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Friday, October 23, 2026ORIGINAL REPORTING
▶ BREAKING:One dead after crash involving trash truck west of Topeka Friday - KSNT •2 injured after landscaping truck driver crashes in North Miami - YouTube •U.S.-Africa Energy Investments: Key Trade Compliance Risks to Address Before Closing a Deal •Truck crash damages power line at Burgaw intersection - WECT •Einride to Test NVIDIA Reasoning AI in Autonomous Trucks - ACT News •Bulk carrier Trimac names president - Trucking Dive •Curaçao's Reformed Licensing Rules And What They Change For Players At Pinco •Bay City police seek driver in hit-and-run at Maplewood Park - mlive.com •Pakistan LPG shortage worsens after border closure, traders say - Reuters •A supplier is flagged: Is your product exposed? - Supply Chain Management Review •Victim of fatal tractor trailer crash in Johnstown identified - NEWS10 ABC •MapQuest now showing surveillance camera locations across Canada, U.S. - CBC •U.S. designates helium a critical material following 60 Minutes report on supply chain crisis •NY-NJ port truckers seek FMC rulemaking on empty returns •Independent testers report formaldehyde near Toledo hazmat site; source unconfirmed •One dead after crash involving trash truck west of Topeka Friday - KSNT •2 injured after landscaping truck driver crashes in North Miami - YouTube •U.S.-Africa Energy Investments: Key Trade Compliance Risks to Address Before Closing a Deal •Truck crash damages power line at Burgaw intersection - WECT •Einride to Test NVIDIA Reasoning AI in Autonomous Trucks - ACT News •Bulk carrier Trimac names president - Trucking Dive •Curaçao's Reformed Licensing Rules And What They Change For Players At Pinco •Bay City police seek driver in hit-and-run at Maplewood Park - mlive.com •Pakistan LPG shortage worsens after border closure, traders say - Reuters •A supplier is flagged: Is your product exposed? - Supply Chain Management Review •Victim of fatal tractor trailer crash in Johnstown identified - NEWS10 ABC •MapQuest now showing surveillance camera locations across Canada, U.S. - CBC •U.S. designates helium a critical material following 60 Minutes report on supply chain crisis •NY-NJ port truckers seek FMC rulemaking on empty returns •Independent testers report formaldehyde near Toledo hazmat site; source unconfirmed •
Rob Carpenter

Rob Carpenter

Rob Carpenter is a writer and content creator at a number of outlets that cover companies across the freight, supply chain, risk and highway accident litigation spaces. Rob Carpenter is a transportation risk and compliance expert and WHCA member covering White House policy, tariffs, and federal transportation regulation impacting the supply chain. He is an expert in accident analysis, fleet safety, risk and compliance. Rob spends most of his time as an expert witness and risk control consultant specializing in group and sole member captives. Rob is a CDL driver, former broker and fleet owner and spent over 2 decades behind the wheel of a truck across various modes of transport. He is an adviser to various Federal and State agencies including the Department of Transportation and a National Safety Council, and Smith System driving instructor.

STORIES

He Won the Contract. He Never Sent the Truck. He Billed Anyway.
Fraud

He Won the Contract. He Never Sent the Truck. He Billed Anyway.

Oct 9, 2026

A Four-Year-Old Walked Into Route 41. A Tractor-Trailer Was Coming North.
Crashes and Enforcement

A Four-Year-Old Walked Into Route 41. A Tractor-Trailer Was Coming North.

Sep 30, 2026

They Bought the Carrier. Then They Stole the Load.
Fraud

They Bought the Carrier. Then They Stole the Load.

Sep 30, 2026

A Child Got Hurt. The Driver Had No License. The Carrier’s Truck Was Already 100% Out of Service.
Crashes and Enforcement

A Child Got Hurt. The Driver Had No License. The Carrier’s Truck Was Already 100% Out of Service.

Sep 29, 2026

Bulldog National Files to Escape a Policy
Litigation

Bulldog National Files to Escape a Policy

Sep 29, 2026

How Prosecutors Allege Kristopher Lunsford Turned a $127 Million Passive-Income Pitch Into a Federal Fraud Case
Investigations

How Prosecutors Allege Kristopher Lunsford Turned a $127 Million Passive-Income Pitch Into a Federal Fraud Case

Sep 29, 2026

A Wisconsin Carrier Sued Its Cargo Insurer
Litigation

A Wisconsin Carrier Sued Its Cargo Insurer

Sep 29, 2026

He Claimed 2,000 Trucks. He Had About 20.
Fraud

He Claimed 2,000 Trucks. He Had About 20.

Sep 28, 2026

174 Handguns, 167 Kilos of Suspected Heroin, One Semi. MSP Motor Carrier Officers Pulled the Thread on I-69.
Investigations

174 Handguns, 167 Kilos of Suspected Heroin, One Semi. MSP Motor Carrier Officers Pulled the Thread on I-69.

Sep 28, 2026

Someone Built a Fake CEVA App. It’s Sitting on Your Driver’s Phone, Reading Every Text.
Fraud

Someone Built a Fake CEVA App. It’s Sitting on Your Driver’s Phone, Reading Every Text.

Sep 24, 2026

The Beer Thieves Are Organized. The Industry Is Finally Catching Up.
Investigations

The Beer Thieves Are Organized. The Industry Is Finally Catching Up.

Sep 24, 2026

Memphis Is America’s Distribution Center. It’s Also a Cargo Theft Capital.
Investigations

Memphis Is America’s Distribution Center. It’s Also a Cargo Theft Capital.

Sep 24, 2026

The Auditor Never Showed Up. Then the Truck Did.
News

The Auditor Never Showed Up. Then the Truck Did.

Sep 24, 2026

$65 Million. One Load. One Arm. The Excavator That Killed Megan Arneson.
Litigation

$65 Million. One Load. One Arm. The Excavator That Killed Megan Arneson.

Sep 24, 2026

The Ruling That Changed Everything, and the Standard That Still Doesn’t Exist
News

The Ruling That Changed Everything, and the Standard That Still Doesn’t Exist

Sep 22, 2026

A Dispatcher in Armenia, Eight Defendants Across Four States, and $10 Million in Stolen Freight
Fraud

A Dispatcher in Armenia, Eight Defendants Across Four States, and $10 Million in Stolen Freight

Sep 22, 2026

How Dalilah’s Law got here, why we need it, and why we don’t yet have it.
News

How Dalilah’s Law got here, why we need it, and why we don’t yet have it.

Sep 21, 2026

They Filmed Their Own Plan to Rob a Brink’s Truck. The Camera Was in the Car When They Got Caught.
Fraud

They Filmed Their Own Plan to Rob a Brink’s Truck. The Camera Was in the Car When They Got Caught.

Sep 21, 2026

Two Men Walked Into a Delaware Warehouse With Fake FedEx Badges and Drove Out With $680,000 in Electronics
Fraud

Two Men Walked Into a Delaware Warehouse With Fake FedEx Badges and Drove Out With $680,000 in Electronics

Sep 21, 2026

The Trucker Who Drove for a Cartel: What Iqbal Singh Virk’s Nine-Year Sentence Tells the Freight Industry
Investigations

The Trucker Who Drove for a Cartel: What Iqbal Singh Virk’s Nine-Year Sentence Tells the Freight Industry

Sep 21, 2026