Now I haven't 'Snope' this article, and yes it was found on the Internet... But if its real!! OMG!! I sure hope heads roll and multiple wallets are emptied!!
LINK to full article...
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On August 1st at approximately 11:26 AM, Kip McCarty delivered a load of freight for CRST to Knight Transportation in Hutchens, TX. At 6:20 PM that same day a 911 dispatcher received a call about a man lying under a bridge by the Loves truck stop in Dallas, TX. Emergency personnel arrived on scene to find an unidentified, non responsive man with a 107 degree body temperature .that man was Kip McCarty. After being transported to Baylor it was found that he was in full kidney failure.
From August 4th to August 6th Kips mother, Peggy Mercer, had made numerous calls to CRST about the whereabouts of her son as she had normally had regular contact with him and she was concerned after not hearing from him. During this time Peggy was treated with disrespect and condescension and was given the following statements hes a big boy, he can take care of himself ..oh hes in a motel ..well send him a message for you look, we are more concerned about our truck. Still trying to remain patient Peggy waited until August 10th when she again called CRST and again she received the same type of treatment and was given another excuse, this time it was truckers walk away from trucks all the time. Unable to get any type of cooperation or information from CRST Peggy was stuck not knowing where her son was or knowing if he was OK, on August 12th she called CRST and finally they told her that they had no idea where he was and that it might be time to file a missing persons report. Peggy filed that report and on August 13th was contacted by law enforcement with news that they think they had located her son Kip. He was admitted at Baylor as a John Doe nearly two weeks prior!!!
What goes around, comes around... I sure hope KARMA happens!!
Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by Lady K, Aug 27, 2013.
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He has a FB page that his Mom is updating... I just glanced at it... He's still alive, but in ICU.mje Thanks this.
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This is despicable to say the least..
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These #### worhless rotton to the core ppl that work at trucking companies.Goes to show what ppl think of trk drivers.They just assume stomp on us.
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On one hand I think there may be a little more to the story and on the other hand, I hope it gets some serious attention. Like national news attention. CRST is the scum of the scum in major trucking companies. You can do an entire exposé when it comes to how they treat drivers, the way they actually shuffle them like cattle in Iowa, to their horrific CSA scores to stories like this.
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I just left them a msg on their website voicing my displeasure over this.
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Sad very very sad situation and a poor way for a trucking company to handle the concerns of a drivers mother , #### truck was more important
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Pretty much speechless.
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Figure... They have EOBRs, and with ours the 'Mothership' can tell where we are and if we have or are moving... Also if we haven't accepted a load, or moved their truck in DAYS you would think the company would do something about it just to get the truck moving again if nothing else....
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