All lanes of Interstate 40 in Jefferson County have reopened after a fatal accident Friday morning involving a pedestrian and a semi truck.
Officials got the call just after 3:00 a.m.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol tells 10News it happened on I-40W at mile marker 410 in the westbound lanes near the Sevier County line.
Investigators are still working to figure out exactly how it happened. They do not know if the pedestrian was crossing the three-lane highway, or if the semi-truck driver swerved and hit the man
Officials got the call just after 3:00 a.m.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol tells 10News it happened on I-40W at mile marker 410 in the westbound lanes near the Sevier County line.
Investigators are still working to figure out exactly how it happened. They do not know if the pedestrian was crossing the three-lane highway, or if the semi-truck driver swerved and hit the man
Police said the driver of a small Kia was killed late Thursday morning in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 south near Lorton Road.
Trooper J.A. Adams was called to the scene of the wreck near milemarker 163 at 11:27 a.m., where he found the crushed Kia and the truck jackknifed over an embankment.
Witnesses told state police that the female driver of the Kia was merging into the southbound lanes from Lorton Road and pulled into the path of the tractor-trailer, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.
The truck driver, a 49-year-old Chesterfield man, swerved to the left to avoid the car, but the two vehicles collided. The Kia spun onto the right shoulder and the truck went down the embankment, Geller said.
The Kia driver was pronounced dead at the scene, Geller said. State police late Thursday were still in the process of locating and notifying her next-of-kin and had not released her name.
The truck driver suffered injuries that did not appear to be life threatening and was treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He was hauling 20,000 pounds of carpet in the truck, Geller said
Trooper J.A. Adams was called to the scene of the wreck near milemarker 163 at 11:27 a.m., where he found the crushed Kia and the truck jackknifed over an embankment.
Witnesses told state police that the female driver of the Kia was merging into the southbound lanes from Lorton Road and pulled into the path of the tractor-trailer, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.
The truck driver, a 49-year-old Chesterfield man, swerved to the left to avoid the car, but the two vehicles collided. The Kia spun onto the right shoulder and the truck went down the embankment, Geller said.
The Kia driver was pronounced dead at the scene, Geller said. State police late Thursday were still in the process of locating and notifying her next-of-kin and had not released her name.
The truck driver suffered injuries that did not appear to be life threatening and was treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He was hauling 20,000 pounds of carpet in the truck, Geller said
NASHUA – A man surrendered his truck license in a plea deal involving a Mason incident in which a large chunk of ice flew off the roof of his rig and injured another driver.
Richard Corser, 74, of Royalston, Mass., was sentenced Friday in Hillsborough County Superior Court. Corser agreed to a plea deal in which he permanently surrendered his commercial driver’s license. He also was sentenced to a year in county jail, suspended for three years if he stays out of trouble.
Corser will serve 200 hours of community service or pay a $1,000 fine – or serve 100 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine if he so chooses, said Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia LaFrance.
Corser, originally charged with a felony, pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor.
Corser was driving his tractor-trailer southbound on Route 31 in Mason on March 3, 2011, when a chunk of ice flew off his rig.
Stanley Raczelowski, 64, of Westford, Mass., was driving north in a Honda Accord around 7 a.m. when a chunk of ice about 3 feet in diameter and 6 inches thick landed on his car’s front end and windshield, injuring his head and face.
The truck didn’t stop after the accident, and police identified the vehicle later from witness descriptions.
A passerby found Raczelowski after the Accord collided with a telephone pole.
He was taken to Monadnock Regional Hospital and later airlifted to a Worcester, Mass., hospital.
Although he couldn’t attend the hearing Friday, Raczelowski submitted a statement, which was read in court.
“I am grateful that the state of New Hampshire has valued the life and safety of motorists by making it illegal to operate a vehicle with snow and ice on the roof,” Raczelowski said in the statement
Richard Corser, 74, of Royalston, Mass., was sentenced Friday in Hillsborough County Superior Court. Corser agreed to a plea deal in which he permanently surrendered his commercial driver’s license. He also was sentenced to a year in county jail, suspended for three years if he stays out of trouble.
Corser will serve 200 hours of community service or pay a $1,000 fine – or serve 100 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine if he so chooses, said Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia LaFrance.
Corser, originally charged with a felony, pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor.
Corser was driving his tractor-trailer southbound on Route 31 in Mason on March 3, 2011, when a chunk of ice flew off his rig.
Stanley Raczelowski, 64, of Westford, Mass., was driving north in a Honda Accord around 7 a.m. when a chunk of ice about 3 feet in diameter and 6 inches thick landed on his car’s front end and windshield, injuring his head and face.
The truck didn’t stop after the accident, and police identified the vehicle later from witness descriptions.
A passerby found Raczelowski after the Accord collided with a telephone pole.
He was taken to Monadnock Regional Hospital and later airlifted to a Worcester, Mass., hospital.
Although he couldn’t attend the hearing Friday, Raczelowski submitted a statement, which was read in court.
“I am grateful that the state of New Hampshire has valued the life and safety of motorists by making it illegal to operate a vehicle with snow and ice on the roof,” Raczelowski said in the statement
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