intentionally drove past the road
colal signs and became stuck in the switchbacks and Emerald Bay,
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California Highway Patrol said the driver, excuse me when it
just was sighted and earned.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Themselves a very hefty toebill. He used. The driver's bad day.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
As a reminder to others, a driver around a road
colal sign is extremely dangerous and not to mention illegal
numb not Yes, I'm gonna say, nu'mb not watch YouTube
give me a strike for.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
That kind of language.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
Oh no, I'm just saying they could And Kenworth is
to discontinue several iconic models due to emissions regulations and
component constraints. So like the W nine truckmaker Kenworth announced
plans to the sunset several popular models next year. They
announced its decision to discontinue project of the legacy one
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point nine meters cab class eight trucks, including Kenworth W
nine and the nine W nine hundred L and the
W nine hundred B models, the T eight hundred W
and the C five hundred. The company said the decision
is continued production of these models is due to evolving
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emissions regulations and component constraints as the industry moves forward
with new, more efficient and better int created technologies and products.
How much you want to make a bet they want
to go to electronic or electric trucks and self driving trucks?
How much you want to make about we know these
legacy Kenworth models are an integral part of our history
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here at Kenworth. Will makes the decision a difficult but
necessary one as we enter the next era of trucking.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
I hate that language, you know.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
A final call for truck orders will be issued later
this year twenty twenty five, but dealers and customers are
advised to place orders as soon as possible.
Speaker 2 (39:07):
So yeah, they'll get inundata.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
On orders for W nine and the two W nine's.
And this is a that's in the picture.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
No more of that model.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
And Charlotte, North Carolina releases a new truck parking app
as part of a quality of life.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
Project and just a few more stories.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
And where it'll be a wrap for this episode. The
City of Charlotte has released a new platform to help
truckers find safe and legal parking in the region as
a part of a new quality of life initiative. The
Commercial Trucking Truck Parking Tool is a website and app
designed to provide truck drivers with information on where to
safely and legally park of the City of Charlotte. The
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platform offers drivers a way to search for available parking
based on their current location or entered address. You could
do that in Trucker Path outlines the city's truck parking regulations,
includes fines and penalties for violating those rules, provides a
heat map showing real time hotspots for parking violations, high
enforcement areas, and general commercial activity based on the area,
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and gives truck parking lot owners the ability to submit
information about the facilities such as cost amenities, security features,
and ease of access. The City or sorrow It's Quality
of Life team released a platform as a way to
address illegal parking in the city, which was previously cited
as a top priority for the community and consistently a
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top concern in the trucking industry as a whole. That's
in any big city. We always had a hard time
fighting parking. I was long before the dog one trucker
Path app came out. And traffic cams catch a semi
colliding with stop traffic on an Arkansas interstate There again,
(40:55):
you can google it, sure it's on YouTube, but the
Arkansas Department of Transportation traffic cams captured a collision involving
multiple semis that happened in Saint Francis County back in
the middle of March. Traffic cam video you could see
a semi truck driver he failed to stop for slow
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traffic on I forty, colliding with a second trailer and
sending that truck forward to hit a bobtail truck. Local
outlet reports that at least one person was injured and
that has Matt was involved.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Ooh, that'd be a heck of a cleanup.
Speaker 1 (41:36):
And in this story, there is officially no more overnight
truck parking allowed in San Antonio. Sorry this is a
little bit late, but yeah there again, this show is
not just about traffic, not just about accidents. It's also
about FFCSA regulations Department of Transportation regulations and where you
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can't park anymore within the cities or new apps like
I just mentioned that come out.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
So hopefully this.
Speaker 1 (42:10):
Show is informative to you as a new driver, seasoned driver,
experienced driver. Please, you know, let me know in the
comments if you like the show, please give it a
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your boyfriend, your wife, your mother, father. I greatly would
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and also watching a lot of the weather. There's a
lot of tornadoes coming into the area, so be careful of.
Speaker 2 (42:51):
That as well. So back to the story.
Speaker 1 (42:55):
The City of San Antonio's officially approved an amendment to
the city's code that will re semi truck parking within
the city limits. This is an attempt to amend the
ordinance started about three years ago and approved by the
San Antonio City Council. According to the local news, semi
truck parking was already prohibited on residential streets, but the
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amendment will ban semi trucks from parking within one thousand
feet of residential areas between the hours.
Speaker 2 (43:22):
Of midnight and six a m.
Speaker 1 (43:24):
Which means any business that is located in or around
a residential area that you have to deliver to you
can't park there. You can't do your ten anymore. You
have to drive it in closer to your appointment time.
The amendment allows exemption exceptions from semi trucks loading or unloading,
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or making emergency repairs. The amendment also raises the fine
for violating the ordinance from thirty five hours to five
hundred hours. The charge will go into effect in third
April nineteenth, which is already in effect.
Speaker 2 (44:00):
Truckers will be allowed a sixty day warning period before.
Speaker 1 (44:03):
Any fines are issued, and citations will only be issued
after ninety days, So.
Speaker 2 (44:10):
Finds run into effect.
Speaker 1 (44:13):
Ninety days after the nineteenth. In this already passed by
the city council. This change will go into effect, like
I said, April nineteenth, and then you have citations don't
be issued after ninety days after that.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
So you look at June, the middle of June.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
Before they issue any citations for that, and another flying
J truck stop burns to the ground with a Danny's
restaurant inside. Now I have some notes, let me find
my notes. When I was researching this story, I took
some notes on how many flying J had burned to
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the ground.
Speaker 2 (45:08):
With the Dennys inside. So the first one was.
Speaker 1 (45:22):
March of twenty sixteen, Indianapolis, Indiana, Flying J burns to
the ground. The second one was Matthews, Missouri, Flying J
Denny's inside June twenty eighteen, burns to the ground. The
next one was December twenty twenty two, San Antonio, Flying
J with the Dennys burns to the ground. This last
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one is March twenty fifth in Anthony, Texas. This flying
J with the Dennys inside burns to the ground.
Speaker 2 (45:53):
So it is.
Speaker 1 (45:54):
Within four Flying J's with Denny's in the last nine
years have burned to the ground around the country, two
of them in Texas, one of Missouri, one in Indiana.
Speaker 2 (46:08):
What does that tell you? There's a lot of dog
on money grease fires.
Speaker 1 (46:12):
They're supposed to have the grease traps cleaned out, supposed
to have the grill cleaned out, supposed to be using
that overhead hid event, supposed to be cleaning that out.
Speaker 2 (46:23):
What's going on? I have no idea, So.
Speaker 1 (46:25):
As always, thank you so much for joining me this week.
I'm Julia's Truck, a Cafe truck a news Hour. I
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Speaker 2 (46:38):
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This show is serious. It's a serious show. I'm not
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Speaker 2 (48:05):
Tons and tons and tons of.
Speaker 1 (48:07):
Channels that have a bunch of laughter in this kind
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Let me know about you know, the weather or the news.
Now I will drop that there is a good besides
weather channel on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (48:37):
There's a young man that's going to.
Speaker 1 (48:40):
College for a meteorologist and in two weeks he's going
to be graduating. He has his channel called Max m
Ax Velocity. I will leave a link to it in
the description on YouTube, but it's Max Velocity. He has
stormed racers sharing videos with him about all the tornadoes.
(49:03):
They are a few weeks, two, three weeks back, maybe
a month back. Back in March, we had up to
thirty forty tornado warnings in this state from Tupora, Mississippi,
across the jaccident South.
Speaker 2 (49:17):
It was nuts.
Speaker 1 (49:19):
One town got hit four different times in one night.
Speaker 2 (49:25):
It was just crazy, crazy, crazy.
Speaker 1 (49:28):
So it's called Max max Velocity.
Speaker 2 (49:34):
On YouTube.
Speaker 1 (49:35):
Please watch his channel, Please like it, sort of subscribe
to him. He's a young man who's starting out in
the meteorology business, so he's got already.
Speaker 2 (49:46):
Millions of subscribers.
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I just have a few thousand, but he has thousands
of people watching his shows.
Speaker 2 (49:56):
And sometimes he was up. How the heck did he say?
He did sixty hours worth of weather in eight days.
It was just nuts.
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So please keep the shoddy side up and until next time, dum.
Speaker 2 (51:19):
Doctor dun dun kum mm hmm
Hi, everyone, Welcome to Julia's truck a Cafe Trucking News Hour.
Thank you so much for joining me today. I greatly
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Also, just hop decided to hop on here and get
this show going.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It's been a heck of a week, so I'm trying
to here's a mess and erec and everything else.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
But it is what it is.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
As they say, I don't know what the heck that means.
But since I'm such old school, but as I do
everything myself, I'm trying to get this out. Had a
day off today, so.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
I'm trying people. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
And in our let's get to the news and our
first story. A truck driver is sentenced to prison for
using gas to burn an employer's truck.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
At Omaha Airport.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Truck driver my here is just all over the place
truck drivers facing years in federal prison for taking and
burning a semi truck owned by his former employer. A
Florida based truck driver, Kevin Katie and He's twenty seven,
was sentenced to five years at federal prison in three
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years of supervised release for milicious use of explosive materials.
According to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska.
He was also ordered to pay fifty nine thousand, three
hundred and fifty three dollars in restitution. Officials say that
back March of last year, he was working as a
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truck driver for Prime when he disconnected his vehicle's tracking
devices as employer could no longer track the truck. He
then parked the truck in the south cell phone parking
lot of Epley Field in Omaha, Nebraska, on the thirty
first in March. Surveillance video showed him renting a car
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at the airfield terminal and driving it back to the
truck to the truck in the lot.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Officials say he's.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Seen on video unloading items from the truck into the
rental car, then driving off. Minutes later. Smoke a scene
coming from the park truck, triggering a response from firefighters,
who eventually knocked down the vehicle.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Blaze.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Authorities discovered a red plastic gas container inside the cab
of the semi truck, along with an insidiary device, indicating
that the fire was into in fact intentional.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
The case was investigated.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
By the ATF and Explosives of the City of Omaha
and the Fire Investigation Unit so yeah, that's a felony.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
That's a federal offense to use something to burn down
a truck. So and I work for Prime.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
There's a lot let's just say, there's a lot better
companies out there. As if you spent any.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Time out on the highway, you know this. And hopefully
y'all can hear me.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
I'm using a different microphone so you won't be able
to hear all the background noises of my office assists,
my furry four legged office assistants giving me grief in
the background. And up next, sixteen bagpipers or hospitalized after
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a bus smashes into a flatbed loaded with pipes parked
at a truck stop. Sixteen bag pipers, people who play bagpipes,
were hospitalized after the bus they were riding crashed into
a flatbed trailer hauling steel pipes.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
This occurred in.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Pennsylvania on Mount Cob Road in Jefferson Township. According to
the local news, the school bus was transporting a music
group of bagpipers when it crashed into an envoid truck
stop parking lot. The bus struck a parked flatbed tractive
trailer and came to a rest on top of its load.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Of pipes.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Some of the pipes appeared to have been pushed into
the sleeper of the cab of the truck. Sixteen people
were then transported to the hospital and one person was
entrapped as a result of the crash. Total of twenty
one people were involved in this wreck. Extent of the
injuries is not clear. Is not clear if the truck
driver was hurt in the accident. Pennsylvania State Police is
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still investigating what led up to the crash, and at
the time of the writing of the article, no further
information was released. I'm looking up in the air because
my one cat likes to go up on top of
my desk and eat the other cat's food. Excuse me
in a second, pre Nazzy that I'm back and up next.
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The truckers found a ceased at I seventy waist station
in Indiana. As the article pulls up, Indiana State Police
are investigating after SOMEBI truck drivers found a ceased in
his vehicle parked at the way station.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
In Vigo County.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Troopers were dispatched to a way station on I seventy
near the Illinois Indiana state line to perform a welfare
check requested by the truck company. After the company, he
was unable to make contact with the driver. Troopers were
also unable to get a response when they knocked down
the driver's door. The state police assessed the truck and
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discovered a mail's passed away inside. No sign of foul
play or self harm at the point of the investigation.
Truck driver was later identified as Ernest and Rhodes fifty
two of Fordland, Missouri, and it's supposed to have had
an autopsy done on him are sincere condolences go out
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to the family of that driver.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
An employee in this.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Story is charged with the murder of the Illinois Trucking
Company CEO. An Arizona man has been charged a connection
with the death of his employer in Crestwood, Illinois. Scottsdale
resident Josef Sukla fifty two was a charge with a
first degree murder and the death of Dane Koletsky, according
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to Crestwood Police Department. The Police Department of Firefighters responded
to a truckload facilities located in Crestwood for a structure fire.
After the fire excuse me it was put out, authorities
discovered the body of a mail on the second floor
of the building amid the heavy smoke.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
He was identified as Koleski, the CEO of ATG.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Truckload investigators launched death and arson investigations at they say
pointed towards Sukla, who was an employee. Police were able
to track sucl to a truck stop at Holland, Michigan.
He was arrested at the truck stop and they also
said the cause of death was homicide resulting from injuries
to the victim's neck caused by a sharper pointed object.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
He was extradited from Michigan to Illinois and awaiting trial.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
And in this story, the driver was on CNS the
pressants during the seventeen car pile up that killed five
in Austin. Remember my last episode, episode one four, I
spoke about this seventeen car pile up that happened in Austin, Texas.
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Truck driver in a fatal crash that left five people
dead was on Central Nervous System CNS the pressants at
the time of the accident. It happened in a construction
zone on I thirty five in Austin, Texas. Thirty seven
year old I have no idea how to pronounce his
name is facing multiple counts of intoxication, manslaughter, and assault
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for the crash that killed five, killing two young children,
and injuring eleven more people.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Four of the five people killed or a vehicle.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Described as an unrecognizable crumpled mess. A detective and a
member of the Impaired Driving Investigation Unit determined that he
was impaired by central nervous system depressants at the.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Time of the wreck.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
These drugs are known to quote slow down signals sent
between the brain and the body end quote, and are
often used to treat insomnia or panic disorders. He was
observed with droopy eyes, He was slow and slugglish, sluggish
in movements, and relaxed in drowsy demeanor at the time
of the crash. His vital signs also pointed to someone
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who was unusually calm for someone who just involved in
a massive fatal accident. His heart rate and blood pressure
were on the lower.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
End of the normal range at the time they were
taken quote.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Normally, a person involved in a collision who had experienced
psychological or physiological excuitic conditions such as elevated heart rate
increased blood pressure, especially in a collision of this magnitude,
said the affidavit. During the investigation, the person told police
that his brakes failed, but the inspectors found no evidence
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of mechanical issues on the truck, as a record of
hours of service and movie violations prior to the crash,
and the National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation
into this crash. And in this story, two are killed
in I fordy in Arizona. Pileop identified after a wreck burns.
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After the wreck burns for twenty hours, this is also
our top story. As you could see here all of
this by the trees, that's all burned vehicles you could
see in the photo.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Two people killed in a snowy pile up that.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Burned for over twenty hours had been identified by investigators.
The massive crash happened back in March on westbound Interstate
forty near Williams, Arizona. Two victims of the crash were
identified as one Beltran and Evelyn Davis. According to Arizona family,
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the recks started with a jackknife semi truck on the
ice and snow covered interstate. That truck then blocked I forty,
causing multiple semi trucks and passive crowds to crash into it,
which then sparked the fire. The fire then burned threw
the pile up up for twenty hours as crews worked
to quench.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
The blaze and clear the scene.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
A total of twenty two vehicles and thirty six people
were involved in that collision. The incident is still under
investigation at the time of the writing of the article,
and the three ways being evaluated for damage. Investigation is
active and will take time to complete due to the
number of vehicles involved and also how many people were involved,
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and by the extensive fire damage. So sorry, I keep
playing with my hair. I'm old school. I don't like
anything hanging.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
In my face. My hair is so fine that it
just keeps falling over my eyes. So sorry, And let's
see what next.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
We have A sedan is crunched by a flat better
and a double red light red light runner crash. So
two people ran a red light and yeah the car lost.
A sedan seriously lost in a double red light runner
crash involved a flat flatbed. The accident happened at Alabama
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in Tuscaloosa.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
A flat better with small lord runs a red light.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
It's back straight into a sedan who also ran their
own red light.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Excuse me, this is on video.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Shows a crunched sedan, a grassy medium with the motor
is being treated by e ms. We're not sure what
happened after that, but hopefully each double red light runner
learned their lesson. So the semi ran the red light,
the car runs the red light, and they meet in
the middle.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Pretty much and still no statement.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
If you remember last episode or two, the cop in
Jacksonville that shot that was off duty, that shot at
a truck driver, still never gave a statement about.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
What the heck happened.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Just a second, I'm pulling the articles off of my tablet,
so that's why they were getting you'll understand that.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
That's why I'm looking up and down. Still no statement
from the undercover cop.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
There was not an assignment, did not have a body cam,
who shot at a driver that was in his seventies.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Jacksonville Sheriff's office and said there was still.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
No statement and no bodycam footage to release from the incident. Invole,
we got undercover off officer and a truck driver was
in his seventies. The shooting happened back in March during
rush hour with a semi truck and off duty undercover
officer in an unmarked car. They came in contact with
each other for unknown reasons. The officer fired multiple shots
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at the driver.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Truck driver was not.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Hurt, but the officer was left with a shoulder injury.
Doesn't say we're shoulder The officer still has not come
forward in a statement about the incident. Was not worrying
a body cam at the time because of his current assignment.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Quote. We're still looking into the details of what happened.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
We're still waiting to hear from the officer who as
the opportunity to decide whether he or not wants to
make a statement. He needs, he needs to make a statement.
In my opinion, why are you taking a gun out
and a truck driver for? Did the truck driver know
you're undercover cop? Did the truck driver know that you
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were an assignment? You were in an unmarked car, unmarked
you know you could be in private. Say listen, you
scared the guy. I'm surprised you didn't have a heart attack.
Scared the bejbs out of him because he's in his seventies. Hey,
because he starts shooting at him. So what did you
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do aggressively.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
To even make this altercation happen. Were you're blowing his horn?
Were you're coming into his lane? Were you're not watching?
What the heck you were doing? What were you doing? Officer?
Speaker 1 (15:28):
And you were off duty? So what were you doing?
It takes two to tango, dude, how about a statement?
So when and then the shriff's officers, when legally able,
they'll further brief the public on this matter.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
I think they're trying to cover up further than one
of their own, is what I think. But yeah, I'm
just a female. Heck do I know?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Right on to the next had enough of that story
as soon as I get the right one. And there
was a seven thousand dollars reward offered for information on
a truck driver found shot beside a semi at a
Texas truck stop.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
A thirties have increased the.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Cash reward for information on a truck driver found shot
near a semi truck in Midland, Texas. Now this happened
last year. He's twenty six years old. His name is
Austin Wynn and it was a homicide. Police believed that
Wynn was murdered around May twelfth to twenty twenty four.
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So it's coming close to a year ago that this happened.
He was in the ten thousand, one hundred block west
of Interstate twenty in Midland, Texas. When officers arrived on
the scene, Winn was found lying de ceased from a
gunshot worn on the ground next to his truck. Winn
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was a third generation livestock hauler from Oklahoma who was
hauling horse at the time of his death. If you
happen to have any information, please contact the Midland County
Sheriff's Office or call four three two sixty nine four tips.
That's four three two six nine four tips, or you
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could use a mobile app P three tips, or you
could go to six nine four tips dot com. That's
six nine four tips dot com.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Excuse me, I know that was girls. Sorry.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
And this driver turns hisself in after negligent homicide, false
statement charges that killed the truck.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Driver in roadside pond.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
A driver turned himself in after a war was issued
for his arrest for a two twenty twenty four wreck
that left another truck driver dead.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
The accident happened.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Back last year in February twenty ninth, on Interstate eighty four.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Near Exit seventy two in Union Connecticut.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
The accused truck driver, thirty three year old James Desiro,
was arrested last back in March thirteenth. According to the
local news, Desiro's semi crossed it to the right lane
from the center lane, causing a collision with another semi
driven by Carlos Vega.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Vega then veered off.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
The road way into a nearby Mariy pond, where his
cab became submerged. Desiro's semi also veered into the pond
and became partially submerged.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
He was able to escape the cab on his own.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
When officers arrived on the scene, they found Desiro standing.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
On the right shoulder of the highway.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Vega was extricated from his submerged cab and was pronounced
dead at the scene. Desiro told police that Vega had
lost control of his truck had hit him first, but
police reviewed dash cam footage from both semi trucks and
determined that Desiro's semi crossed into vegas lane first, giving
officers probable cause to issue.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
The warrant for his arrest.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
As a road turned himself in and was taken into
custod He's been charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle,
failure to maintain a lane, and providing a false statement.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Yeah, that definitely has some time.
Speaker 1 (19:20):
When you do all that dumb, dumb, dumb, and here
a big rig catches fire at Away Station Entrance. Minnesota
State Patrol responded to a truck fire at Away Station
near Moore, Moorhead. It was on east bound I ninety
four and Morehead, Minnesota. Graybo said that a semi truck
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caught fire at the entrance of the Red River Waste Scale.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the truck fire
was under investigation by the Moorhead Fire Department. Looks like
a well, its under the hood and then it goes
into the cab. That's what it looks like to me.
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I've seen plenty of them in my day. So it
could be electrical. It could be usually diesel, you know
as a lower boiler, a.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Burning point, lower flashpoint.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
I guess you call it than gasoline because of the
wax that's in it to keep like lubricating lubrication in
the motor.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
So it'd be more of an electrical fire. Then it
would be.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
More of like a combustion kind of a fire. I
would my opinion, my personal opinion. And this guy drained
at least five hundred thousand dollars from a trucking company
after being given access to their bank accounts and financial records.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Can we say, dumb, the dumb, dumb? Why would you
do that?
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Why would you give access a former truck driver in busy,
This partner to former NFL linebacker allegedly drained their truck
and company of resources by consistently transferring funds to himself.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
According to.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Shaquille Saquiel Dixon we pronounced it, I think right, been
accused of diverting funds for the account to Good Run
Logistics to his personal accounts. From February of twenty twenty
three through June of twenty twenty four, Dixon allegedly drained
the company of at least.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
A half a million dollars. The Charlotte, North Carolina Trucket.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Company was founded by ex Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson.
Shaq Thompson, excuse me, any Carolina fans. According to Queen
City News, Dixon was hired by Good Run Logistics due
to his truck experience was given access to the company's
bank accounts of financial records. He then used that information
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to transfer company funds to his own account under labels
such as order or draws or transfers to a review,
an attempt to disguise the transactions. Dixon allegedly acted as
the owner of the company in several circumstances, and even
convinced the company's actual owner to add more money to
the company accounts.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
This money eventually ended up.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
In Dixon's personal accounts, reported by the local news. Now
he's facing federal wire fraud charges and booked. But he
did postpond back in March. I mean, you know, I'm sorry,
I just I just can't do that. And this day
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in trucking history.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
What do we have here?
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Quocom was introduced as the first electronic logging device, initially
used by Werner Trucking back in the day. So Worder
Trucking was the first one to cl Order was the
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first one to do the electronic logging device or eled
back in the day. The first in history was an
automatic onboard recording device that made its appearance in nineteen
eighty eight. Then came the paper logs or electronic onboard
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recorders EOBR.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
They were used for hours of service tracking. While recorder
logs improve.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
The accuracy of the data, the lack of consistent data
format meant that the logs needed to be regenerated to
an equivalent paper format for review and enforcement. The record
of duty status back in them days. Definition within the
ELED legislation provides a consistent format for enforcement personnel to review,
so the ELD Mandate was then created. The fmcsa Federal
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Motor Carrier Safety Administration, announced the final rule of the
ELED Mandate and ELED regulations being implemented in several phases,
with a compliance date of December eighteenth, twenty seventeen. Fleet's
already equipped with loggers or recorders had until December twenty
nineteen to ensure compliance with the public specifications. Before the
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final rule of the ELED Mandate was announced, fleet used
the Automatic on Board Device, a much simpler version of
the ELED that did not provide fleets with many of
the features that are known. It started in two thousand
early two thousand. You were also able to I had
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a chauffeur's license. I started in nineteen eighty eight, and I.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Had a chauffeur's license.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
And then you grandfathered in to the or could grandfather
in to the ELD or your CDL, And.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
I'm sorry, I'm but anyways kind of mixing things up here.
Sorry about that.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
I'm going to CDL and I'm going ELD, so my
acronyms are getting all confused.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
Sorry, But anyways, from what I understand.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Rumor has it that cel Werner was so in debt
to the Federal Mortar Carrier Safety Administration. And I don't
want to be getting trouble for saying this, but this
is rumor, hypothetically allegedly that he was in so much
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trouble with the FMCSA for his trucks.
Speaker 2 (25:49):
Being over on hours.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
And all kinds of violations that they said, you know,
order for you to get out of all these violations,
we're gonna start a pilot.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Program with your company.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Hence we're gonna quoll Com was introduced and he started
putting it in all.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Of his trucks.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
If you were as been a driver as long as
I have, you remember seeing it on the back of
the trucks's big sign that said, hey, come drive for us.
We got paperless logs. You don't have to worry about
logging anymore. You don't have to worry about trying to
figure out where you are and trying to run a
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paper log and everything. It was all a big act
to get these quill coms into production into all the trucks.
Speaker 2 (26:42):
And it worked because now it's it's federal.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
You have you know, there's no more and they guys
go back to prayer prior two thousand trucks and everything
so they could run pay paper, agriculture and horses and
cows of this kind of thing. Still run paper, I believe,
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but more. I would say eighty five percent of the trucks,
eighty five to ninety percent of the trucks out on the.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Road has this electronic.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Logging device in the Cabala truck and it's like an
egg timer. It's like sitting on an egg timer. You start,
you start your day. You've got ten hours to finish
your day. You got fourteen hour total day. But that's
with fueling, that's with doing your inspection. That's where you
pre trip and post trip inspection, making sure everything works.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
That's what's taking your thirty minute break.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
You have a total of fourteen hours and then you
have to go to bed for ten hours. Well, then
you can't start your day until that ten hours is up.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
So that's where I call it.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Sit. Got an egg timer that it tells you when
you can punch back in.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
And I'm retired now from over the road.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
I run a local job where I don't have to
do any of that. But at the same time, now
I'm punching a clock that I can't punch in any
earlier than six five minutes tail. And then you know,
I have twelve hour shifts now, so I'm working harder
now than I did when I was driving.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
Over the road. So this is our day in trucking history.
Now let's get back to the news.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Two are convicted a human smuggling attempt that left fifty
three dead in a hot semi trailer incident in San Antonio.
Human were convicted for human smuggling attempt that left dozens
of people dead in San Antonio.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Back at twenty twenty two.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
Philippe or Duna Torres thirty, Armando or Tago fifty five
were convicted by federal grand jury on one counter conspiracy
to transport illegal aliens resulting in death, resulting in serious
bodily injury, and placing many lives in jeopardy. One count
of transportation of illegal aliens trying to say that past
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ten times resulting in death and one count of transportation
of illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury and placing
lives in jeopardy. Can I say that officials say that
tore as an artago or part of a human in
human trafficking.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
I can't talk now.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Organization that loaded up sixty six people into a semi
without a functional cooling system and drove them from the
Mexico border and on a Texas interstate. So they loaded
them up in in the back of the trailer with
and didn't turn the refer on. And it's not right
that they loaded them up to begin with, Don't get
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me wrong, But you know they were they they didn't
give a flip. They all they all they wanted was
the money. Torres and Artaker are scheduled for sentencing in June,
with the possibility of a maximum sentence of life in prison,
which they should get and they should get their their illegals, they.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Should get their bucks departed.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
The driver of the truck this home Moral Junior of Elkhart,
pled guilty this last January to one count of conspiracy
to transport aliens resulting at death causing serious bodily injury
and placing lives of jeopardy, and one counter of transportation
of aliens resulting at death and one counter transportation of
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aliens resulting in serious bodily injury placing lives in jeopardy.
It's like it's redundant. How many counts was there? Just
to add them up?
Speaker 2 (31:00):
He scheduled for.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Sentencing here in April. So if I find that out,
if he could face the maximum penalty of life in prison,
he needs to get the death penalty.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
Officials also announced that.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Or I can't pronounce this name, the alleged leader of
the Guatemala based human trafficking organization will be extradited to
the US.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
To face charges.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
It connects you with the mass casualty of this incident.
So yeah, they were arrested, they got a grain jury, and.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah, so let's see what happened. And if you were
up in Wisconsin up and started, then you will know
of this.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
I believe it's a TA, the petrol excuse me, petro Ta.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
That has the blue Badger bar in it, bar and
grill they're on.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
They got fought by THA corporate. So let's see if
the Blue Badger will stay in, Still Stay Running, Still
Stay Open. It was a pretty cool place. It was
upstairs of the building and you had to walk up
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the steps. And when they brought the food, they had
this wire basket on this kind of cable that it
came from the bottom little trailer kitchen deli area, and
they put it in the basket.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
And they zoomed it up to the bar and.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Then the bartender took it off the basket and then
served it to you.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Granted everything is in in.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Recyclable to gold containers, but that's how you got your food.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
So it was pretty cool to see that.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
The Willcom family announced the train transfer of ownership at
Wisconsin Truck Stop to a large travel center chain.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
There goes a neighborhood.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
They announced that the Racine Petro Truck Stop instead event
the Ta Truck Service and.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
The Blue Badger Bar and Grill under a new ownership.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Of the Ta Petrol Corporation effective back of March.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
Transfer ownership allows Michael and Jim.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
To focus on other businesses that they own, so they're sellouts. Allegedly,
the will Come family owned and managed the truck steps
is nineteen ninety three and ninety nine. They became a
Petro franchise e and added in the Iron Skillet restaurant
at Petrol Lube and which is now the Ta Truck Service.
A blue Badger bar and grill was added in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
They've served our customers on the corner of Highway twenty
and I ninety four. We've been through many changes at
this location.
Speaker 1 (33:51):
We want to thank you for your business and your
support over the last thirty two years. We'll miss our employees,
customers and vendors that we're partner with over the year,
said Michael and Jim.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Sell out. You're just to sell out to focus on
other businesses. If you want to retire, say you want
to retire, you know really so they probably offered.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
Him enough money that they couldn't refuse, honestly, just say it.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
And I'm not going to show this video.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
There again because of YouTube you know algorithm. But if
you look at the red end circled red circle on
this photo, that is the driver trying to jump through
the flames to get out of the burning truck.
Speaker 2 (34:41):
And that's all I'm gonna say. He managed to leap.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Over a various very dangerous situation unscathed. After crashing his
truck and sparking a fire. This happened near Akron, Ohio,
on I seventy seven. He initially hit the median of
the interstate soon pulled over the shoulder of the road.
The truck then caught fire a lot of trucks catching
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fire lately. The impact also caused a rupture of the
passenger side fuel tank, which.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Also united that fuel.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
The truck drivers then caught on video throwing open the
truck door, considering his options, and doing his best to
leap over the flames surrounding the cab.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
The truckers jump.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
Falls short, and the man then appears to just run
straight through the flames before jogging to the rear of
his trailer to regroup. And he did escape without injury,
so that's.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
A good thing.
Speaker 1 (35:37):
But you know, shouldn't hit the median to begin with
which you hit the median for dude. And in this story,
eight semi trucks were seized and eight visa holding drivers
nabbed for cocaine smuggling. US Customs of Border Protection sees
hundreds of pounds of cocaine from multiple commercial vehicles passing
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through California Port of van Entry over a two day period.
Speaker 2 (36:02):
This happened back March fourth and fifth May.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
Support of entry locating in Ota Mace of California resulted
the apprehension of eight visa holding drivers and this seizure
of multiple commercial semis official sees more than two hundred
and forty pounds of cocaine.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
So I'm not gonna say on and on and on.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
You know, it goes into the details of the eight
cocaine seizures. But yeah, so I don't know where they
had them or anything, but good job. Border patrol trying
to run through. A truck driver intentionally drove past a
road clone sign and got stuck in the switchbacks of
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snow covered highway. Brilliant, just freaking brilliant. California issued a
citation to a truck driver who allegedly ignored road closure
signs that got stuck in the Lake Tahoe area, accorring
social media post. Commercial driver intentionally drove past the road
colal signs and became stuck in the switchbacks and Emerald Bay,
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California Highway Patrol said the driver, excuse me when it
just was sighted and earned.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Themselves a very hefty toebill. He used. The driver's bad day.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
As a reminder to others, a driver around a road
colal sign is extremely dangerous and not to mention illegal
numb not Yes, I'm gonna say, nu'mb not watch YouTube
give me a strike for.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
That kind of language.
Speaker 1 (37:42):
Oh no, I'm just saying they could And Kenworth is
to discontinue several iconic models due to emissions regulations and
component constraints. So like the W nine truckmaker Kenworth announced
plans to the sunset several popular models next year. They
announced its decision to discontinue project of the legacy one
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point nine meters cab class eight trucks, including Kenworth W
nine and the nine W nine hundred L and the
W nine hundred B models, the T eight hundred W
and the C five hundred. The company said the decision
is continued production of these models is due to evolving
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emissions regulations and component constraints as the industry moves forward
with new, more efficient and better int created technologies and products.
How much you want to make a bet they want
to go to electronic or electric trucks and self driving trucks?
How much you want to make about we know these
legacy Kenworth models are an integral part of our history
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here at Kenworth. Will makes the decision a difficult but
necessary one as we enter the next era of trucking.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
I hate that language, you know.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
A final call for truck orders will be issued later
this year twenty twenty five, but dealers and customers are
advised to place orders as soon as possible.
Speaker 2 (39:07):
So yeah, they'll get inundata.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
On orders for W nine and the two W nine's.
And this is a that's in the picture.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
No more of that model.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
And Charlotte, North Carolina releases a new truck parking app
as part of a quality of life.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
Project and just a few more stories.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
And where it'll be a wrap for this episode. The
City of Charlotte has released a new platform to help
truckers find safe and legal parking in the region as
a part of a new quality of life initiative. The
Commercial Trucking Truck Parking Tool is a website and app
designed to provide truck drivers with information on where to
safely and legally park of the City of Charlotte. The
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platform offers drivers a way to search for available parking
based on their current location or entered address. You could
do that in Trucker Path outlines the city's truck parking regulations,
includes fines and penalties for violating those rules, provides a
heat map showing real time hotspots for parking violations, high
enforcement areas, and general commercial activity based on the area,
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and gives truck parking lot owners the ability to submit
information about the facilities such as cost amenities, security features,
and ease of access. The City or sorrow It's Quality
of Life team released a platform as a way to
address illegal parking in the city, which was previously cited
as a top priority for the community and consistently a
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top concern in the trucking industry as a whole. That's
in any big city. We always had a hard time
fighting parking. I was long before the dog one trucker
Path app came out. And traffic cams catch a semi
colliding with stop traffic on an Arkansas interstate There again,
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you can google it, sure it's on YouTube, but the
Arkansas Department of Transportation traffic cams captured a collision involving
multiple semis that happened in Saint Francis County back in
the middle of March. Traffic cam video you could see
a semi truck driver he failed to stop for slow
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traffic on I forty, colliding with a second trailer and
sending that truck forward to hit a bobtail truck. Local
outlet reports that at least one person was injured and
that has Matt was involved.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Ooh, that'd be a heck of a cleanup.
Speaker 1 (41:36):
And in this story, there is officially no more overnight
truck parking allowed in San Antonio. Sorry this is a
little bit late, but yeah there again, this show is
not just about traffic, not just about accidents. It's also
about FFCSA regulations Department of Transportation regulations and where you
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can't park anymore within the cities or new apps like
I just mentioned that come out.
Speaker 2 (42:08):
So hopefully this.
Speaker 1 (42:10):
Show is informative to you as a new driver, seasoned driver,
experienced driver. Please, you know, let me know in the
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lot of tornadoes coming into the area, so be careful of.
Speaker 2 (42:51):
That as well. So back to the story.
Speaker 1 (42:55):
The City of San Antonio's officially approved an amendment to
the city's code that will re semi truck parking within
the city limits. This is an attempt to amend the
ordinance started about three years ago and approved by the
San Antonio City Council. According to the local news, semi
truck parking was already prohibited on residential streets, but the
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amendment will ban semi trucks from parking within one thousand
feet of residential areas between the hours.
Speaker 2 (43:22):
Of midnight and six a m.
Speaker 1 (43:24):
Which means any business that is located in or around
a residential area that you have to deliver to you
can't park there. You can't do your ten anymore. You
have to drive it in closer to your appointment time.
The amendment allows exemption exceptions from semi trucks loading or unloading,
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or making emergency repairs. The amendment also raises the fine
for violating the ordinance from thirty five hours to five
hundred hours. The charge will go into effect in third
April nineteenth, which is already in effect.
Speaker 2 (44:00):
Truckers will be allowed a sixty day warning period before.
Speaker 1 (44:03):
Any fines are issued, and citations will only be issued
after ninety days, So.
Speaker 2 (44:10):
Finds run into effect.
Speaker 1 (44:13):
Ninety days after the nineteenth. In this already passed by
the city council. This change will go into effect, like
I said, April nineteenth, and then you have citations don't
be issued after ninety days after that.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
So you look at June, the middle of June.
Speaker 1 (44:38):
Before they issue any citations for that, and another flying
J truck stop burns to the ground with a Danny's
restaurant inside. Now I have some notes, let me find
my notes. When I was researching this story, I took
some notes on how many flying J had burned to
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the ground.
Speaker 2 (45:08):
With the Dennys inside. So the first one was.
Speaker 1 (45:22):
March of twenty sixteen, Indianapolis, Indiana, Flying J burns to
the ground. The second one was Matthews, Missouri, Flying J
Denny's inside June twenty eighteen, burns to the ground. The
next one was December twenty twenty two, San Antonio, Flying
J with the Dennys burns to the ground. This last
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one is March twenty fifth in Anthony, Texas. This flying
J with the Dennys inside burns to the ground.
Speaker 2 (45:53):
So it is.
Speaker 1 (45:54):
Within four Flying J's with Denny's in the last nine
years have burned to the ground around the country, two
of them in Texas, one of Missouri, one in Indiana.
Speaker 2 (46:08):
What does that tell you? There's a lot of dog
on money grease fires.
Speaker 1 (46:12):
They're supposed to have the grease traps cleaned out, supposed
to have the grill cleaned out, supposed to be using
that overhead hid event, supposed to be cleaning that out.
Speaker 2 (46:23):
What's going on? I have no idea, So.
Speaker 1 (46:25):
As always, thank you so much for joining me this week.
I'm Julia's Truck, a Cafe truck a news Hour. I
greatly appreciate all of your time and you're continued listing.
Speaker 2 (46:38):
And support of the show.
Speaker 1 (46:40):
If you wouldn't mind watching this on YouTube, please hit
the like and subscribe button. I also ring the bell
so you also have notifications of when I drop another
show again. I'm working twelve hour days sixty hours lately weeks.
It's going that's going to change my job so I'll
(47:01):
be able to do more episodes consistent, trying to do
it at least one a week.
Speaker 2 (47:08):
And be more consistent.
Speaker 1 (47:10):
Please also like our Facebook page at Julius t RCKN
Cafe on Facebook. I also drop when I'm going to
have one scheduled. Today was just impromptu. Try to do
it on Saturdays.
Speaker 2 (47:28):
A lot of.
Speaker 1 (47:28):
People like between eight and nine pm on Saturdays. I'm
trying to find a good day that everybody will watch,
everybody will jump on the live stream with me, and please,
you know, leave your comments.
Speaker 2 (47:44):
You know, do you like it, you don't like it,
you find it.
Speaker 1 (47:46):
Boring, It's not going to be funny. That's the whole thing.
This show is serious. It's a serious show. I'm not
a comedian. I try to be a comedian in real life,
but trucking, to me is a serious business. And it's
that there's.
Speaker 2 (48:05):
Tons and tons and tons of.
Speaker 1 (48:07):
Channels that have a bunch of laughter in this kind
of thing. I want my show to be informative so
you learn something.
Speaker 2 (48:16):
So you look at going, oh my god, you know
this happened, that happened, or you know, thank goodness, you.
Speaker 1 (48:23):
Let me know about you know, the weather or the news.
Now I will drop that there is a good besides
weather channel on YouTube.
Speaker 2 (48:37):
There's a young man that's going to.
Speaker 1 (48:40):
College for a meteorologist and in two weeks he's going
to be graduating. He has his channel called Max m
Ax Velocity. I will leave a link to it in
the description on YouTube, but it's Max Velocity. He has
stormed racers sharing videos with him about all the tornadoes.
(49:03):
They are a few weeks, two, three weeks back, maybe
a month back. Back in March, we had up to
thirty forty tornado warnings in this state from Tupora, Mississippi,
across the jaccident South.
Speaker 2 (49:17):
It was nuts.
Speaker 1 (49:19):
One town got hit four different times in one night.
Speaker 2 (49:25):
It was just crazy, crazy, crazy.
Speaker 1 (49:28):
So it's called Max max Velocity.
Speaker 2 (49:34):
On YouTube.
Speaker 1 (49:35):
Please watch his channel, Please like it, sort of subscribe
to him. He's a young man who's starting out in
the meteorology business, so he's got already.
Speaker 2 (49:46):
Millions of subscribers.
Speaker 1 (49:48):
I just have a few thousand, but he has thousands
of people watching his shows.
Speaker 2 (49:56):
And sometimes he was up. How the heck did he say?
He did sixty hours worth of weather in eight days.
It was just nuts.
Speaker 1 (50:09):
So please like and subscribe to his channel. Please like
and subscribe to this one ring the notification bellel so
that you'll get notified every time I do a video,
So please keep the shoddy side up and until next time, dum.
Speaker 2 (51:19):
Doctor dun dun kum mm hmm
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