Diesel prices are soaring alongside gas prices, meaning truck drivers who are hauling a variety of items state-to-state are also hurting. Because of the rising diesel prices -- those who rely on shipments may be seeing a rollover effect when it comes to deliveries.
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Just before 11 A.M., the Lima Police Department responded to a crash at the intersection of W. Market St. and N. West St. An ambulance operated by Anna Rescue was traveling westbound on Market St. with their lights and sirens on when it struck a semi-truck traveling southbound on West St. According to the police, the driver of the semi had a green light, and couldn’t see around the buildings at the intersection to yield to the ambulance.
A semi-truck was on Interstate 75 when another passing trucker let the driver know his axle was on fire. He left the interstate and looked for a place to pull off and check his rig. He pulled into Diamond Manufacturing where a fire in the trailer caused a tire to blow up, resulting in what many thought was an explosion. The truck driver was able to pull his cab away from the trailer while a quick response from Bluffton firefighters put out the flames in the trailer loaded with pallets. The truck trailer suffered serious damage. No one is believed to have been injured.
If you were in Lima over the past couple of days you may have noticed a statue around town. That statue is James Yates, a Lima resident who likes to dress up and pose as a live statue around the area. He says the whole costume and paint takes around an hour to put on. He changes up the costume every year and says that it takes a couple of days to complete the outfit. This year he created a soldier look to show support for the military.
The Travel Center in Wapakoneta has allowed a local resident to set up a donation stand in their parking lot. She provides free essentials to visiting truck drivers, such as toilet paper, water, and snacks.
The Lucky Steer in Wapakoneta is now getting national recognition as they offer up their parking lot for truck drivers and are feeding them at a discount or even for free.
As restaurants scrambled to figure out what they were going to do after being ordered to shut down, Stefanie Holtz, the owner of Lucky Steer, had the idea to put her extra food supplies to good use.
A delivery truck driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution after he hit two semis parked on an I-75 off-ramp. The accident happened just before 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 38-year-old Darrell Daniels of Toledo was coming off the southbound lane to State Route 81 when he side-swiped one semi parked on the side of the off-ramp and ran straight into the back of another.
Some local truckers rolled into Columbus on Friday to protest numerous issues that the state has placed on them, including a proposed increased tax on diesel fuel. Local truckers met up in Beaverdam, to join others in London, Ohio to participate in a slow rolling protest to Columbus. The protest is to raise awareness of the issues within the trucking industry.