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Truck wreck in WV on I-79

One Injured in Marion County Interstate 79 Accident - WBOY-TV - WBOY.com

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One Injured in Marion County Interstate 79 Accident
Posted Wednesday, December 16, 2009 ; 04:24 PM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Wednesday, December 16, 2009; 06:43 PM

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FAIRMONT -- One person has gone to the hospital after an accident on I-79. It happened in the northbound lane near the South Fairmont exit just after 3 p. m.
A Kia Spectra with Nevada tags pulled over to fix a flat tire, according to the West Virginia State Police.
A good Samaritan in a white pickup truck pulled over to help, troopers at the scene said, and a tractor trailer coming around the bend swerved to miss the vehicles on the roadside.
The tractor trailer, which was carrying 33,000 pounds of the sugar substitute Splenda, ran off the roadway, overcorrected, rear-ended an SUV, and landed on its side.
Crews are unloading the sweetener from the truck’s roof.
The Spectra’s driver was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown via Healthnet, according to Marion County Central Communications.

I got tied up in the traffic for this mess. Sad part is that the wreck happened 5 miles from where I get off the interstate for our shop. Took almost 2 hours to go 9 miles through it.

yeh, that's an easy part of the road to get relaxed on, things go smooth, to smooth. Before you know it your in trouble. Point of the story, keep alert and don't let your guard down, it can bite you in the arse.

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Originally Posted by geeshock (Post 470324)

I think the point should be to not to swerve and then over correct.

I talked to my wife after I posted this information. She was only a minute or so ahead of being involved in this accident. About 1 mile before where the cars were sitting on the shoulder (she said they were sitting on the white line), my step-daugter who was driving passed that USXpress truck and then went past the cars.

If my wife had been driving, she could've easily been tied up in the mess because she rarely goes above 60-65 on the interstate. The step-daughter, though, makes me dig my nails into the dash.

And what really sux is that they will probably charge the truck driver for the failure to maintain control and fault him even though he was attempting to avoid a certain wreck had he continued along like normal. Looks like the shoulder isn't wide enough to pull off without being in the gravel.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95 (Post 470338)

And what really sux is that they will probably charge the truck driver for the failure to maintain control and fault him even though he was attempting to avoid a certain wreck had he continued along like normal. Looks like the shoulder isn't wide enough to pull off without being in the gravel.

Did the actions of the driver cause the accident or the actions of the cars on the shoulder?

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Originally Posted by mike3fan (Post 470345)

Did the actions of the driver cause the accident or the actions of the cars on the shoulder?

I dunno man...but it sure seems like that truck should still be on it's wheels.

I see lot's of USX trucks zipping along not paying a whole lot of attention to anything. The one's with their left foot up on the dash while they drive, and chatter box away on their cell phones really really bug me. :eek2:

Hope yer home for the weeked Mal.
Big storm coming your way, they say 2 ft. of snow possible.
That will put allot more rubber in the ditch no doubt.

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Originally Posted by Roadhog (Post 470349)

Hope yer home for the weeked Mal.
Big storm coming your way, they say 2 ft. of snow possible.
That will put allot more rubber in the ditch no doubt.

I was just up there in MI area...spent sunday-tuesday up there. Where was all that snow???

They updated the news story. They charged the truck driver with: Failure to maintain control, driving on a suspended license and failure to provide proof of insurance. Those last 2 are VERY surprising for a USX truck.

As for the snow, ya, I'll be home tomorrow (friday). The local news is just saying "heavy" snowfall is coming between friday evening and sunday morning. Oh well - maybe we'll have a white Christmas this year.