Trucker killed after driving into trailer that became detached from another semi

Trucker killed after driving into trailer that became detached from another semi

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Enid News
Steve Wilcox LiveTrucking

Trucker killed after driving into trailer that became detached from another semi
by Steve Wilcox about 20 hours ago

A truck driver was killed in a tragic accident earlier this week, when he drove into a grain trailer that became detached from another semi truck in the middle of the night.

The incident happened near Bllings, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, January 16th.

Accord to local news source Enid News & Eagle, around 3:37 a.m., 48-year-old Texas truck driver Joel Goodman was traveling west on U.S. 412, when he collided with a grain trailer that was blocking the road.



The grain trailer had disconnected from a 2014 Freightliner truck that had turned onto U.S. 412 from County Round 30. After breaking loose from the truck, the trailer “came to a rest crosswise in the roadway,” the police reports states.



Goodman did not see the black grain trailer in the middle of the rural pitch-black road and drove directly into the center of it. The impact caused him to become pinned inside his severely damaged Freightliner cab for nearly 3 hours.

Goodman was freed from the cab around 6:05 a.m. by local fire crews and was pronounced dead at the scene, suffering what was described as “massive injuries.”

It’s unclear if any charges have been filed. Goodman leaves behind a wife and a young child.
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RIP driver.

 

Hell of a way to go... My condolences to his family, may he RIP!

 

Ugh,RIP driver. The trailer must’ve jumped the locking jaws in the 5th wheel(trailer might not have been lowered enough for the kingpin to slide “home”).

 

RIP driver. Prayers for your family.

 

Became detched? Trailers don't just become detached. I'm afraid someone might still be alive today if someone else had taken the proper steps to make certain their trailer was properly secured. For the new drivers out here, always get a visual, always do a tug.

 

Not enough info, just questions. Did the driver not realize he lost a trailer? When he lost it why wasn't he able to do something to alert traffic to the hazard?

Don't know what happened, just that the outcome is horrible.

 

I hear ya. It may be there just wasn't time. Could be the deceased driver was distracted as well, it doesn't appear he made any evasive manaeuvers. Hard to say, just a bad deal all around.

 

Defimately the driver that impacted the trailer was distracted to have hit it at posted speed. What a shame. Just another nail in the coffin of why national carriers ask their drivers not to drive at night. Majority of all truck accidents happen from drivers whom operate at night.

It also comes to mind to me that the grain hauler should have had some input in this.

What a shame on so many levels.

 

Does anyone carry flares anymore. I think companies prohibited them because of the perceived fire danger. Flares would be a lot easier and faster to put out I think. Triangles and even reflectors are limited to the closer reflection of lights off the headlights.