* Missouri / USA - Sleeping trucker experience close call
-- A truck driver resting at Love’s Truck Stop was woken up by another driver Thursday night who told him his trailer was on fire... The St. Joseph Fire Department responded to Love’s Truck Stop, after reports of a vehicle fire. When firefighters arrived around 6 p.m., the truck and trailer — which was hauling processed beef — were engulfed... The tractor had 180 gallons of diesel fuel on board, said Battalion Chief Paris Jenkins.
The tralier burned and the center part collapsed onto the ground... The truck’s driver said he was sleeping when the fire broke out. Another driver woke him to tell him about smoke coming from the trailer, he said, adding that the other driver saved his life...
(Photo by Dave Hon | St. Joseph News-Press - St. Joseph Fire Department firefighters observe the destruction of a tractor-trailer that caught fire in the Love’s Truck Stop parking lot) -- St. Joseph,MISS, USA - St. Joseph News-Press, by Dave Hon - Aug 21, 2015
* Nova Scotia / Canada - Child dies after Highway 101 crash - Trouble with brakes
-- Evan Servaes, 6, was severely injured in crash and later died... The trial of a Montreal trucker involved in an accident that took the life of a six-year-old boy on Nova Scotia's Highway 101 two years ago heard from two vehicle safety inspectors on Friday... The crash happened in July 2013 when a minivan and a motor home towing a car stopped for construction near Windsor, N.S. ... RCMP say the tractor-trailer smashed into them from behind. At the time, police said speed was a factor in the crash... The trucker, Mohammad Younus, was charged with dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm... Kenneth MacDonald, a commercial vehicle safety inspector, says the problem could have been caused during the crash if the driver applied too much force... Jeffrey Dillman, a mechanic and Nova Scotia vehicle compliance officer, also inspected the truck. He told the Crown that the lack of brakes on the steering axle would lead to less braking ability... It would take a greater distance to stop, he said, and vehicles with reduced braking ability shouldn't be driven... After today, the trial will stop until Sept. 14 to accommodate a Crown witness...
(Photo by Shaina Luck/CBC - The boy was in a minivan that was pushed into a vehicle being towed by the motor home) -- Bedford, NS, Canada - CBC News, by Shaina Luck - Aug 21, 2015Labels: dangerous truckers
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