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@wfaa Investigative reporter. Truth-digger. Episcopalian. Single mom. Telling hard stories with heart—and holding power accountable. Email: teiserer@wfaa.com.
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Federal officials respond to inquiry on trucking fraud and safety enforcement

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By Tanya Eiserer Verified
| WFAA-TV (Dallas, TX) Verified
DALLAS — Federal trucking regulators say they are stepping up efforts to identify trucking companies that evade oversight by shutting down and reopening under new names, a tactic known in the industry as “reincarnation” or “chameleon carrier” fraud. The response from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration came in a June 3 letter to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley after Grassley demanded answers about fraud, safety enforcement and licensing issues in the trucking industry.
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Guilty plea ends criminal case in deadly I-20 pileup that killed five

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By Tanya Eiserer Verified
| WFAA-TV (Dallas, TX) Verified
KAUFMAN, Texas — The truck driver accused in a deadly 2025 crash on Interstate 20 in Kaufman County that killed five people has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni entered the plea in Kaufman County court, resolving a case that drew statewide attention after investigators said he fell asleep behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler and slammed into stopped traffic near Terrell.
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'It didn’t have to be that way': Texas families confront truck driver sentenced in deadly I-20 crash

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By Tanya Eiserer Verified
| Yahoo Verified
More than a year after a crash that shattered multiple families, they came face to face with the man responsible. In a Kaufman County courtroom Thursday, victims' families saw Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni for the first time since the deadly Interstate 20 crash near Terrell. He pleaded guilty to five counts of manslaughter and four counts of aggravated assault. District Judge Casey Blair sentenced him to 20 years in prison. But for the families, the guilty plea was only part of the day.
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