Dramatic video shows truck slam into first responder vehicles
Shocking dashcam footage shows an out-of-control truck crashing into two first responders in Michigan this week. Around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, first responders were assisting another accident on the snow-covered highway when a truck plowed into a fire truck on the side of Interstate 94, then rolled over. It crashed into a sheriff's patrol car parked […]
Garbage truck explodes in Illinois suburb, sending debris flying and injuring first responders
Two police officers injured in a garbage truck explosion in suburban Illinois late last week have recovered and a firefighter has returned to work. The incident happened Friday in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. Two video clips shared by police show the entire incident from an officer's body camera and a camera mounted on […]
Texas Cities Plagued with Mexican Cartel Truck Thefts
The recent federal conviction and sentencing of a man who tried to run over an FBI agent while driving a stolen truck into Mexico highlights a growing trend plaguing South Texas. Thefts of four-door SUVs and pickup trucks brought into Mexico at the request of the Gulf Cartel are on the rise in several cities. […]
Pennsylvania train slams into milk truck, video shows
A train was filmed colliding with a milk truck that appeared to be stuck at a railroad crossing in Pennsylvania. The crash involving a Dean's Dairy brand truck occurred in Erie on Monday following heavy snowfall in the area. “He won't stop, oh, oh, oh,” a bystander could be heard saying before the train hit […]
Homeowner opens fire on suspected burglar — who heads into another residence, steals truck, leads cops on high-speed chase
On Friday afternoon, a homeowner in Sacramento, Calif., opened fire on a robbery suspect, who then drove to another home, stole a truck and led police on a high-speed chase. Sacramento County Sheriff's Office told KOVR-TV At 3 p.m., officers received a report of a robbery along Chandler Drive in south Sacramento. Sheriff's spokesperson Amar […]
Truck hauling chickpeas bursts into flames in Death Valley National Park
A truck carrying 44,000 pounds of chickpeas burst into flames while driving through California's Death Valley National Park last month, park officials said Friday. According to the National Park Service, the truck was traveling down Daylight Pass and Mud Canyon Road, which are closed to commercial trucks, around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 21 when its […]
Kentucky boy in coma after jumping from truck as intoxicated father drove to buy beer
A Kentucky man is accused of drinking beer while intoxicated and causing his son to jump out of his truck and fall into a coma. Austin Brooks, 40, was driving under the influence last week in Scott County with his son and nephew in the back of a pickup truck on the way to buy […]
FDNY fire truck involved in crash in NYC Thanksgiving night
On Thanksgiving night, an FDNY fire truck was involved in an accident that left a trail of destruction in East Harlem, destroying a car, overturning a city bike on the sidewalk, and leaving one civilian hospitalized. According to the FDNY, the accident involving the truck from Ladder 43 occurred near 112th Street and Third Avenue […]
Couple Moves Into House In Arizona, Lose It All 24 Hours Later After Dropping Off Moving Truck
A south-central Arizona woman and her paraplegic husband lost their new mobile home less than 24 hours after they moved in, according to a local NBC News affiliate. Elizabeth and Brian Petrie moved into a new mobile home in Mesa on Nov. 10, went out to buy supplies and return their U-Haul, and returned to […]
Fired cemetery employees hijack truck and mow down 170 headstones in wild graveyard rampage
In a brutal display of human nature, three disgruntled cemetery workers in Tennessee went on a rampage because they had just been fired, jumping onto a company truck and knocking down 170 gravestones. Monday's brutal massacre at New Park Cemetery in Memphis saw panicked owner Jeff Roberts jump into his car to try to stop […]