Fleetowner.com reports that Dave Osiecki, executive vice president and chief of national advocacy for the American Trucking Associations(ATA), shared an interesting factoid this week regarding the industry’s focus on safety: motor carriers collectively invest $7 billion a year in safety technologies, programs, and other safety-related strategies. That’s an awful lot of money. But what is it going towards? Four trucking executives (along with further thoughts from ATA’s Osiecki) shared some insight into that and on other safety themes at the 2016 ALK Technology Summit in Philadelphia, PA, this week. Those executives included: Jeff Mercadante, vice president of safety for Pitt Ohio;Dale Dunaitis, EOBR administrator for Martin Transport; Chuck Radke, vice president of operations for H&M Trucking; and John Spiros, vice…

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A 25-year-old North Plainfield man was killed after being struck by a train near Rahway train station Friday night, NJ Transit officials confirmed.  NJ.com reports. According to NJT spokeswoman Lisa Torbic, the man was identified as Alexander D. Plaza of North Plainfield. Torbic said Plaza was fatally struck around 11:30 p.m. on Friday. Torbic said NJ Transit is not yet sure how Plaza got on the tracks but that they are reviewing surveillance footage as part of the investigation. She said the train that struck Plaza was heading to New York City from Long Branch and had 54 passengers and crew members on board. No one on the train was injured, Torbic said. Plaza graduated from North Plainfield High School…