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Police are investigating a collision in downtown Flagstaff between a freight train and a tractor-trailer, and the truck driver has been charged in the accident.

Oregon lawmakers have voted to abolish the state’s 52-year-old weight-distance tax on trucks. The state Senate approved the repeal July 17, but it took two votes in the House to pass the bill.

In the news this morning: Longshoreman contract approval seen likely; CSX says it retains most-profitable sectors; and Big-rig crashes blamed on faulty permits.

Preston Trucking Co. said it has ceased operations effective July 26. The less-than-truckload carrier will make no further pickups, but says will deliver all freight currently in the system.

The staff of the House Transportation Committee is circulating a rough draft of a proposal to create a separate motor carrier administration within the Department of Transportation.

This afternoon's headlines: Oshkosh Truck launches new plow truck for municipal market; Freightliner to make ad agency decision soon; and Net start-ups globalize the Web.

Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta told Congress he expects to meet the Jan. 1 target date for admitting Mexican commercial trucks to the United States, but won’t hesitate to delay their entry if he cannot assure that they meet federal safety standards.

The Oregon House on Thursday refused to go along with the Senate's version of a controversial gas tax bill, which would have replaced the state's weight-mile tax.

Driver error appears to be part of the cause of a deadly 1998 gasoline explosion in Mississippi that killed five people, a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report says.