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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 3516500" data-attributes="member: 45230">The front end of the red dump truck was mangled in the wreck, which took place about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of New York. The truck was registered to Mendez Trucking, of Belleville, and had &quot;In God We Trust&quot; emblazoned on the back of it.Mendez Trucking has about 40 drivers and trucks, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. A message left with the company wasn&#039;t immediately returned. Its trucks have been in seven crashes in the last two years, none of them fatal, according to FMCSA.Mendez was fined $22,850 in 2016 for violating regulations on inspections, repairs and maintenance and post-crash drug and alcohol testing, according to the FMCSA.Mendez trucks have racked up more than 130 violations in the last two years, according to FMCSA, including 27 for excessive weight, 17 for leaking, spilling or falling cargo and four speeding violations — three of them this year.Mendez has a higher than average vehicle out-of-service rate, which means inspections found violations which had to be corrected before the vehicle could be returned to service. Mendez&#039;s rate was 37.9 percent, according to FMCSA. The national average is 20.7.<a href="http://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/multiple-deaths-after-school-bus-collides-with-dump-truck/1185451891" target="_blank">Multiple deaths after school bus collides with dump truck</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 3516500, member: 45230"] The front end of the red dump truck was mangled in the wreck, which took place about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of New York. The truck was registered to Mendez Trucking, of Belleville, and had "In God We Trust" emblazoned on the back of it. Mendez Trucking has about 40 drivers and trucks, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. A message left with the company wasn't immediately returned. Its trucks have been in seven crashes in the last two years, none of them fatal, according to FMCSA. Mendez was fined $22,850 in 2016 for violating regulations on inspections, repairs and maintenance and post-crash drug and alcohol testing, according to the FMCSA. Mendez trucks have racked up more than 130 violations in the last two years, according to FMCSA, including 27 for excessive weight, 17 for leaking, spilling or falling cargo and four speeding violations — three of them this year. Mendez has a higher than average vehicle out-of-service rate, which means inspections found violations which had to be corrected before the vehicle could be returned to service. Mendez's rate was 37.9 percent, according to FMCSA. The national average is 20.7. [URL="http://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/multiple-deaths-after-school-bus-collides-with-dump-truck/1185451891"]Multiple deaths after school bus collides with dump truck[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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