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October 2012

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LOGBOOK Saskatchewan team named Highway Angels The Truckload Carriers Association has named the team operation of Laurent Pennacchio and Olegas Milevskis as its latest Highway Angels. Pennacchio and Milevskis, both of Regina, Saskatch- ewan, drive for the Yanke Group of Companies in Saskatoon, Saskatche- wan. The men helped a family involved in an unusual accident: A car hit a moose on rural Highway 17 in northern Ontario. Early in the morning on June 29, Pennacchio was driving while Milevskis slept. Pennacchio pulled over upon seeing a vehicle on the side of the road with a woman and two children standing nearby. He woke his partner, and the men gathered safety jackets and scene. The moose was lying a couple of yards away on the ground. The father, who had been driving, was still inside the vehicle, seemingly injured and unmoving. The family's unfa- miliarity with the remote area Pennacchio provided details that emergency personnel team then stayed with the family, taking the kids into the warm truck, until the accident site was secured by police. A constable of the Ontario Work For The Industry Leader Join the United Team Today! If you have a CDL license, United Van Lines has the perfect driving opportunity for you. Our business is growing rapidly and we have positions open for immediate hiring. Whether your looking for local, regional or nationwide, we have a variety of openings that will fit your needs: Call us today or visit us on the web to jumpstart your career. 800-64-TRUCK unitedvanlines.com There's Moving. And There's Moving United. Provincial Police wrote to the team's company, praising them. "In this isolated section of highway – and certainly after dark – few people are willing to assist people in need," he said. – Staff reports SHORT HAULS TERRI'S FARM, a Tennessee- based truck company, has been ordered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to cease all interstate transportation services. The FMSCA says Terri's Farm was operating as a chameleon company for the previously shut-down horse transportation company Three Angels Farms. 94 | Overdrive | October 2012 Text INFO to 50298 or visit ovdinfo.com

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