Two Truckers Cited In Deadly Georgia Pileup
The two truckers in the front of the pack of Georgia's worst crash pileup in history have been fined thousands of dollars for violating hours of service violations
The two truckers in the front of the pack of Georgia's worst crash pileup in history have been fined thousands of dollars for violating hours of service violations.
The March 14 125-car pileup on I-75 in the northwest part of the state killed five people, injured 38 others, and caused at least $4.5 million in property damage. A preliminary investigation found the pileup was caused by heavy fog and by vehicles traveling too fast and following too closely.
According to published reports, Carl D. Carter of Newburgh, Ind., was fined $5,000 for falsifying his log book. He was driving an empty tractor-trailer that came to rest blocking the northbound lanes at the front of the pileup.
Robert Carl Branch of Anderson, S.C., was fined $1,000 for falsifying his logbook and for speeding at nearly 70 mph.
They were two out of 21 tractor-trailers involved in the pileup, which started with a crash in the northbound lanes. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials noted that the fines don't mean that Carter and Branch caused the crash, but those two were investigated because they were in the front of the pack.
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