As a safety professional reading just the tiny bit of information provided, my first two questions are:
- Why were there three passengers in a solid waste truck?
- Why were all three ejected? I have that answer. No seat belts.
Basic safety training would have prevented the fatalities. Our outcome-based defensive driving would have prevented the entire incident. An ounce of prevention provides a pound of cure.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) —
One Charleston city employee was killed and two other were injured in a crash on I-77 Saturday afternoon.
At about 12 p.m. Saturday afternoon a Charleston garbage truck crashed on I-77 near the I-64, ejecting all three passengers who were in the truck.
The extent of the injuries suffered by the other two passengers has not been released at this time.
Southbound lanes were shut down for several hours, but have since reopened.
No names have been released at this time.
