Posted on 11/20/2008 8:20:30 AM PST by Patrsup
Truck-driving dad dies in accident en route to reunion with son home from Iraq MIDDLEVILLE -- Richard Crawford was sleeping when his son Keith, serving in Iraq with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, called early Monday. Keith told his father he "was on American soil." Richard Crawford, a trucker and retired Army sergeant, told his son he would see him this week. He had a delivery down South, and would swing by Fort Campbell, Ky., where Keith, the older of his two sons, was stationed. He couldn't wait to see his son. "But he didn't make it," his wife, Margaret Crawford, said Wednesday, her voice quivering. "He didn't get to see him." Crawford, 51, the owner/operator of a semitrailer, died Tuesday in a chain-reaction crash on U.S. 31 in Westfield, Ind. Police said his southbound rig slammed into the rear of a stopped semi, pushing another truck into a car waiting at a red light.
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Ignorant journalist alert.
Prayers of comfort for this family.
Please explain. The "semitrailer" is the trailer portion and doesn't operate by itself; is that what you mean?
45,000 traffic deaths a year in America....The Cost of “Freedom to drive” . . and NOT DRESS UP like a NASCAR DRIVER as you get in your vehicle.
Murder rate in most US cities now exceed Baghdads Terror death rate. Let’s pull out of DETROIT ?
My thanks to the Iraq veteran for his Service to America, and my Sincere Condolences to him on his loss.
Yes. The important part from a business standpoint for an owner/operator is the tractor. If you own the tractor, you can haul with other people’s trailers. The tractor makes the money. If all you own is the trailer you can hire other drivers or lease the trailer out.
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That is too sad! :>(
Yea that’s sad. :(
Despite all the rules,many drivers have little choice if they are to make the payments on the rig and have something left for their family.Shippers and dispatchers too often care nothing except the freight arrives quickly.
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