Cedar Bluff, AL — The driver of an 18-wheeler was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, on Friday, August 14, 2015. The accident took place on Highway 9, near Forrest Street, around 2:00 in the afternoon.
Police are still trying to discover what caused the accident. They say that the driver of the 18-wheeler lost control of the vehicle, drove off the road and drove over two ditches before it crashed into a utility pole and drove through a fence. The truck finally came to a stop when it crashed into a tree.
Investigators say that the truck was hauling heavy, aluminum coils, and that they may have shifted, causing the driver to lose control.
The man’s name hasn’t been released.
The accident is still being investigated.
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Scene of the Accident
View from the Road
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Some sources are saying that the load the driver was hauling shifted while he was on the road, and that this caused him to lose control of his truck before driving off the road. I’ve seen this sort of thing happen in the past, and it can be very dangerous, as we see here. In many situations, a driver isn’t the person loading and unloading their own truck. It’s possible that whoever was responsible for that here could be held liable for the crash, if it’s shown that they failed to properly secure his load.
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