The Trucker Newspaper - September 15, 2018

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Courtesy: BOISE POLICE
The fatal accident occurred when the driver of the big rig at the right of the photo crashed
into a Jeep. The Jeep then crashed into the big rig on the left, pinning the vehicle between
the two trucks.
NTSB initial report: Driver of tractor-trailer
going 62 mph in work zone and failed to stop
THE TRUCKER NEWS SERVICES
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation
Safety Board (NTSB) August 24
said in a preliminary report that the driver
of a tractor-trailer failed to stop when the rig
crashed into the rear of a traffic queue on Interstate
84 near Boise, Idaho, June 16.
Four people, including the driver of the
tractor-trailer, died in the accident, which
occurred at 11:32 p.m. within the eastbound
traffic lanes near milepost 46.9.
The NTSB said in the area of the accident,
the roadway consists of four travel lanes and
paved shoulders for both the eastbound and
westbound lanes, but at the time of the crash,
I-84 east had been reduced from four lanes
to one lane about 1 mile beyond the crash
location because of an ongoing maintenance
project near the Cloverdale overpass.
The posted 65-mph speed limit was reduced
to 55 mph for the work zone.
On I-84 east, a traffic queue had formed in
the second to the right lane and a 2008 Jeep
Wrangler was located at the end of the queue.
Meanwhile, a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer
was approaching the end of the traffic queue
from the west.
The driver did not react to the stopped
traffic in the queue and collided with the rear
of the Jeep. As both vehicles moved forward,
the Jeep was pushed into the rear of a 2003
Volvo tractor-trailer, which was stopped in
front of the Jeep.
The 2003 Volvo tractor-trailer moved
forward and collided with the rear of a 2006
Ford Fusion, pushing it into the rear of a
2014 Ford F150 and sideswiping a 2015 Ford
Escape.
Debris from the collision also damaged a
2010 Ford Focus. The vehicles came to rest
on I-84 under the Cloverdale overpass.
A post-crash fire consumed the Jeep and
the 2003 and 2019 tractor-trailers.
The fire also damaged other vehicles and
the Cloverdale overpass.
The driver and two passengers in the Jeep
and the driver of the 2019 Volvo died, while
the driver and passenger of the 2006 Ford Fusion
and the driver of the 2014 Ford F150
were injured.
The occupants of the other involved vehicles
were uninjured.
According to data obtained from an aftermarket
on-board Garmin unit, which recorded
vehicle speed, interior audio, and forward-facing
video when triggered, the 2019
Volvo was traveling approximately 62 mph at
the time of impact with the Jeep.
The investigation into the accident is continuing,
the NTSB said. 8
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