The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

According to Deborah A.P. Hersman, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, fatigue “is one of the most insidious issues in the transportation industry,” and more must be done to fight it, she said.

“We establish a 72-hour prior history in every NTSB investigation,” Hersman said at the National Press Club in Washington Nov. 16. “Unfortunately, we find fatigue in more incidents and accidents than you would think.”

She said the NTSB has recommended the Federal Aviation Administration set hours of service rules for flight crews, aviation mechanics and air traffic controllers, stating it took Congress to change century-old rail employee hours of service rules.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which has issued truck driver hours of service rules three times since 2003, plans to propose a new HOS rule early next year. Read more.

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Fayetteville, NC Tanker Crash

The tanker truck Graves was driving caught fire after he struck a guard rail and punctured his fuel tank. The truck accident was part of a chain-reaction crash.

In the accident Graves clothes caught on fire, then he jumped from the cab. A former soldier from Hope Mills, NC, went to his aid at the scene of the accident and rolled him in the median to extinguish the flames. Graves, who was badly burned over 40% of his body, remains in critical condition. He was airlifted to the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center in Chappel Hill for treatment.

Location of the truck accident near the 68 mile marker on I-95

Below is a Google Street View of Interstate 95 near the 68 mile marker where the truck accident occurred. Click your mouse button and drag it to pan around the scene of the accident and to get a feel for the lay of the land.

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Contact a Fayetteville truck accident attorney if you’ve been injured in a truck accident in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Find a North Carolina truck accident lawyer at TruckAccidents360.com today who specializes in representing victims involved in truck injury accidents.