Heartland express crashes into home; driver with no CDL flees the scene

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  1. Lucy in the Sky

    Lucy in the Sky Medium Load Member

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  3. magoo68

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    I feel sorry for the good guys at that company .. if a guy like this can slip through the cracks I suspect DOT will target them for a bit
     
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  4. bryan21384

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    How did a company as big as heartland manage to have a driver on board with no cdl?
     
  5. mitrucker

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    His license probably got suspended somewhere along the way. Still very irresponsible on that driver’s part.

    How do you crash into a house while bobtailing is my question?
     
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  6. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    The officer stated the guy they’re looking for did not have a CDL. So, was the deserted passenger the assigned driver? Was there impairment? Someone (or sometwo) has some ‘splaining to do.
     
  7. bryan21384

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    You're right, I wonder if he knew his license was suspended. I got shut down at the Knoxville scale because of a suspended license. Luckily I was not far from home in which I could get it taken care of
     
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  8. nightgunner

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    My gut tells me the licensed driver was sleeping and let his buddy drive the truck. Or, he picked up a lizard who drove while trying to get home or make a score.
     
  9. bryan21384

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  10. x1Heavy

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    That will brand him a Federal Felon. And rack a stack of new charges.

    I would very much like to know how a non CDL Licensed person got ahold of a 18 wheeler.
     
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  11. x1Heavy

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    It would not be the first time. Giggle mobile will be long gone as well.
     
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