Choking on chicken Crash

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  1. catahoula

    catahoula Light Load Member

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    Trucker Crashes After Choking On Chicken

    Man Passed Out, Is Cited In Crash On Oregon Interstate


    http://www.nwcn.com/news/Semi-truck...er-choking-while-eating-chicken-81511307.html
     
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  3. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    No chicken choking while driving !!!:biggrin_25512:
     
    simplyred1962 Thanks this.
  4. Beechvtail

    Beechvtail Light Load Member

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    If the driver passed out then crashing the truck saved him from dying...Thanks YRC for still hanging in there and moving cheap freight.
     
  5. soon2betrucking

    soon2betrucking Road Train Member

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    :biggrin_2559::biggrin_2559:
     
  6. Peanut Butter

    Peanut Butter Road Train Member

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    Somehow i can see a new law forming that you cant eat while driving, leave it to oregon to lead the way. they already have the hands free cell phone law, somehow i can see this happening now to.
     
  7. VARITHMS

    VARITHMS Medium Load Member

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    autoarotic asphyxiation with a chicken, what?
     
  8. BADMANNERS

    BADMANNERS Bobtail Member

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    Well he had better get on his knees and thank GOD,seems like swine ain't the only thing that can kill you at the blink of an eye.
     
  9. Storm

    Storm Light Load Member

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    Nicely put.
     
  10. ironeagle2006

    ironeagle2006 Road Train Member

    Thank the DOT and MCSA for not allowing the ablity to take a BREAK WHILE DRIVING EITHER. Think about it if the driver could have had a break he would have eaten his chicken out of the TRUCK AND NOT WRECKED.
     
  11. IROCUBabe

    IROCUBabe Road Train Member

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    Some of the comments on that article make me shake my head at anyone talking. Because I have never seen a car driver with a donut in one hand, and a coffee in the other. The fact is this is yet another tragic but freak 'accident'. If the events happened exactly as written, the truck driver was not at fault and the police are just being #####.

    I am sorta with ironeagle, if he could have stopped without risking his load and eaten he would have. I know few drivers whom don't prefer to eat then drive, if time allows. When I was working not on a truck we were legally REQUIRED to have 30 mins - 1 hour break a day where we had lunch. At my office, we did not get 'paid' for this time. Meaning we had to clock OUT then clock back in after. Thusly it wasn't working time.
     
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