Thursday, May 06, 2010
Driver Of Truck That Killed 11 May Have Been On Cell Phone
KENTUCKY...
A state police report says Alabama truck driver, Kenneth Laymon of Jasper, who was involved in a March 26th crash that killed himself and 10 others in central Kentucky was talking on a cell phone. Police say Laymon did not have his tractor-trailer under control when he crossed the median of Interstate 65 in central Kentucky and slammed into a van carrying Mennonites traveling to a wedding in Iowa. Two young children survived. The report says another truck driver who witnessed the wreck estimated Laymon was traveling at 80 mph.
A state police report says Alabama truck driver, Kenneth Laymon of Jasper, who was involved in a March 26th crash that killed himself and 10 others in central Kentucky was talking on a cell phone. Police say Laymon did not have his tractor-trailer under control when he crossed the median of Interstate 65 in central Kentucky and slammed into a van carrying Mennonites traveling to a wedding in Iowa. Two young children survived. The report says another truck driver who witnessed the wreck estimated Laymon was traveling at 80 mph.
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