Be careful when backing up to go to sleep

A man was unknowingly struck and killed early Thursday morning by a tractor-trailer in a west Charlotte parking lot, police said.
The driver of the tractor-trailer pulled into the lot at the corner of Freedom Drive and Thrift Road around 5 a.m. after driving from Georgia, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Gary C. Davis, the 56-year-old driver, stopped there and went to sleep in the cab of the truck, waiting for a nearby business to open so he could make a delivery.


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Police ID man killed by tractor-trailer


By Meghan Cooke
macooke@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Friday, Aug. 05, 2011

Police have identified the man who was killed when he was struck and killed Thursday by a tractor-trailer in a west Charlotte parking lot.
A tractor-trailer driver pulled into the lot at the corner of Freedom Drive and Thrift Road around 5 a.m., stopped there and went to sleep in the cab of his truck, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said. He was waiting for a nearby business to open so he could make a delivery.
Around 6:30 a.m., the driver was awoken by someone who showed him that a man - Johnny Lewis Potts, 50 - was lying behind the trailer. Police said evidence at the scene suggested Potts had been struck by the tractor-trailer.
Police said they believe the driver did not know he'd hit Potts, and no charges have been filed.




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Not really too sure what transpired, but knowing the area the driver had to back up in there to park, it would not have been a pull through.

 

The area is known for homeless and crime, honestly I would not want to sleep there whether in a truck or on the ground.

 

I could drive and be alert for many hours, but for some reason when the sun either came up, or went down, it made my eyes want to close.