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A truck driver faces felony charges after Florida agricultural inspection officers located suspected fentanyl in the cab of his semi truck. On August 28, 2026, the Florida Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE) announced the arrest of Joginder Singh, 30, of Bellerose, New York, on felony drug trafficking charges. Singh was operating a tractor trailer loaded with produce.

Federal authorities announced new rulemaking to reverse restrictions on commercial truck fuel efficiency standards for engine manufacturers. On August 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) debuted a new interpretive rule to reverse an Obama-era regulation related to standalone medium- and heavy-duty truck engine fuel efficiency.

A semi truck accidentally plowed through a barrier during a truck pull event at a fair in Ohio on Thursday night. The crash happened at the Portage County Randolph Fair in Randolph, Ohio at 10:59 p.m. on Thursday, August 27th during a truck pull Grandstand event. According to a statement from the fair, a Pro Street Semi truck was competing in the truck pull event when it broke away from the pulling sled and crashed through the barrier at the back end of the track.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) hosted an event celebrating a Walmart truck driver for his remarkable safety achievement. Last week, the CHP troopers hosted a celebration at the Cottonwood Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility located off of I-5 in Cottonwood, California. The event honored the achievements of Walmart Transportation truck driver Paul Mitchell, who achieved four million accident-free miles in his trucking career.

An autonomous trucking company plans to deploy 500 Tesla semi trucks across multiple freight corridors starting in September. Einride plans to utilize 500 Tesla semi trucks on its fleet intelligence platform and utilize them in places such as Texas, California, New Jersey, Illinois, and Georgia to serve customers as large as Amazon. The deployment is expected to start in September.

A truck loaded with approximately 50,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer has been stolen, and the beer company says it won’t ask questions if they return it within a specified time frame. The truck was stolen out of Montclair, California about a week ago, and was loaded with 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer – around 50,000 cans. The company has made several Instagram posts about the theft, including one promising that the thieves won’t get in trouble if they just return the truck and beer.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) executed multiple warrants as part of an investigation into an organized oilfield theft organization.

A disturbance at a Pilot truck stop in Texas led to a police pursuit and a standoff this week, according to local police. At 11 p.m. on August 26, the Mustang Ridge Police Department (MRPD) responded to a Pilot truck stop located at 10700 US 183 South NB for a reported disturbance. “Through the initial call for service, it was determined that a truck driver assaulted a member of the Pilot staff when they asked him to move from the middle of the driveway.

The relatives of a family killed in a nine-vehicle pile up on Interstate 71 caused by a truck driver with a history of fraud say a photo of the deceased was used in a political ad without permission. 36-year-old Lynnea Soposki, 37-year-old Luke Soposki, and 1-year-old Logan Soposki were killed on I-71 in Delaware County, Ohio when a semi truck driven by Modou Ngom crashed into traffic in a construction zone back in April. Three other people were seriously injured.

Three people were arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to allow employees to bypass Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) testing requirements, Florida officials say. On August 25, Florida officials announced that Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department employees Matthew Howard, Jr. and Keith Garrod Jones were each charged with Official Misconduct, a third-degree felony, and Unlawful Compensation or Reward for Official Behavior, a second-degree felony.