During the winter of 2008, a 39 -year-old tractor-trailer driver died after striking the right rear of a coal tractor-trailer with his vehicle, then veering into an embankment, rolling over and catching fire. The driver of a coal tractor-trailer (Truck 1) and the decedent driver of a second coal tractor-trailer (Truck 2) had descended a hill in the lane next to one another on a four-lane undivided highway. Truck 1 stopped at a traffic light at an intersection at the botom of a hill while Truck 2 approached the intersection from behind in the left lane. The light turned green so that Truck 2 did not need to stop for the traffic light. Truck 1 advanced from the traffic light and began to climb another hill. Truck 2 approached Truck 1 on the hill, struck the right rear of Truck 1, veered to the left, struck an embankment, and rolled over. Upon impact, driver of Truck 2 was thrown into the sleeper compartment. Emergency medical services and the local coroner arrived on the scene. The coroner pronounced the driver dead at the scene.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Kentucky: Coal Truck Driver Fatally Injured in Collision with Another Coal Tractor-Trailer, FACE-08-KY-010
2008
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Emergency Services & Planning , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Accident analysis , Accident prevention , Accidents , Injuries , Injury prevention , Traumatic injuries , Safety practices , Safety measures , Safety education , Work practices , Motor vehicles , Drivers , Training , Equipment reliability , Trucking , Truck drivers , Safety belts , Coal truck