Trucking News

• Driver fights off deadly snake while going 70mph
  
  An Australian trucker managed to fight off a highly venomous snake while doing 70mph along a busy road.
  Sky News.  Tuesday, 7 Jul 2020.
• WEX Gives Trucking Customers Access to Its Savings Network
  
  WEX's business savings network allows small fleets and small businesses avail highly curated and discounted offers that are otherwise available only to large companies.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 2 Jul 2020.
• Love & Hip Hop's Maurice Fayne accused of using PPP loan to buy Rolex and running $5m Ponzi scheme
  
  Love & Hip Hop reality start Maurice Fayne has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of running a Ponzi scheme with his trucking company and for using coronavirus PPP loan for personal use.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 26 Jun 2020.
• The East African truck drivers accused of spreading coronavirus
  
  East African truckers are accused of being Covid-19 super spreaders in the region during lockdown.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 25 Jun 2020.
• Markham officer shoots man after police say he tried to attack her with knives
  
  A police call for trespass at a Markham trucking company ended in a shooting Thursday.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 18 Jun 2020.
• Electric Pickup Race is on: Is Nikola The Tesla of Trucking?
  
  The year 2021 is going to be the year for electric pickups and is likely to witness EV market revolution.
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 10 Jun 2020.
• Meet the newest multibillionaire: Nikola's founder is now worth $4.6 billion after IPO
  
  Trevor Milton's newfound fortune is the latest vindication for the Utah-born college dropout, who founded Nikola at the age of 29 after talking to truckers in the North Dakota oil fields.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 4 Jun 2020.
• The trucker who drove through a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis was once arrested for domestic assault
  
  Bogdan Vechirko drove an empty tanker through a crowd of George Floyd protesters in Minneapolis on Sunday. No one was hurt.
  Yahoo.  Wednesday, 3 Jun 2020.
• Police shame lorry driver found with so much rubbish piled up he couldn't see out the windscreen
  
  The trucker was pulled over in Hampshire after being found with a shocking haul in his cab, including food, a bucket and sponge and a fly swat.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 3 Jun 2020.
• Minnesota governor says trucker who drove through protesters was 'frustrated'
  
  Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on Monday that a truck driver who drove through protesters marching on a highway on Sunday appeared to be "frustrated" at the closure of the road and did brake when he saw marchers.
  Reuters.  Monday, 1 Jun 2020.
• Celadon biggest of nearly 800 trucking failures this year
  
  The trucking industry is having a dismal year, thanks to tariffs and lower shipping prices.
  CBS News.  Saturday, 16 May 2020.
• Trump claims truckers were sending him 'love' by honking during his speech. Not exactly.
  
  During a White House event on the development of a coronavirus vaccine, President Trump claimed blaring horns were supportive of him. But the truckers were not rallying in support of the president. ...
  Yahoo.  Friday, 15 May 2020.
• Truckers' horns blare in protest during Donald Trump's Rose Garden event
  
  Truckers honking in protest of low shipping rates made themselves heard in the White House Rose Garden on Friday during President Trump's announcement of a team to find a coronavirus vaccine. ...
  Washington Times.  Friday, 15 May 2020.
• Vital US Truckers Hit Bumps in Road During Pandemic
  
  While many of us have been sheltering at home during the pandemic, essential workers such as truckers have not had that luxury.
  Voice of America.  Thursday, 14 May 2020.
• DNA links Iowa trucker, 58, to Wyoming, Tennessee cold-case murders, authorities say
  
  A long-haul trucker from Iowa was arrested Wednesday for the murders of three women more than two decades ago after new DNA evidence allegedly tied him to the crimes.
  Fox News.  Friday, 8 May 2020.

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