Two Mississippi men were killed over the weekend when their semi truck left the roadway and crashed into an Illinois river, becoming submerged.
The incident happened on Saturday, April 14, around 6 a.m. Illinois State Police say that truck driver Michael C. Goffinet, 48, was westbound on I-64 in White County when the crash happened. At approximately mile marker 124, the truck left the interstate for unknown reasons, drove onto the median, and crashed into the Little Wabash River, where it became submerged.
The bodies of Goffinet and his co-driver, 36 year old Charles Boggs were later recovered by authorities and the two men were pronounced dead on the scene.
White County Coroner Chris Marsh says that Boggs was likely in the sleeper berth when the crash happened, according to the Courier & Press. Marsh says Goffinet was able to get out of the truck but couldn’t make it out of the river.
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Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by drvrtech77, Apr 16, 2018.
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That's sad, prayers for drivers and their family's
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RIP Drivers, thoughts and prayers for the families left behind.
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That right there is why I will never drive in a team outfit. Go to sleep and your co-driver kill s you,what a shame.
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I just saw this in my local paper.
I saw the tracks in the mud this afternoon, just the worst place to wreck, they hit the guardrail and median and then right down the riverbank.
Miles and miles all around they could have wrecked and just ended up wrecked,Oldironfan, KillingTime, BigBob410 and 3 others Thank this. -
Sounds like they were both asleep. A trainer whom wanted the trainee to learn to drive at night. Trainer paid the ultimate price and learned why companies say NOT to have trainees doing night driving. Very sad on so many levels.
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This is why I refuse to team.
If the truck I'm in is going into a river
or sliding off of the side of a mountain,
I want to be in the drivers seat.
Gives me a few seconds to say my prayers
And bend over and kiss my ### goodbye.
Poor guy in the sleeper never had a chance
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Team driving isnt bad. Yet what must be observed is the sleep habits of others. I am a morning person. I like getting up early. The trainer I had was a afternoon person. He would rather sleep most of the day. So it was a 3-3 rotation. My day began at 3 am, and his began at 3 pm. My day actually ended (then) at 2pm. The drivers shift that ended would top off the tank and do their paperwork. The next driver would come on duty at 3. It was great going across the country. Tho I never understood it, some how I was always doing the leg of the trip west of Lincoln Nebraska on the I-80. God that section of the Eisenhower is boring.
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This is also another reason why companies should not be allowed to run a team operation with the trainee and trainer
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