Fatal accident... Covenant driver dead

Thanks for the link, Rocks. I heard about this on the KC news this morning, but they didn't have many details. Said it was a crossover accident between 2 semis, and 1 was killed. My condolences to the family and friends of the driver, and prayers go out to partner.

If it's any consolation, the hospital he was taken to is the BEST, in my opinion. That's where my loved one was taken when they had their heart attack and surgery.

 

sorry to hear that ,my prayers are with the familys

 

http://www.kmbc.com/news/30367186/detail.html

 

600 gallon pool of diesel and two trucks and trailers splashed with diesel and a ton of fuel for the fire, they are lucky they didn't instantly burn to death.

rip driver. sad to hear this happen.

 

I went by it this morning. There was no trace of the trucks but they had that pool dammed off with sand and a county truck of some kind sitting there. It looked like there was some fire but they contained it pretty well.

If I knew that was big pool of diesel I'd have stopped and offered to clean it up myself. Filter it right back into my tanks.

Weather was not friendly in the KC area. I saw where some idiot had pulled out in front of a school bus on 50 west and they both ended up in the ditch while another car hit the back of the bus. Then there was another school bus wreck on the news.

 

Some cars like Mercedes and BMW have technology that determines if the driver is drowsy. This might be beneficial in trucks considering this driver who crossed the median might have fallen asleep.

 

We have too much technology in trucks already . From what I understand this technology only alerts the driver . It might also contact dispatch but nothing will stop an ignorant driver running fatigued .

 

RFT gives our condolences and prayers for the family