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Foreign-Born Semi Driver Dies After Driving Over Embankment, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Foreign-Born Semi Driver Dies After Driving Over Embankment, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Motor Vehicle
One summer morning in 2009, at approximately 11:30 AM, a 41 year-old male, long-haul, semi tractor-trailer driver drove off an interstate highway, over a guardrail, and continued into a wooded ravine. His trailer was empty and he was travelling to pick up a load of retail goods. The trailer disengaged from the tractor, the fuel tanks ruptured, the tractor overturned and caught fire. As the tractor overturned, the driver was ejected. A passing motorist called emergency medical (EMS) services; EMS arrived and found the driver dead at the scene.
To prevent future occurrences of similar incidents, the following recommendations have …