On June 14, 2008, a 51-year-old male volunteer Assistant Chief (the victim) was fatally injured after being struck by a tractor-trailer. The victim was assisting at a motor vehicle incident that had been caused by near-zero visibility conditions. Unforeseen weather conditions had caused smoke from a contained fire on a nearby military range along with fog to move across the four-lane highway. A truck driver attempting to slow his tractor-trailer down after encountering the smoke and fog swerved suddenly to miss a vehicle parked in the highway striking a Sheriff's Deputy's patrol car before striking and killing the victim. A Sheriff's Deputy also lost his life and another was injured during this incident. Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include inability to establish traffic control on both sides of a divided highway, ineffective coordination of the multiple agencies involved in the emergency response, and unsafe vehicle operation of motorists during inclement weather and environmental conditions.


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    Title :

    Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Volunteer Assistant Chief Killed When Struck by Tractor-Trailer While Operating at a Motor Vehicle Crash - North Carolina, FACE-F2008-17


    Contributors:
    S. C. Wertman (author) / M. Bowyer (author)

    Publication date :

    2008


    Size :

    22 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English