Local Truckers On Strike Over High Gas Prices

Monday morning, several truckers turned off their engines to protest the over $4 a gallon and up they are paying for diesel fuel.

The strike began at midnight Sunday and could impact many items bought at stores.

Starting at midnight, truckers have been pulling off Route 66 in Armstrong County to show their support for the protest.

Channel 11 found a Citgo station in Vandergrift, five miles south of Pittsburgh, where diesel fuel is $4.39 a gallon. That's 10 cents over the Pittsburgh region average and up 70 cents from a month ago.

A 51 percent fuel charge will reach every milk drinker or potato chip eater.

Truck driver Donald Waltenbaugh knows an owner operator with 14 trucks who is being forced to shut down because of the high cost of diesel fuel. He wants consumers to know if they bought it the truckers brought it, but not for long.