On a Fall day in 2005 at 3:00 PM, a 46 year-old male semi-tractor trailer owner-operator was hauling logs when he rounded a curve, drove off the right side of a two lane state highway, struck a tree and rolled over. Emergency medical services were called to the scene. When they arrived, they found the driver without vital signs and contacted the local coroner. Kentucky State Police arrived and called Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement to the scene. The driver had not been wearing his seat belt. Toxicology detected methamphetamine and doxylamine in his system at the time of the crash.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) for Kentucky: Semi Owner-Operator Dies in Rollover After Speeding Through a Curve, FACE-05-KY-075
2008
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Emergency Services & Planning , Accident analysis , Accident prevention , Accidents , Injuries , Injury prevention , Traumatic injuries , Safety practices , Safety measures , Safety education , Work practices , Training , Motor vehicles , Truck drivers , Safety belts , Drugs , Amphetamines , Doxylamine , Methamphetamine