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U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A man found shot and killed in a pickup truck in Santa Rosa was identified by the Sonoma County coroner's office today as 26-year-old Juan Carlos Sandoval. Sandoval, who lived in Santa Rosa, and a second man were found shot inside a pickup truck on the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 26, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

CNN -- A bus hopped a highway median and crashed into a pickup truck before being broadsided by an 18-wheeler, Arkansas police said, killing the pickup driver and two bus riders. Forty people were hurt in Sunday night's crash, which shut down a 13-mile stretch o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 9:28am neoform

FOX News -- Southwestern Michigan authorities say they arrested an ice cream truck operator who was selling marijuana along with his frozen desserts. After authorities got tips about the alleged pot-peddler, a deputy "heard jingling bells" about 2 p.m. Thursday an.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 9:39am neoform

Boston Globe -- It was late Sunday when the tractor-trailer pulled up to Charlestown's Sullivan Square fire station, a routine stop for truck drivers who get lost trying to navigate the nearby rotary. Lieutenant Chris Corwin and Firefighter Daniel Donahoe gave the dri.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 4:50pm neoform

CNN -- Ryan Lipscomb lived to tell how it felt to have a truck run over his head. "Really strange," he said. Lipscomb, 26 of Seattle, suffered a concussion but was otherwise unhurt. He was shaken up, especially after he saw his mangled helmet. Lipscomb, a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 22, 2006 @ 9:47am mrmdc

Chronicle Observer -- A tractor-trailer hauling about 6,000 pounds of low-grade uranium overturned Thursday as it exited Interstate 95 in Johnston County, authorities said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A 57-year-old San Francisco bicyclist is clinging to life after being struck by a pickup truck at a freeway off-ramp, police said today. The cyclist, who was not identified, was struck at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday while riding north on Bayshore Boulevard at.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 5, 2007 @ 9:44am neoform

SF Gate -- PST OAKLAND - A worker at the Port of Oakland was crushed to death by a truck Monday night, authorities said today. Edward Hall, 47, of San Francisco, was killed about 8 p.m. by a semi-tractor trailer maneuvering into position to have a container place.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 1, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Undercover federal investigators discovered that it was surprisingly easy to cheat on random drug tests designed to catch truck drivers who use drugs, NBC News has learned. Undercover investigators with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Two Novato men have been arrested for allegedly stealing a U-Haul truck and using it to pilfer a bed, washer and dryer and numerous other items - nearly $300,000 worth - from a Sonoma County home, authorities said today. Joseph Giuseppe Cutrufelli, 52,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 6, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Authorities reopened Kirker Pass Road near Concord this afternoon, more than five hours after a truck overturned carrying a small amount of a radioactive metal used for medical purposes. The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. when a courier for the med.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 14, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

FOX News -- Many people in this southern Illinois town thought Bruce Mendenhall was loud, hot-tempered and a little peculiar, but they were still stunned to hear police say he has confessed to killing six people. "Everyone's in disbelief that we had an individual.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 12:45am neoform

FOX News -- Don Harvey's long-haul truck had almost two million miles on it when its engine died this week. Now he's planning to ride the road in style, thanks to a $105.8 million Powerball ticket bought by his wife. "Absolute disbelief and shock," was how Joyce H.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 12:29am neoform

FOX News -- A truck driver whose rig snagged a man in his wheelchair and unknowingly pushed him at speeds up to 50 mph for miles will not face any criminal charges, authorities said. Van Buren County prosecutor Juris Kaps said investigators determined the semi acc.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:52pm neoform

FOX News -- A truck driver whose rig was 6 inches too tall for the Lincoln Tunnel drove its entire 1.5-mile length, peeling the trailer's roof completely and ripping off decorative ceiling tiles. Flashing signs and officers using a loudspeaker had warned the drive.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 11:03am neoform

New York Times -- It was just six inches. That was what made the difference at 4:40 a.m. yesterday as Gilberto Cantu, a truck driver from Texas, approached the New Jersey entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel in his big rig, loaded with bathtubs, toilets and plumbing fixtures... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 9:42am neoform

SF Gate -- Motorists gave 911 operators conflicting information after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and ignited a fire that brought down part of the MacArthur Maze -- yet emergency dispatchers remained calm in the chaotic moments, according to recordings of the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 30, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- James Mosqueda, the driver in Sunday's fiery fuel-tanker crash, climbed out of the cab of his truck just moments before an explosion so powerful and hot that it melted steel and brought down a freeway, witnesses and law enforcement officials said. Mosq.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 29, 2007 @ 9:15pm neoform

CNN -- A heavily traveled section of freeway that funnels traffic off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and erupted into flames, authorities said. Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:42am neoform

CNN -- A man pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter for failing to properly hitch a wood-chipper to his truck in an accident that killed a man and two of his young triplets. Bradley Demitras was scheduled to stand trial Monday but struck a deal with prosecutor.. Read More