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No criminal charges will be filed in connection with a fire truck crash that killed a veteran Boston firefighter earlier this year.
The 2010 Ram Heavy Duty was named Motor Trend magazine's truck of the year on Thursday, beating out contenders from Ford and Toyota in the closely watched competition.
Commuters who cried during a Long Island traffic jam may give pause over the cause: a truck wreck that spilled thousands of gallons of milk.
A semi-tractor trailer carrying hydrochloric acid has crashed on a major highway into downtown Kansas City.
The mayor of Revere, Massachusetts, has verbally reprimanded the fire chief for allowing a firefighter to ride a department ladder truck nine miles to his wedding.
An epileptic garbage truck driver in New York City who skipped his anti-seizure medication before crashing his truck and killing a British couple has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for his role in what became the deadliest human smuggling attempt in U.S. history.
The New York Farm Bureau said Thursday a Paterson administration proposal originally aimed at keeping garbage haulers from rumbling through picturesque Finger Lakes communities will hurt the state's agriculture industry.
New York state wants to crack down on truckers who rely on satellite devices to direct them onto faster but prohibited routes and end up crashing into overpasses that are too low for their rigs.
Talk about one tough owl. Police in southern Indiana said a great horned owl flew through the pre-dawn darkness into the front of a moving Ford F-250 pickup truck — and survived even as the collision mangled the truck's radiator.
Montana police say a man who may have been using a large garbage bin as shelter from the cold was apparently crushed when the bin was emptied.
A truck driver who lost control of a semitrailer carrying missile parts from North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base was distracted by a "large insect" that flew in a window and landed on the driver's back, the military said in a report released Friday.
Authorities said a naked man was arrested after he allegedly stole a truck and and drove it into a ditch on Thursday. Chief Investigator Stanley McNatt said the man was shouting "somebody's trying to kill me" when he appeared in an Ardmore neighborhood. He said the man jumped in the back of a truck and broke the window to the cab. The man's name has not been released.
Johnny Bolton gets some funny looks as he drives his pickup around this northeast Missouri town — but he also gets the last laugh. He built the truck himself, using little more than spare parts, a tape measure and a welding torch. "And a lot of thinking," Bolton told the Hannibal Courier-Post.
Police in eastern Pennsylvania said a man charged with drunken driving faces more charges after allegedly trying to steal a tow truck a few hours later to retrieve his impounded vehicle.
Battling an intensely hot fire after a semitrailer crashed on Interstate 80, emergency crews were surprised to find themselves suddenly fired upon — by corks from exploding wine bottles inside.
Hundreds of autoworkers who lost their jobs when General Motors closed an Ohio sport utility vehicle plant cheered and cried Wednesday at a screening of a documentary film that profiled their lives during the plant's final days.
A dump truck packed with more than 60 Indonesian plantation workers and their families overturned, killing at least 25 and injuring dozens, police and a doctor said Wednesday. At least three children were among the dead.
A southeastern North Dakota town believes it has set a new world record for having the most fire trucks in a parade.
Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.
Authorities said a 25-year-old woman ran over her husband with her truck after an argument on Monday. The sheriff's office reported that the woman's husband eventually disabled her truck and walked to a nearby restaurant. Two people helped her fix the truck, and she drove to the restaurant to meet her husband.
A Maine rescue department volunteer struck by a monster truck at a mud race avoided serious injuries thanks to a cocoon of mud. Jason Cole, assistant rescue chief in the southern Maine town of Lebanon, says the driver lost control of her truck Sunday at the "Go Deep Mud" contest when the throttle became stuck.
From the first time he saw Emmett "Doc" Brown fire up the Mr. Fusion home energy reactor in the "Back to the Future" movies, Dave Nichols has always wanted to make a vehicle run on garbage.
A man accused of trying to run down his wife with a dump truck faces charges of domestic violence and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon. The Portland Press Herald said a 40-year-old man and his wife had been drinking at a friend's house on Wednesday. The woman told Cumberland County Sheriff's deputies that the two started to argue, and she left the house with her dog.
A wild turkey landed inside the cab of a manure-hauling tractor trailer, startling the driver and sending the truck rolling into a ditch off a northern New York road. State police said Scott Fisher, 38, was traveling in St. Lawrence County near the Canadian border when the turkey flew in through an open window.
Driver Run Over, Killed By Own Truck A man was killed while attempting to stop his own moving truck in front of a hospital.
DAWN.COM | International | Man moves mountain to park truckPATNA: An Indian villager used a hammer and chisel over the span of 14 years to carve a tunnel through a rocky mountain so that he could park his truck in front of his house.
Woman rams burning pickup into house, police say No one inside the house in the 15000 block of Illinois Routes 111/267 south of Brighton was injured, but the structure was damaged extensively. Jersey County Sheriff Mark Kallal says the woman and the home's owner "had a relationship that was on the outs."
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Student expelled for having unloaded shotguns in truckThe Willows Unified School District board of trustees has expelled a 16-year-old for having unloaded shotguns in his pickup parked just off the Willows High School campus.
My husband and I recently took a trip to Texas. While traveling on I-20, I kept wondering what I would tell my Newsvine friends about this unexpected trip. So I started taking some notes about what I saw or heard. And here it is my observations of Interstate 20.
How to Push a Dump Truck Out the Window A Dump Truck gets pushed out of the fourth floor of an abandoned Packard plant in Detroit.
Dog Ejected From Car Still Recovering Oscar, the injured 3-year-old pit bull that was badly hurt Tuesday morning, is still recovering after being ejected from a car.
14 Students Injured In School Bus Crash Fourteen students were injured when a school bus crashed in Pendleton County.
Man Accused of Trying to Kill Family Pet With Ice Cream Truck An Oklahoma City woman said a man driving an ice cream truck used the vehicle to try to kill a family pet"
Sleeping man is crushed by truckA man apparently sleeping under a truck in a downtown parking lot was killed early this morning when the driver of the truck attempted to pull away, crushing him.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Analysis: Shia settlement a militant targetI would suggest reading Ilyas Khan's archive. He's got some good insights and reports into the country's history. By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad
Nuclear power plant worker disappears, family wants answers Police are asking for the public's help locating an Arizona nuclear power plant worker who went missing last weekend.
Crews dodge flying corks in wine truck fire Battling an intensely hot fire after a cargo truck crashed on a highway, emergency crews were surprised to find themselves suddenly fired upon — by corks from exploding wine bottles inside.
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A Soldier's Eye in the Sky - Hovering Drones, Sensors, & Rockets in a Box...the new drones, made by Honeywell, are designed to hover over a crucial spot on a battlefield like helicopters, instead of flying in a wide circle.
In Dinuba, California, a Dodge Neon carrying three men was chased by police through a stop sign and into a crash with a pick up truck. This resulted in the deaths of all five chlidren in the truck, ages one through eight and the three people inside the pursued vehicle.
Police officer jumps into moving lorry after driver falls ill A police officer jumped into a moving lorry and slammed on the brakes after the driver suffered a suspected stroke.
Rare Florida panther killedAuthorities say a man was not injured after his semi truck hit a Florida panther, killing the animal.
Truck Driving School Enrollment Soaring in Down Turned Economy - KPVI NEWS 6: Pocatello, Idaho Falls-Weather, Sports, News-Article title says it all "Truck Driving School Enrollment Soaring in Down Turned Economy"
So There I Was, Driving My Tow Truck While Talking On One Mobile Phone and Texting On The Other....POLICE say a tow truck driver was texting on one mobile phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.
Truck dealer aims to spike Web traffic with free AK-47s | Technically Incorrect - CNET NewsOnly in Missouri you can get a free AK47 assault rifle with your purchase of a pickup truck from Max Motors of Clay County! yee haw!
Afghan Truck Blast Kills 16 Children KABUL, Afghanistan — A huge explosion in a truck Thursday killed 24 people south of Kabul, including 16 schoolchildren, 4 policemen and 4 bystanders, local officials said, as the death toll among foreign soldiers fighting in Afghanistan rose.
VIDEO: Toyota Employees Taped Stealing From, Watching Porn In Customer's TruckThe first two times Jason brought his truck in to his local Toyota dealership for service, he noticed that someone had taken quarters from his change compartment. He complained both times, but was ignored.
1 killed in fireworks truck blast in North Carolina -- One person was killed and four others were critically injured Saturday when a truck carrying fireworks on North Carolina's Outer Banks exploded, officials said.
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