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In The Media
The following are summaries of articles that have appeared in the media. Links to the full text are provided when available.| July 20, 2009 | Canada |
| Driver fatigue factor in crash that killed three pedestrians Fatigue impairment claims the lives of three BC pedestrians when a sleeping drivers’ Ford Ranger crossed into oncoming traffic into a rest-area south of Okanagan on Thursday July 9th. Police ruled out drugs and alcohol as contributing factors. (The Province - Link to Article) |
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| August 10, 2008 | United States of America |
| I-95 fatalities rank high I-95 stretch of highway has been identified as a high-risk roadway with all the standard safety features: rumble strips, guardrails, and median protection. There have been eight deaths so far this year on the highway and the transportation secretary for I95 notes that fatigue is a cause is most accident. The most recent accident involved the death a couple and an 8 year old child when the sport utility vehicle they were traveling in ran off the interstate and struck a stand of trees in the center medium. The accident was blamed on fatigue. (FayObserver.com - Fayetteville,NC,USA - Link to Article) |
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| August 7, 2008 | Canada |
| Trucker, company being sued in woman’s death The driver of a truck and his employer are being sued by the family of a woman killed by a dump truck during July of 2007. The driver is accused of operating the vehicle in a negligent, careless and imprudent manner and caused or allowed the truck to cross the centre line ultimately resulting in the death of the family member. Among the allegations in the document are that the driver failed to keep a proper lookout or drive at careful and prudent speed, operated the truck when it was not in a fit or proper condition and drove "while his ability to do so was impaired by fatigue and he was an incompetent driver lacking in reasonable skill." (TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada - Link to Article) |
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| August 3, 2008 | United States of America |
| Plover rollover kills one, injures another Fatigue impairment is believed to have to lead to a single-vehicle rollover that resulted in one passenger death and the driver being injured. The pickup appears to have drifted onto a median shoulder and then over corrected causing the vehicle to slide sideways, roll twice, and then land on it’s roof. (Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA - Link to Article) |
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