The 39 year old driver of a tractor trailer was killed in Towson after his truck veered off the road and crashed into a vehicle parked on the shoulder according to abc2news.com. The driver was transporting a load of Calcium Carbonate from Pennsylvania to Baltimore.
The accident occurred about 4:30 a.m. on the inner loop of I-695 in Towson. Reports indicate that the truck veered off of the road, hit an unoccupied minivan on the road’s shoulder, overturned and caught on fire. The truck came to rest against a wall down an embankment about 100 feet away from the road.
All lanes of traffic were closed while the crash was being cleaned up. It was reported that the minivan on the side of the road was out of gas, and was legally parked. It’s unknown what caused the tractor trailer to leave the roadway. Police do not believe the driver was speeding or had consumed alcohol at the time of the accident and believe it is possible the driver could have either had a medical emergency or fallen asleep before the crash.
Studies have shown that each year in the United States, between 4,000 and 5,000 people are killed in accidents with tractor trailers. In addition, there is an average of 80,000 accidents with injuries involving large trucks each year.
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I hope that this man has a lawyer that can help his family. I am also a truck driver and I am so lucky because I have not yet get an accident like that.
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