A 29 year old male truck driver died from injuries received when the truck he was driving rear-ended another semi as they were both eastbound on Interstate roadway. The truck the victim was following struck a wild animal in the right-most lane of the road and slowed abruptly as a result. The victim, who was driving an empty truck at an undetermined speed, smashed into the rear of the slowing vehicle, crushing the cab and collapsing the driver's compartment back against the truck trailer. Law enforcement personnel arrived at the scene within four minutes of occurrence and requested an ambulance. Two ambulances responded from a hospital approximately 10 miles away, one arriving 16 minutes after notification and the second arriving seven minutes later. The victim was evaluated and placed on the first ambulance to arrive, for transport to the nearest hospital. Air ambulance was notified within two minutes of the victim's arrival at the hospital and the victim was transported to an out-of-state hospital 50 minutes later. He expired at the out-of-state hospital on the following day. Employers may be able to minimize the potential for occurrence of this type of incident through the following precautions: (1) Insure that drivers are properly trained in defensive driving (2) Schedule routes to provide drivers with sufficient sleep to maintain alertness at all times on the road.


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    Title :

    Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Wyoming: Truck Driver Killed in Two-Truck Crash in Wyoming, FACE-95-WY-002


    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English