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Semi-Truck Driver Dies After Striking A Bridge Abutment, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Semi-Truck Driver Dies After Striking A Bridge Abutment, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Motor Vehicle
At approximately 11:45 PM on a spring night in 2008, a semi-tractor driver accompanied by a driver trainee began his route from a warehouse loading dock in Kentucky. The driver departed with a single axle day cab pulling a 28’ refrigerated trailer loaded with detergent, refrigerated and frozen foods.
An hour later, the semi driver was driving in the right hand northbound lane on a four-lane interstate when he came upon a crash scene. A southbound mini-van had been struck by another vehicle, crossed the median, and had come to rest across the right hand northbound lane. To avoid striking …