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Man charged in fatal DWI car accident
Sanford two-car accident kills one, injures two
On March 29, 2008, a 2000 Dodge pickup was traveling along N.C. Highway 87, about two miles south of Sanford, North Carolina at about 8 p.m. The Dodge crossed the center line, getting into a car accident with a 2000 Isuzu and killing a 38-year-old passenger.
The driver of the Isuzu received minor injuries. The driver of the Dodge pickup was airlifted to UNC Hospitals, where he was listed in fair condition two days later the fatal car accident.
The driver of the pickup was charged with driving while impaired (DWI), driving with a revoked license and second-degree murder.
Source: “Man charged in fatal Lee County crash,” Wral.com, March 31, 2008
Tractor-trailer truck kills Manhattan pedestrian
Woman was run over by truck
On April 28, 2008, a woman was standing on the corner of Hester Street and the Bowery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side when a tractor-trailer hit and killed her. The driver of the truck was making a turn at the time of the fatal truck accident.
Source: “Fatal accident in Lower Manhattan,” ABC7.com, April 28, 2008 (http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6108155).
Logger truck hits, kills 43-year-old Oregon bicyclist
Police searching for driver of truck, who left the scene
On April 28, 2008, a 43-year-old bicyclist was hit and killed by a logger truck in Sanford, Oregon. Police are looking for the driver of the logger truck involved in the fatal truck accident, who left the scene. Police speculate the driver was unaware that he hit someone.
The woman riding the bicycle was not in the proper lane, police said, and her bicycle may have had faulty brakes. Police are asking anyone with information about the logger truck accident to contact the department at 1-207-324-3644.
Source: Rhonda Erskine, “Bicyclist killed in collision with logging truck,” wcsh6.com, April 28, 2008 (http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=85818).
Bus driver charged with careless and reckless driving after Vance County Vance County bus accident
52-year-old bus driver fell asleep at the wheel of Greyhound bus
On April 22, 2008, a 52-year-old Greyhound bus driver fell asleep at the wheel while driving south on U.S. 1 in Vance County, North Carolina. The bus then got into a bus accident, running off the road and hitting a ditch before rolling over on its side.
The bus accident, which occurred at about 5:45 a.m., sent 12 of the 29 passengers to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. The bus slid about 100 feet before stopping at a tree line on the right shoulder. The passengers got out of the bus through escape hatches on the bus’ roof.
While not all of the passengers in the bus accident were injured, all were taken to the hospital.
The bus involved in the accident was traveling from Richmond, Virginia to Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Sources: Adam Owens, “Bus driver ‘fell asleep’ before crash,” Wral.com, April 22, 2008; “Bus overturns in Vance County,” News and Observer, April 22, 2008.
Tractor-trailer driver sentenced in fatal car accident in Wisconsin
On April 16, 2008, the driver of a tractor-trailer was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 5 years probation for causing a fatal auto accident in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
The tractor trailer was backing down Highway 51 onto Maas Road, which created the illusion that he was traveling in the correct direction. An 82-year-old man and his 22-year-old grandson were returning from a Wisconsin Badgers basketball game when their car collided with the tractor-trailer and slid underneath it. The 82-year-old grandfather was killed instantly. His grandson survived with only minor injuries.
The 49-year-old tractor-trailer driver changed his story several times and initially resisted police officers. His sentence comes as part of a plea bargain in which he agreed to plead guilty to homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle. The truck driver will also be required to donate $250 per year to a fund commemorating the man he killed.
Source: “Trucker sentenced for accident that killed Poynette man,” WISCNEWS.com, April 16, 2008.
