I-74 Mile Marker 137 Near Bloomington,IL 1 Dead

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  1. tinytim

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    The driver of the truck was Ryan Hute, 34 years old from Delmar, Iowa. He was life-flighted to OSF Saint Francis Medical in Peoria where he was later pronounced dead. Hute worked for Jason Farrell trucking, a small company in Clinton, Iowa. “Here he’s not just a driver. Here he’s part of the family,” explained Jason Farrell, owner of Jason Farrell Trucking. He added, “There’s some boys at home that really don’t understand why dad’s not coming home from work anymore.”

    According to Iowa state records, Hute had been cited numerous times for violations. Those citations include speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, and failure to comply with safety rules.
    Driver of the semi in fatal crash on I-74 identified as Ryan Hute, 34
     
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  3. ironeagle2006

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    This carrier is going to be in a world of Hurt from this one. 13 people injured 2 dead no question about who was at fault as he was going the freaking wrong way on the interstate. Plus being a Livestock carrier not subject to ELD's on top of it. The FMCSA is going to have fun with this one up to and including getting rid of the exemption for livestock carriers for this just watch.
     
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  4. STexan

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    We don't know what happened, but somehow I doubt seriously HOS rules or lack of eLogs had any bearing whatsoever on this tragedy
     
  5. ironeagle2006

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    The trailer he was pulling in an article in the Pantagraph a local paper for the town where the school is was a Bullrack. The company lists Livestock as one of their primary goods they haul. The only carrier group exempted was Livestock haulers. If they find anything wrong at all with this guy's logbook that will be over. Why the optics of this accident head on wrong way into a freaking SCHOOL BUS on the interstate. It is not like he blew a tire and then crossed the median he was seen on it for miles going the wrong way.
     
  6. mjd4277

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    If he was seen driving eastbound in the westbound lanes for miles for the crash there’s a good chance he may have somehow ended up started going the wrong way in Bloomington near the I-55 interchange,as there is an ongoing construction project at that location.

    At any rate the consequences of this accident will be far wide and reaching. In addition to possible litigation against the trucking company involved the estate of the deceased truck driver (in particular his immediate surviving family members) may have to lawyer up for any possible lawsuits against them.
     
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  7. Bud A.

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    The company has a couple of speeding tickets showing in the last 24 months, and a couple of 8-hour log violations. Only three trucks and three drivers. Two out of five inspections got a violation, so they're typical bull-haulers who ignore the 30 minute break rule. (Frankly, I think that rule is stupid, but no one asked me.) No drug or alcohol violations. My guess is the guy was too tired and didn't realize it.

    We can all speculate all we want about why this happened, and it's really sad that the driver died and that he killed another and injured a bunch more. It will be interesting to see what the investigation report says when it's finalized. I wonder if any of us will remember to look it up when it comes out -- it might be a while before they finalize it. I feel real bad for the families of the people killed, including the driver. Little kids without their daddy on the one side, probably little kids without their granddaddy on the other, plus grieving widows.

    Drive safe, people. It ain't such a big deal that you can't afford to stop for 30 minutes for a nap if you need one.
     
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    He’s already out. I looked him up last year and he’s listed as being released and under supervised parole. I remember that crash very well. He got lit at that bar by the TA in Limon on Christmas Day and then drove his USA Truck several miles the wrong way on I-70 before killing a man and injuring his wife and granddaughter.
     
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