On Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Mike Christensen, 47, was traveling in Grand Rapids when he drove off the road. He then backed up toward his driveway in the 4500 block of Black Forest Drive, but missed it. Christianson was a 20-year veteran of the Wood County Sheriffs Department, and was arrested after his crash for… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Semi Driver Crash on Highway 45
On June 15th, 2009 a Schneider truck driving in the middle lane could not stop for traffic when it swerved into the left lane to avoid a collision, but rolled onto its side, crushing the back end of a pickup truck. The crash shut down four lanes on Highway 45, and held traffic for more than three hours…. Read more »
Medically Unfit Truckers a “Major Public Health Concern”
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing how approximately 563,000 commercial drivers had serious, disabling medical conditions. The study matched the identities from Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL) to the lists of disabled individuals from the following: Social Security Administration Office of Personnel Management Department of Veteran Affairs Department of Labor Perhaps… Read more »