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Tire Marks in the Mud Are Key to Investigation of Illinois Train Wreck

Investigators are analyzing tire tracks in the mud to determine whether the truck driver at the center of the deadly Amtrak crash had tried to go around the crossing gates and beat the train.

March 18, 1999

NTSB Announces Hearing Agenda

The National Transportation Safety Board announced details of its planned public hearing on truck and bus safety.

March 18, 1999

Train Crashes Into Truck, Kills Driver

A Wichita man died Wednesday when a freight train crashed into the cab of his dump truck while he crossed a section of tracks lacking warning lights or automatic gates.

March 18, 1999

CTA Pusher Truck Out of Service

Trucks traveling over Donner Pass on Interstate 80 will no longer be able to count on the pusher truck operated by the California Trucking Association to bail them out.

March 18, 1999

Three Charged in Trucker Shooting

Three suspects are in custody in connection with the killing of a gasoline delivery driver last month at a gas station in Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1999

British Stowaway Bill Gains Trucking Support

Legislation to fine British truck drivers more than $3,000 for each illegal immigrant found onboard their trucks will contain safeguards to protect “truly innocent drivers,” said Britain’s Freight Transport Association, which represents trucking interests.

March 18, 1999

Mead Urges Congress to Take 'Hammer Approach' to Truck Safety

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general was back on Capitol Hill Thursday, urging Congress to completely remodel the federal government’s trucking safety program..

March 18, 1999

Arkansas House Panel OKs Higher Diesel Tax for Highway Program

The Arkansas House Revenue and Taxation Committee today endorsed a Senate plan to put a greater tax burden on the trucking industry to pay for state highway improvements.

March 18, 1999

Canada Diesel Deal Not Near

Truck diesel engine makers disputed claims by Canadian officials that they were working on a settlement over alleged emissions violations, similar to the one the manufacturers signed with U.S. officials in October.

March 17, 1999