The Morning Mile — Wednesday, Sept. 30

Good morning, drivers. Here is what you need to know to start Wednesday, September 30.

Trump at Peterbilt: The president tours the Peterbilt plant in Denton, Texas, on Thursday to tout his 25% heavy-truck tariff. The White House credits the tariff with 1,000+ new Denton jobs — but those figures were not independently confirmed.

Margin squeeze: Diesel jumped 10 cents in a week to just under $6.57 while spot rates gained only 2 cents a mile. Regulatory crackdowns on non-domiciled CDLs and substandard driving schools are tightening capacity on top of it.

Fatal crash in Minneapolis: Three people died and four were hospitalized after a car carrying seven struck a semi on the I-35W ramp to SE 4th Street around 4:12 a.m. Tuesday. The semi driver was unhurt; the cause is under investigation.

Phoenix flooding: Monsoon storms swept a truck into a wash and forced closures on I-17 and SR-238 on Sept. 29. Flood watches ran into the evening across south-central Arizona.