SEMI TRUCK ACCIDENT CAUSES AREAS OF MUNCIE IN DELAWARE COUNTY, INDIANA TO LOSE POWER
State Road 28 in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, was closed after a semi-truck hauling pigs knocked out power when it left the highway and struck several power poles. Power was knocked out for more than eight hours Friday night when the semi tractor-trailer being driven by Brian Cagle, 22, Lebanon, Ohio, lost control of the vehicle. Cagle told police the trailer swayed causing his truck to run off the road and strike four utility poles. The single vehicle incident occurred at around 4:37 p.m. near Delaware County Road 100 West.
A resident near the accident site reported that the power outage lasted nearly nine hours and kept the highway closed past midnight. While emergency and power crews attended to the scene, another vehicle ran off the road to avoid colliding with the disabled truck.
The semi-truck operated by Cagle was reported to have been registered to Kremer Family Farms, in Ansonia, Ohio.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 4,584 large trucks were involved in deadly auto accidents last year, while 76,000 large trucks were involved in motor vehicle crashes resulting in injuries.
More 2007 Large Truck Facts (NHTSA):
• There were 413,000 large truck accidents.
• There were 4,808 large truck fatalities.
• 75% of the victims were riding in other motor vehicles.
• 23% of the fatalities were large truck occupants.
• 2% of the accident victims that died were not riding in or on a motor vehicle at the time of the large truck crash.
• One out of nine traffic deaths involved a large truck crash.
• 28% of deadly two-vehicle accidents involved large trucks.
• 101,000 victims were injured in large truck accidents.
• 802 of the injury victims were riding in large trucks.
• 3,601 of the injury victims were riding in other motor vehicles.
• 405 of those injured were not occupying any vehicles at the time of the truck crash (includes pedalcyclists and pedestrians).
• Large trucks have a greater chance than passenger cars of becoming involved in deadly multi-vehicle accidents.
• In 51% of deadly two-vehicle collisions involving a large truck, both motor vehicles were driving forward at the time of the accident.
• In 11% of deadly two-vehicle crashes involving a large truck, the other vehicle was making a turn.
Large Trucks Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, NHTSA
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