Trucker Was Flyin' High at Time of Crash
By 250 News
Wednesday, October 05, 2005 03:59 AM
Long haul truck drivers say they are not surprised at the results of a Coroner’s report on a fatal truck accident that happened in the Williams Lake area just over a year ago.
The Coroner found that a tractor trailer operator who died when he collided with another tractor trailer 25 miles north of Williams Lake on August 27th 2004, had a massive amount of Crystal Meth in his system along with alcohol and a small trace of cocaine.
He, along with two others, died when the rig slammed into another unit on a straight stretch of highway.
A police officer had been in pursuit of the swerving truck, but called off his chase after he determined that it was too dangerous to follow the speeding truck which at times hit speeds of 140 kilometers an hour.
The vehicle was involved in several near misses before slamming head on into another tractor trailer returning from Prince Rupert.
The driver in question had earlier been convicted of drunk driving. The Surrey company that owned the truck he was operating, declined comment.
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A few weeks ago I was passed on a corner by a yellow tractor with a flat deck trailer called Rocky Mountain Transport. This guy had no reguard for the safety of other on the road passing at speads well over 120 on a corner when a logging truck comming the other direction was forced to lock up, as did I, just so he could squeze through. This is not acceptable behaviour for a professional driver nor for the company that employ's him, but the company will wash their hands of it when in fact they are the root cause of this behaviour.