Friday, July 30, 2010
1000 Foot Plunge Kills Trucker
KENTUCKY...
A Kentucky trucker has been killed when his tanker rig ran off Interstate 75 near Caryville and plunged three football field lengths down a mountainous slope. The Tennessee Highway Patrol said the Thursday afternoon crash was so intense that it ejected 60-year-old driver Gary Gabehart of Louisville, Ky., despite him wearing a seat belt. The Knoxville News Sentinel quoted Trooper Matthew Chitwood's report, which stated Gabehart lost control as he tried to stop his rig because traffic was slowed by a previous accident. The big truck jackknifed, clipped and overturned a pickup, veered to the right and broke through a guard rail, then plunged down the embankment. The pickup driver wasn't hurt. The tanker was carrying liquid nitrogen.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:44 PM 
