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Ohio-licensed CDL holder put OOS after hitting, killing 2 people on side of road
Dorothy Cox
dlcox@thetrucker.com
An Ohio-licensed commercial truck driver
has been put out-of-service after striking and
killing two people on the side of the road, one
in July 2018 and the other in December of last
year.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
put Doug A. Jones OOS December 27
last year and announced its action in a news
release.
On July 2, 2018, Jones hit and killed a
33-year-old man who was standing along the
right shoulder of Interstate 81 South in East
Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
In that fatality, Jones was charged with
“careless driving causing the death of another
person,” driving too fast for conditions, driving
outside his lane before ascertaining the danger,
and failing to wear his seatbelt.
Arquimides Flores, 33, of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, was killed after being struck by
Jones’ vehicle and was pronounced dead at the
scene, FOX43 News reported.
State police said Flores was struck by
Jones’ tractor-trailer after Jones lost control
while traveling in the right lane. At the time of
the accident, Flores was standing behind another
truck after his vehicle became disabled,
police said.
Jones’ vehicle also made contact with the
other truck and a guide rail before its trailing
unit became dislodged, scattering debris across
the roadway, police added.
In the December 7, 2018, fatality, Jones
struck and killed 24-year-old highway construction
worker Teresa M. Howell of Greenwich,
Ohio, just before 9 a.m. on Route 33 near
the border of Franklin county.
She was employed by Lake Erie Construction
Co., which was contracted by the Ohio
DOT.
Jones’ truck drove through orange safety
cones on the side of the road and hit Howell
and didn’t immediately stop, the Union
County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The truck — owned by Mansfield-based
Estep Express Inc. — was found more than
90 minutes after the crash at the ODW Logistics
warehouse in the 1500 block of Williams
Road, 27 miles away from the crash scene,
police and news sources reported. Howell
left behind two young sons.
Police said it was unknown whether Jones
fled the scene or didn’t realize he had hit
Howell.
The crash closed all eastbound lanes of
Route 33 for several hours.
FMCSA said in its OOS order that Jones’
“ … continued operation of a [CMV] substantially
increases the likelihood of serious
injury or death to you and the motoring public
if not discontinued immediately.”
There may be action against Jones by the
U.S. Attorney’s Office for damages, and he
could be fined up to $1,848 in civil penalties
for each day he operates a CMV in violation
of the order. In addition, FMCSA could bring
civil penalties against Jones for violating
federal safety regulations, the agency noted.
Jones’ age was not given. 8
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