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Truck Driver Drives Wrong Way for Miles, 1999 Unqualified Drivers Pulled Off Roads

Author: The Daily News Now! February 26, 2026 Duration: 1:34

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy shares a chilling incident of a truck driver with a Minnesota commercial license driving an eighty-ton eighteen-wheeler the wrong way on Highway sixty-one for miles. Despite no crashes, the event highlights road safety risks. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration investigates the drivers carrier, Cargo Transportation LLC. The Department of Transportation removes nearly two thousand unqualified truckers from the roads, emphasizing public safety standards.

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