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Driver Charged After Tractor-Trailer Crash
Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 ; 11:43 AM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Wednesday, November 18, 2009; 06:20 PM

Police have concluded that speed was a factor in the Nov. 16 crash that left three injured.

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WHEELING -- A dramatic tractor-trailer rollover in Ohio County Nov. 16 has resulted in traffic charges for the truck driver.

William Lippert, 45, of Salesville, Ohio, was charged with driving left of center and failure to maintain control after the Ohio County Sheriff's Department completed its investigation.

The crash occurred on Short Creek Road, just past the intersection of G C & P Road.

Two men in a Volkswagen driving south found themselves pinned in the car, beneath an overturned tractor-trailer dump truck.

"Evidence left at the scene indicates that the driver of the semi tractor-trailer went into a curve, coming out of the curve he was left of center. tried to steer the vehicle back into its correct lane of travel and the tractor trailer started to flip over," said Lt. Kevin Goode, of the Ohio County Sheriff's Department.

Goode said it was definitely speed-related.

The truck was hauling a waste product known as "fluff," which comes from junked cars, and was on its way to the landfill.

The driver of the Volkswagen is still in intensive care in an area hospital, recovering from a compression fracture of the spine, according to a family member.

The passenger in that car has reportedly been treated and released.

The truck driver is reportedly still being treated for a neck injury.

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Donald J Kaleta
11/20/09 at 5:37 PM
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PLEASE GOOGLE "DEFORMABLE KINGPIN" that explains a simple to understand solution to forbid a tractor to follow into destruction during rollover events. The concept is the same as to why you have fuses or circuit breakers in electrical systems in your home, office or car -- a failsafe -- to prevent further destruction. This innovation is a simple modification of a component, the trailer’s coupling kingpin, whose design has been a standard for over 70 years, which can be made to deform and not allow an extremely stable tractor to follow to destruction when the trailer, that is the dominant controlling force, is in IMMINENT peril for rollover, that includes also blown over tractor trailers. The NHTSA & FMCSA continue to turn their backs and ignore their past funded research conclusions, as the trucking industry evolves greater unstable tractor trailers on our highways that have a primary attribute for increasing payload capacity. These catastrophes will continue to occur in thousands of accidents of this type each year as they have in the past, and continue to cause infrastructure damage that will harm and kill many hundreds of tractor occupants annually. These combination vehicles are incendiary bombs when carrying flammable material in tankers, and the flash point for these fires starts with the tractor’s involvement. A statement received from the FMCSA states “There are a variety of technologies for preventing rollover crashes and we believe motor carriers should have as much flexibility as possible in selecting technologies to prevent crashes.” Clearly the fox is allowed to guard the hen house!!! The harm, death & destruction will continue with combination vehicle rollover accidents. Donald J. Kaleta

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