Latest Transportation Headlines
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NTSB: 2 of 6 Killed in Massive, Icy Texas Crash Had Exited Cars
Apr 23 2021 // Two of the six people killed in a massive crash involving about 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate in February were fatally struck after getting out of their vehicles, a federal agency reported on April 21. The...
Transportation Insurer Lancer to Merge Into Core Specialty
Apr 19 2021 // Commercial auto insurer Lancer Insurance Co. has agreed to merge with another specialty insurer, Core Specialty, where it will operate under its own brand name as Core Specialty’s ninth specialty property/casualty...
NTSB: Erratic Steering Led to 2019 Vessel Collision in Sabine Pass
Apr 12 2021 // A National Transportation Safety Board investigation found that the erratic steering of a supply vessel led to a 2019 collision resulting in more than 6,000 gallons of diesel oil being dumped into the Sabine Pass, a busy...
NTSB: Speed an Issue in 2019 Houston Ship Channel Crash
Apr 1 2021 // Federal transportation safety officials say one of the vessels involved in the 2019 Houston Ship Channel collision that resulted in the release of more than 11,000 barrels of petrochemicals into Galveston Bay was going too...
Texas’ Upland Capital Group Launches Excess Transportation Liability Program
Feb 25 2021 // Newly launched specialty lines insurer, Dallas-based Upland Capital Group (Upland), has added an Excess Transportation Liability (XTL) specialty insurance offering targeting fleet sizes up to 250 revenue producing...
NTSB Will Investigate Deadly 130 Vehicle-Plus Crash in Texas
Feb 17 2021 // National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate a massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on an icy Texas highway that killed six people and injured dozens more. The NTSB said on Twitter that its...
NTIS Transportation Insurance Services in California Moves to Las Vegas
Feb 17 2021 // NTIS Transportation Insurance Services has relocated from Laguna Hills, Calif., to Las Vegas, Nev. The California staff will now work remote. The firm has also added new staff and additional truck insurance markets. NTIS...
Progressive to Buy Transportation Insurer Protective for $338 Million
Feb 16 2021 // The Progressive Corp. is acquiring Indiana-based trucking industry insurer Protective Insurance Corp. in a move that will increase its stake in the commercial lines insurance market. Progressive has agreed to pay $23.30...
NTSB Looking at Nevada Highway Truck Crash That Killed 5
Feb 2 2021 // Federal investigators said they’ll focus on the crash of a box truck that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway in December as they consider recommendations to prevent similar fatalities. The National...
NTSB Probes Deadly Oklahoma House Fire; Gas Pipeline Involved
Feb 1 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board has announced that it is investigating a house fire that killed four people, including two firefighters, in the northwestern part of the state. The agency launched the investigation...
Deadly Dallas Natural Gas Explosion ‘Could Have Been Prevented,’ NTSB Says
Jan 25 2021 // A natural gas explosion at a Dallas home that killed a 12-year-old girl came after an energy company failed to find a damaged line despite two nearby homes being destroyed in gas-related fires on the two previous days,...
NTSB: Deadly Dallas Natural Gas Explosion ‘Could Have Been Prevented’
Jan 13 2021 // A natural gas explosion at a Dallas home that killed a 12-year-old girl came after an energy company failed to find a damaged line despite two nearby homes being destroyed in gas-related fires on the two previous days,...
NTSB: Offshore Louisiana $750K Liftboat Loss Caused by Faulty Preload Procedure
Nov 20 2020 // The overturning of a liftboat servicing an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast was the result of an inadequate preload procedure, according to federal report. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Officials Release Details About Deadly Hawaii Skydiving Crash
Oct 30 2020 // Federal officials released documents this week that provide details about one of the deadliest civil aviation accidents of the past decade, including testimony from people who had varying accounts of the crash...
NTSB Investigating Tennessee Bus Crash that Killed Child, Driver
Oct 30 2020 // Federal and state authorities on Wednesday investigated a crash between a school bus carrying 24 children and a utility vehicle that killed the bus driver and a 7-year-old girl in eastern Tennessee. Eight other children...
NTSB Faults Owners for Deadly California Dive Boat Fire, Calls for Major Safety Improvements to Small Passenger Vessels
Oct 20 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday determined the probable cause of a 2019 California dive boat fire and sinking that killed 34 was the failure of the owner and operator of to provide effective oversight...
NTSB: Incomplete Safety Procedures Led to Illinois Barge Explosion
Oct 14 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board said in a new report that the use of incomplete safety procedures was the probable cause of the Nov. 4, 2019, explosion of barge IB1940 in the Illinois Marine Towing Heritage Slip...
NTSB Urged to Send Investigator to Scene of Fatal Plane Crash
Oct 8 2020 // Two members of Congress from New York called on the National Transportation Safety Board to reverse its decision not to send an investigator to the scene of a small plane crash that killed a prominent attorney and his...
Feds Fault Operator, Regulators in New York Limo Crash That Killed 20
Oct 6 2020 // State regulators repeatedly failed to properly oversee a poorly maintained stretch limousine with corroded brakes that hurtled down a hill at more than 100 mph and crashed in a ravine, killing 20 people, federal...
Pilot Actions Likely Led to Earnhardt Plane Crash in Tennessee: NTSB
Sep 25 2020 // A pilot’s inability to maintain proper airspeed and the flight crew’s decision to continue an unstable approach and landing likely caused the crash of a small plane carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr....
