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Van Crashes Into Log Truck, Both Drivers Dead

by Jana Ritter - Published: 3/07/2016

Another truck driver lost his life on the job during the Monday morning commute in South Carolina, when a van crashed head-on into a logging truck and both drivers died as a result.

                                                           van crashes into log truck

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The accident occurred at around 8 a.m. along a bend known as “Deadman’s Curve” on South Carolina 9 between West Chester School Road and Turn Buckle Road (about 10 miles west of Chester.) According to law enforcement officials, the driver of the van was coming around the curve and traveled left of the center lane, crashing head on with an oncoming logging truck traveling in the opposite direction. The van was engulfed in flames and its driver thrown from the vehicle onto the road. The impact was so severe that the axles of the logging truck were ripped from the cab and the cab thrown into a ditch. Both drivers died at the scene and were the only two people involved in the crash. Their names have not yet been released.

                                                          deadly accident on deadman's curve

The crash site was so bad and the fire so hot that a Bobcat had to be brought in to clear the logs and debris from the highway. The road is temporarily closed while Troopers, EMS crews, West Chester Fire Department and Chester County Emergency Management officials investigate the crash. Ed Darby of Chester County Emergency Management called the crash site, "just terrible," and said that it took emergency crews nearly three hours to do the very difficult job removing the truck driver’s body from the mangled wreckage. West Chester Volunteer Fire Department chief, Andy Martin, also said the wreck scene was as bad as any they had ever seen. "It was horrific - I have been here 43 years and it's as bad as any I've seen," Martin said.

The stretch of road near Turn Buckle Road is part of a major logging route for trucks from western parts of the state heading to wood products manufacturers in Chester. It is a long sweeping curve of highway that got its name, “Deadman’s Curve,” from several other fatalities that have occurred over the years. “The speed limit is 55 MPH where the crash happened but it is a very dangerous curve where numerous fatalities have happened over the years,” said Martin. “There have been so many deaths out here that as long as I have been here people have called it Deadman’s Curve.” 


Stu Onder
Stu Onder
Again the same story over and over again ... you people at trucking unlimited are fucking assholes !!!!!
Barbara Price
Barbara Price
What an ignoramous! They don't make up the news.
Paula Jean Sheedy
Paula Jean Sheedy
You are a very angry man...it doesn't matter at this point who caused it...it matters that two lives were lost...I think there simply trying to point out that people need to be careful cause you never win when you connect with a semi...get over yourself!!😣
Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey
I didn't see anywhere in the article where they blamed the Trk. I must have missed it somewhere.
Trucking Unlimited
Trucking Unlimited
Chris Bailey you didn't miss anything, there was no blame cast on the truck. Thanks for reading.
Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey
Trucking Unlimited thank you. I didn't think so. I own Trks myself and there's a lot of times where the Trk gets the raw deal. You see these lawyers ready to jump at a moments notice to ruin the life a trucker works so hard for. But I also hate to see someone bashing someone for something they didn't do. I will keep reading as long as there's honesty. That's one think I really don't like about Facebook is all the bs need. They will write any think just to get u to click over. Honesty the only way.
Trucking Unlimited
Trucking Unlimited
Chris Bailey well said and we totally agree. The general media focus too much on pointing the blame at truck drivers and we try to give a fair balanced view.
Terry Perrott
Terry Perrott
& they say us truck drives are the cause of accidents, a very big majority of them are caused the ( 4 wheelers) cars -pickups
John David
John David
You always take driving for granted till you see where people lose their lives doing a job r.I.p.
Software Scripts
Software Scripts
totally correct couldnt agree more
Dale Ax
Dale Ax
The van must have been speeding for that much damage.
Tim Auge
Tim Auge
Can't be! speeding is illegal !
Software Scripts
Software Scripts
Hell yeah!:D
Anthony Dubois
Anthony Dubois
RIP for both drivers. Have they ever thought of changing that curve if so many people have gotten killed there
Susan Swanson Smolen
Susan Swanson Smolen
Sickening sight... Prayers to both families...
Olga Yakubovsky
Olga Yakubovsky
We are never think about how fast it can get so horebole
Kenny G Simms
Kenny G Simms
Somtime u just dont know whats on plps mind....r.i.p driver
Chris Cargill
Chris Cargill
Sad. The roads in the south (where I presently live) are in generally good repair, but the shoulders and lanes are incredibly narrow, not much better than the lane widths in the older Caldecot tunnel bores. Difficult in a car, I can only imagine how difficult these southern roads are to navigate for truck drivers.
James R Maxwell
James R Maxwell
My biggest fear is burning to death in the truck. RIP driver!
Software Scripts
Software Scripts
absolutely could not agree more :D
Richard Masut
Richard Masut
Or dying in the sleeper and sitting there for a week
Jimmy Ballard
Jimmy Ballard

Jimmy Ballard
Jimmy Ballard
Thank you
Dean M Lynn
Dean M Lynn

Paula Jean Sheedy
Paula Jean Sheedy
So sad for both families!😣
Mary Seney Yakely
Mary Seney Yakely
God Bless them.
Software Scripts
Software Scripts
Yeah
Jacky Worsham
Jacky Worsham
R i p to both drivers
Software Scripts
Software Scripts
:)
Marcus Nakhid
Marcus Nakhid
R.I.P
Sheila Stevens Wolf
Sheila Stevens Wolf
Prayers for both families. RIP
Chris Finney
Chris Finney
Rip driver
William Vinet
William Vinet
R.i.p
Mark Gervasini
Mark Gervasini
Rest in peace
Kent Wentworth
Kent Wentworth
Very sad
Shake Down
Shake Down
R.I.P
April Angel Murdoch
April Angel Murdoch
Dear god how horrible... Prayers going up!
Kenneth Antone
Kenneth Antone
Rip
Juan Garcia
Juan Garcia
RIP
Usamah Haddad
Usamah Haddad
🙏🏾
Tom Boerschinger
Tom Boerschinger
Just an observation. First off condolences to both families your in my prayers. Now, reading these posts, for the most part r.i.p. and condolences. Van crosses the centerline terrible tradgedy. I agree. Now, if it were the other way around. And the truck was at fault. There would be all sorts of ugly comments being made. Hats off to the trucking community for not being those people.
Software Scripts
Software Scripts
Interesting post so much really good more on please
David Searle
David Searle
Kenny Horton
Tyrone Smalls
Tyrone Smalls
Daren Ragin
Chris Stratten
Chris Stratten
RIP