Highway 13 1948 Hank Wilson is a truck driver for a a big transportation company which is in financial straits He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to hire a private detective to investigate, and after he is murdered, Hank is arrested as a suspect The insurance company that covers the fleet has him released and he is sent back to work with instructions to investigate the accidents on his own The trail leads to the uncle of Doris, and one of the part owners of the company