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April 15, 2009
Tractor trailer driver charged with fatal crash
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Jeffrey R. Knight, 49, was charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter for a massive tractor trailer crash on highway 40 last year, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The crash, which we’ve previously commented on, killed three people and involved 11 vehicles, including Knight’s tractor trailer. 15 others were injured.
According to officials, Knight was distracted by his cell phone just before the fatal St. Louis area crash. He had reached across his dashboard to pick it up and when his attention returned to the roadway, his tractor trailer was right upon a line of cars that had stopped for traffic.
Knight had a clean driving record prior to this accident and tests concluded that neither drugs nor alcohol were involved.
