Hog Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts Down I-40 in North Carolina

A tractor trailer carrying 95 hogs on it's way to a sausage factory in Tennessee got into an accident and overturned killing 38 hogs.

The accident caused a three-mile close on the westbound stretch of I-40 near Clyde for 11 hours while crews cleared the grisly scene. Of the 38 hogs that were killed, three of them were euthanized at the scene with a gun due to extensive injuries.

The surviving hogs were loaded into trailers and taken to a private farm until their owner could arrive from the Tabor City area.

According to information released by Haywood County Public Information Coordinator David Teague: The crash took place about 1:15 a.m. when the tractor-trailer, driven by Stuart Small of Tabor City, collided with a car as both vehicles were traveling westbound near the 26-mile marker.

The tractor-trailer struck the back of the car and the tractor-trailer lost control, striking the guardrail on the right side of the road.

The truck continued for 450 feet before it overturned on its right side and came to a rest.

Small, who owns his own trucking company, said he saw something black lying in the middle of the road moments before the collision.

“I hit it. It cleared my truck and it shot me over to the shoulder of the road. I came back on and I went back to the shoulder, and when I came back out, I hit that car,” Small said. “I don’t know what it was, but I know it cleared the truck.”

He has been charged with reckless driving.

Small said he was taking the hogs from Tabor City to the Jimmy Dean Foods factory in Newbern, Tenn.

In his 30-plus years of driving tractor-trailers, Small said he’s been in an accident while carrying livestock before, but not where so many of his load was killed.

Maryland Truck Driver Kills Pedestrian

Driver Indicted Today for September Fatal Hit and Run Pedestrian Collision Driver Indicted in Fatal

Detectives from the Collision Reconstruction Unit have been investigating the hit and run pedestrian collision that occurred on September 26, 2006, and killed Ketty Emilce Alvarado, age 69, of the 16000 block of Crabbs Branch Way in Rockville. She had been walking with her husband in the area of Crabbs Branch Way and East Gude Drive in Rockville, at approximately 6:00 a.m., when she was struck by what was described as a box-type truck with four rear tires, two on each side.

Today, Collision Reconstruction Unit Detectives went before a Montgomery County grand jury and sought an indictment for felony hit and run in a fatal collision against David Marc Friedlander, age 40, of the unit block of Nace Drive in Hanover Pennsylvania. He was driving the H & S Bakery Truck from Baltimore, Maryland, that struck and killed Ms. Alvarado. Friedlander will now be formally notified by the court of the indictment. He is not in police custody at this time.

After the collision, police sought help from the public through the media to try to identify the truck and driver responsible for the collision. Tips were received, and on September 28, it was announced that a vehicle of very strong interest believed to be involved in the collision was taken into police custody. After a search warrant was executed, evidence was obtained from that truck that required further analysis. Working with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, detectives prepared to present to a grand jury, and the indictment was granted today.

On September 26, Mr. and Mrs. Alvarado had crossed Crabbs Branch Way and were walking northbound on the sidewalk. The light for eastbound Redland Road was red. The husband began to cross the street. He was not aware that his wife had been struck. Two citizens approached him with his wife’s purse. Not knowing where she had gone, he returned home and police were contacted.

Collision Reconstruction Unit Detectives would like to very much thank the community and the media for their assistance in helping to identify the individual responsible for this fatal hit and run pedestrian collision.

2/15/2008

FMCSA Extends HOS Comment Period; Hill Grants Extension Through March 17

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended its public commenting period for its interim hours-of-service rule for 30 days.

The comment period was to close Friday, but in a letter dated Wednesday to Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, FMCSA Administrator John Hill said he would keep the docket open through March 17.

In a letter to Jacqueline Gillan, Advocates vice president, Hill said he “agree[d] that allowing additional time for public comments would be appropriate.” Advocates had requested the extension in a letter earlier this month.

In December, FMCSA published its interim HOS rule in order to comply with a court order striking provisions allowing for an 11th hour of driving and for a resetting of a driver’s weekly hour limits provided they took 34 hours off. The interim rule retained those provisions.

Transport Topics; February 15, 2008

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