A semi-truck driver in Missouri was placed out of service after allegedly driving the wrong way on a highway for nearly three miles, prompting an investigation by federal authorities into the trucking company involved.
“An 18 wheeler barreling down the highway into oncoming traffic,” reporter Garrett Tenney said while describing the incident.
Tenney said a witness recorded video of the truck traveling in the wrong direction after nearly being involved in a head-on crash.
“The witness who recorded this video says they almost had a head on collision with the semi before turning around and recording it going in the wrong direction,” he said.
According to Tenney, the driver did not attempt to stop despite seeing vehicles approaching.
“And instead of pulling over once they saw cars flying right at them, the witness says the semi sped up and was hitting 50 miles per hour, going the wrong way for nearly three miles,” he said.
Tenney said no one was injured during the incident.
“Miraculously, they didn’t hit anyone in Missouri,” he said.
The Missouri Highway Patrol eventually stopped the driver.
“Highway Patrol eventually pulled over that driver who had a legal commercial driver’s license, commercial driver’s license from Minnesota,” Tenney said.
However, Tenney reported that issues surfaced during the traffic stop.
“But highway patrol says during that stop, our commercial vehicle enforcement troopers conducted a driver inspection and determined the driver could not properly identify road signs as mandated by federal motor carrier regulations. Per Federal Motor Carrier guidelines, he was placed out of service and not allowed to continue driving,” he said.
Tenney also detailed information about the trucking company.
“Here’s what we know about this particular trucking business, cargo transportation LLC is run out of an apartment in Hopkins, Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis. It was registered in 2023 to an Abdiwali Ahmed and only has two drivers, one of whom presumably can’t read road signs,” he said.
He added that despite its size, the company logged significant mileage.
“But still, last year, the company drove more than 81,000 miles,” Tenney said.
Tenney said requests for comment were made.
“We reached out to both cargo transportation and Minnesota’s commercial driver’s license division for comment,” he said.
He also reported that federal officials are now reviewing the matter.
“Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now investigating this particular company as the administration continues it,” Tenney said.
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