FRANKLIN COUNTY, MO — One person was ejected and killed in a tractor-trailer accident that happened in Franklin County, Missouri on Sunday, April 20th, 201, according to a report from My Sullivan News.
Investigators currently believe that Gurpreet Kailey was killed when the tractor-trailer he was a passenger in crashed after the driver is thought to have attempted to avoid a wrong-way driver while driving on Interstate 44 at around 5:40 Sunday morning.
Scene of the Accident
Gurpreet Kailey is believed to have been sleeping in the passenger compartment and was ejected from the truck before it landed on top of him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified in the report as Virkram Shah, who was taken to Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital.
Missouri State Police are still investigating the accident.
Commentary:
I’m not trying to pin this accident on the driver, but whenever somebody makes a dubious, unsupported claim about an external force that cannot be pinned down, I cannot help but feel skeptical. I’ve had drivers claim a newspaper flew into their face while they were driving, only to find out later that the driver was distracted on his phone and drove off the road. Given that the passenger was sleeping in the rear compartment, and the early time of the accident, is it really outside the realm of possibility that the driver of this truck simply dozed off behind the wheel before the accident?
–Grossman Law Offices
