(WJAR) — The Cumberland Fire Department responded to a tipped over dump truck at a Cumberland construction zone on Monday morning. The department responded around 7:13 a.m. to 50 Lynch Place for the reported accident. Responding officers found a heavy-duty quarry-type dump truck with a person inside. The department says that wearing a seatbelt saved the victim from further injury, …
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An Auburn University professor emerita was killed during the theft of her Ford F-150, according to newly released court documents. Harold Rashad Dabney II, 28, is charged with two counts of capital murder in the weekend slaying of 59-year-old Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle. Dabney is charged with capital murder during a kidnapping and capital murder during a theft, according to …
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Of all the horrible instances of rolling coal caught on video, this is the worst. A Redditor shared a video in which someone opened a door at a Whataburger so a thick cloud of diesel exhaust could take over the room. There was laughing and disbelief, and the patrons quickly scattered to avoid the toxic fumes. Rolling coal is illegal …
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WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that three Democrat-led states must enforce English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers or face federal funding cuts. Duffy singled out California, Washington and New Mexico, saying they had 30 days to comply before seeing their funds from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program cut off. That money aims to help state …
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A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida last week was denied bond Saturday. The crash sparked a clash between US Department of Homeland Security and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over Harjinder Singh, a native of India, obtaining a work permit and driver’s license in the state. The Trump administration says Singh …
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A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida last week was denied bond Saturday. The crash sparked a clash between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over Harjinder Singh, a native of India, obtaining a work permit and driver’s license in the state. The Trump administration says …
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida last week was denied bond Saturday. The crash sparked a clash between U.S. Department of Homeland Security and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over Harjinder Singh, a native of India, obtaining a work permit and driver’s license in the state. …
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A truck driver accused of killing three people in a crash after making an illegal U-turn has been returned to Florida, authorities said. Driver escorted back to state The U.S. Marshals Service said Harjinder Singh, 28, is not a U.S. citizen and entered the country illegally from Mexico in 2018. He later obtained a commercial driver’s license in California, according …
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The U.S. will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday. He said the change was effective immediately. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” Rubio wrote in a post on X. A State Department spokesperson …
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