Automotive hauler’s improper u-turn kills log truck driver
A log truck driver was killed in a wreck involving an improper u-turn in Texas on Wednesday.
The accident occurred on October nineteenth in Nacogdoches, Texas on Freeway 59, in any other case generally known as Stallings Dr.
In response to KETK Information, a automotive hauler was heading south on Freeway 59 “when it tried to make a U-turn from an improper lane.”
An oncoming log truck pushed by 61-year-old Kenneth Walker then tried evasive maneuvers to keep away from a collision with the automotive hauler, however collided with the automotive hauler anyway. A pickup truck “additionally touring south sure was struck by logs and the truck tractor.”
Walker was pronounced useless on the scene. The truck driver within the automotive hauler and the motorist weren’t damage within the incident.
“All south sure lanes of visitors had been rerouted for a considerable period of time to permit for the accident reconstruction and cleanup,” officers stated. The crash continues to be below investigation.
