Fuel prices increase for 14th straight week
A 6.3-cent increase in the national average price of diesel during the most recent week has diesel prices soaring to pre-pandemic levels, just a penny shy of the national average of the week ending March 9, 2020.
The U.S.’ average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel is now $2.801, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. Fuel prices have now increased for 14 consecutive weeks, dating back to the week ending Nov. 9, when fuel was at its 2020 low of $2.372 per gallon.
During the most recent week, prices increased in all regions across the country, with the most significant increase being seen in the Midwest, where prices rose by 7.2 cents.
January 22, 2021
Indiana-based trucker honored for helping at accident scene
Ken Lukomski, a South Bend, Indiana-based trucker for Veriha Trucking, has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association for stopping to help at the scene of a serious head-on collision.
He was driving eastbound on I-44 near Marshfield, Missouri, on Sept. 10, when he came upon a serious accident. An eastbound SUV had driven off the road, broken through the cable barriers in the median and entered the westbound lanes, where it crashed head-on into another vehicle.
Ken LukomskiLukomski then pulled over and jumped out with his gear in hand. He ran over to a small car with a driver and two small children in the back. He pulled a little girl, about 7 years old, out of the car and laid her down in the median.