The driver of a tractor trailer hauling scrap metal lost control of his vehicle while exiting Route 250 in Virginia onto Interstate 64 east (exit 99).

 

A North Carolina teen died in a farming accident in Harrellsville, in Hertford County, on  Sept. 17. The 18-year-old was trying to clear tobacco jammed in his harvester when his shirt got caught in the machinery and pulled him in.

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Source: InjuryBoard.com

A recent study from Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health and Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that mandatory alcohol testing among bus and truck drivers has reduced danger by more than 20 percent.
The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act (OTETA) of 1991, which mandated alcohol testing for transit employees involved in safety functions.

The study sampled 70,000 motor carrier trucks and 83,000 non-motor carrier cars. The motor carrier portion showed a 23 percent reduced risk of alcohol-related fatalities. Each year, 4,000 crashes occur between a heavy vehicle, such as a truck or bus, and passenger cars. Surprisingly, while 27 percent of the car drivers are under the influence of alcohol in these accidents, the same is true of only 3 percent of the truck or bus drivers.