Truck Accidents 360 Newswire

CORBIN, KY – A man suffered fatal injuries after his pickup truck was struck by a tractor trailer truck Monday night in Whitley County, Kentucky. The truck accident happened on Interstate 75 near Corbin, KY. The area of the collision is in the far southeast section of the state about 30 miles north of the Tennessee border, 90 miles south of Lexington, KY and 86 miles north of Knoxville, TN.

After a preliminary investigation of the fatal truck accident, authorities have ruled out drug or alcohol use as being a factor. There were no reports that his trailer truck malfunctioned.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday night 65 year old Larry W. Rogers of Corbin, KY was traveling south on Interstate 75 in Whitley County in a 1996 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck. A few minutes later he stopped his pickup and was straddling the shoulder and the right lane of the interstate near mile marker 26. Kentucky State Police are unsure why Mr. Rogers stopped his vehicle in the traffic lane of the highway.

At around 10:45 p.m. 44 year old Donald M. Cain of Dayton, Ohio was driving a 2007 Freightliner tractor trailer truck south on I-75 and suddenly came upon Mr. Roger’s pickup in the road. The truck driver was unable to maneuver or stop to avoid an accident and rear ended the smaller truck.

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Mr. Rogers was reportedly not wearing a seat belt, and the force of the truck accident ejected him from his Chevy pickup truck out onto the roadway
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Whitley County Emergency Management team and EMS personnel responded to the truck accident scene to treat the victims. They found that Mr. Rogers suffered fatal injuries and he was pronounced dead at the scene of the truck collision by the Whitley County Coroner’s Office.

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Mr. Cain, the driver of the 18 wheeler, was not injured in the rear end truck collision.

Kentucky State Police and the Corbin Police Department also responded to the scene of the truck accident. They closed down the interstate in the vicinity of the truck accident for several hours while crews cleared the wreckage of the rear end crash from the interstate.

One lane of the interstate was opened by Tuesday morning.

After a preliminary investigation of the fatal truck accident, authorities have ruled out drug or alcohol use as being a factor.

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The Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement was also at the site to check out the mechanical operation of Mr. Cain’s Freightliner tractor trailer truck. There were no reports that his trailer truck malfunctioned.

At this time no charges or citations have been brought. The truck accident remains under investigation.