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Report - Canada - Log truck fatality inquiry too slow
Prince George,BC,CAN -Today's Trucking/Canadian Press -8 Nov 2006: -- A British Columbia Coroner's Service report suggests fatigue, prescription drug use, excessive speed, were all factors the death of a log hauler in the province's Northern Interior... Coroner Ann Smith also said the fact Loraine Conboy was not wearing her seatbelt in the truck at the time of the accident contributed to the fatality, reports... The investigation into the death of Conboy, who lost control of her loaded logging truck and crashed it into a ditch lost on Nov. 22, 2004, has taken almost two years to complete... Trucking officials in the region told the time to finish the report is unacceptable... Central Interior Logging Association manager Roy Nagel said more timely investigations can help industry focus on particular safety issues like seat belt use and intoxication... (Phopto: log hauling in B.C.'s Northern Interior can sometimes be a dangerous duty)
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