Trucker hauling racehorses hurt after colliding with airplane
A truck driver hauling horses was injured yesterday after a collision with a plane at a Kentucky airport.
The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky.
According to airport spokesperson Amy Caudill, a truck hauling a horse trailer on an airport ramp collided with a Boeing 727 owned by Tex Sutton Equine Air Transportation, causing the wing of the aircraft to go through the cab of his truck.
The truck driver was transported to the hospital. His condition is unknown.
Caudill said that three other people “in the back of the truck” were uninjured.
The two racehorses on the truck were also unhurt.
Airport officials say that trucks are allowed on airport ramps in order to transport horses directly from the plane to the trailer.
The two horses on board the truck are still set to race in the Jeff Ruby Stakes in Florence, Kentucky, on Saturday.
The incident remains under investigation.
Michael W. McCarthy@mwmracing
You can bend steel, but you can't bend The Stiff...your everyday "one semi, one 747" fender bender. Sending good thoughts to our driver...
Trucker hauling racehorses hurt after colliding with airplane
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by truckaholic001, Mar 13, 2020.
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Nice goin', yutz. I agree, even the horse is thinking, "who's driving these things?"
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Did plane was on neutral and roll back ?
Or truck driver mixed gas with brake pedal? How in a heck you don't see freaking plane wing coming into you , and do nothing? -
The horse is probably worth more than the truck.
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we don't know if the driver suffered any health issues that caused him to do it. For all we know he could have had a heart attack that caused it.
D.Tibbitt Thanks this. -
The horse was saying. He just got this job after leaving Swift.
not4hire, Bud A., Super_Trucker and 7 others Thank this. -
That plane aint going anywhere after that. It's literally OOS until recertified.
D.Tibbitt, mjd4277, WildTiger1990 and 2 others Thank this. -
the driver, if he did not have a medical issue, will be sued to high hell, for any possible injuries not yet determined for the horse(s). if those are (and i assume they are) race horses or breeders, that can go into the millions of dollars.
now too, all that damage to that expensive plane!! that ain't gonna be no ordinary plane, most likely has much in the way for the comfort of the horses.
i'd hate to be in the truckers shoes, flip-flops or boots, if he DID NOT have a medical situation.Bud A., D.Tibbitt, mjd4277 and 1 other person Thank this.
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