Trucker kills friend of my family
 

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/17107406/detail.html

I don't know if this driver had been drinking, or texting, or on the phone or what. But he was probably speeding. On the newscast, they said he pushed the Camry several HUNDRED YARDS into the back of the SUV. Both vehicles included members of the same family, and the back bumper of the Camry ended up behind the front seats.

The father was driving the SUV, the mother driving the Camry. They are members of the last church my father pastored, and the father is a very fine deacon there, and we've all played golf together many times.

If I'm not mistaken, Dixon road is Hwy 74 bypass through Shelby. I'm not sure of that.

To heap sorrow on sorrow, the family was returning from an aunt's funeral in Tennessee.

It's a sad day here.

Sounds like a horrible accident! My thoughts & prayers are with the boys family and yours.

Thanks, REB..... where you been?

Tornado blew through here Monday night, no electricity til now.

I'll keep you and the family in my prayers.

I travel that stretch frequently.

Condolences to you and the families involved.

Thanks everyone, for the thoughts. I talked to my Dad last night, and even HE was pretty tore up about it. Not that he doesn't usually care.... just that he deals with it all the time.

I wanted to send condolences to the family, but they know I'm a truck driver, and I just don't know how that would sit with them.

Send your condolences. If they are friends of your family they will appreciate the sentiment from you as a person, and not a truck driver.

More than likely, an OTR driver.

Might have been, don't know. But, he WAS a tanker yanker! Probably couldn't handle the surge once he noticed the stoplight was red.