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DANGEROUS JOB * USA - Houston Trucker Claims, Sues Promaxima Manufacturing
Houston,TX,USA -The Houston Press, by Chris Vogel -Jan. 22 2009: -- At 2 a.m., Houston trucker Daniel Moye was the only driver on the road, speeding through the remote mountains of northern California to meet his deadline and drop off a load of exercise equipment... Suddenly, his engine stopped. An electrical lead from the battery to the cut-off switch broke. Not equipped, trained or authorized to fix it and out of cell phone range, Moye found himself stranded in what is known in California as the Lost Coast... More than six hours later, Moye arrived at the ranger station. It was closed. Moye tried again to get a cell phone signal. No luck. His only hope was what he thought looked like a fire station at the base of the mountain way off in the distance... After resting an hour, Moye set out again, not knowing it was a 17 mile hike that lay ahead. By nightfall, he was still walking, as temperatures dipped below 40 degrees and icy, gale-force winds punished his face and body. Moye was exhausted and his feet were badly blistered. Convinced he was going to die, he sat down and wrote a farewell letter to his wife in case his body was ever found... But Moye pressed on, eventually making his way to the building, which turned out to be a prison. From there, he was moved to a local hospital, where Moye was treated for hypothermia, dehydration, and his ravaged feet. When the hospital discharged Moye, doctors gave him several narcotic pain-killers... Moye claims his employer did spring for a hotel room, but because his company did not provide him transportation and because Moye had left his wallet in the rig, Moye had to hobble one mile to the hotel on his damaged feet...
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