Rural Metro Fire says a driver was uninjured after a semi-truck veered off of Interstate 40 and caught fire in the nearby woods Wednesday evening.It happened around 6:30 p.m. in the woods off eastbound I-40 between N.

The Minnesota State Patrol accident report posted online was updated Oct. 10 to indicate that no alcohol was involved on the part of the driver.

Minnesota State Patrol said a blood test determined alcohol was not a factor in the wreck last month that left Wood Lake firefighter dead.

A man has died after being hit by a fire truck, according to troopers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. A pickup truck was traveling on U.S. 421, towing a utility trailer, on Saturday, around 6:20 a.m. This was in Guilford County, near the Forsyth County line.

An Ohio State Trooper was killed, and a truck driver was flown by helicopter to the hospital after another truck rear-ended the trooper as he was helping a disabled semi-truck in Canfield on Thursday.

Qualifying fire department vehicles, and police ones as well, can drive solo under state law in the carpool lanes if responding to an emergency, explained Fernando Perez, a California Highway Patrol officer and spokesman out of the Santa Ana outpost.

Police in Washington County are on the lookout for aggressive drivers. They say the reason for the crackdown is the number of first responders, utility workers and tow truck operators who've become the victims of aggressive drivers.