Truck Driver for Carrie Underwood Killed in CT Accident on I-95
March 22nd, 2010 | 
Author: NORTH STONINGTON, CT – A semi truck driver hauling equipment for a Carrie Underwood concert was killed when his truck went off the northbound side of Interstate 95 near the Taugwonk overpass in Stonington, Connecticut at about 8:00 am Saturday, March 20, 2010.
The tractor trailer tumbled down the embankment onto Taugwonk Road. The driver, a man reported to be in his late 40s, was from Oklahoma. State police said the driver of the truck was burned so badly that his identity would have to be confirmed by dental records.
The crash occurred when the big rig, traveling northbound on I-95, veered off the shoulder, then scraped along the guard rail for about 400 feet. The guard rail ripped open the 18 wheeler’s fuel tank spilling diesel fuel onto the drivers side of the tractor trailer. The diesel fuel ignitied and engulfed the semi truck in flames then careened into a bridge abutment at the overpass.
Stonington is located in the southeast corner of Connecticut, about 60 miles from New Haven, about 65 miles from Hartford, and about 79 miles from Bridgeport.
The tractor trailer tumbled down the embankment onto Taugwonk Road. The driver, a man reported to be in his late 40s, was from Oklahoma. State police said the driver of the truck was burned so badly that his identity would have to be confirmed by dental records. No other vehicles or people were involved in the crash.
Carrie Underwood Dedicates “Temporary Home” to the Fallen Truck Driver
During Carrie Underwood’s concert Saturday night at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Carrie dedicated “Temporary Home” to her driver who was killed in a the crash earlier in the day on I-95.
A tearful Carrie asks the audience to sing along with her.
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