Two Dead After Truck Driver Chokes on Calif. Highway

[alp227]

Authorities say a second person is dead after a highway crash near Sacramento caused by a big rig driver who choked on food and lost consciousness.

Deputy Tenzin Dorji of the Solano County Coroner's Office says the driver and a passenger in a BMW hit by the tractor-trailer both died.

Three others were injured.

The California Highway Patrol says the crash occurred around 10:30 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 80 near Davis, about 15 miles west of Sacramento.

CHP says the big rig driver was in the eastbound lanes when he lost consciousness, drifted onto the right shoulder and then veered to the left, across the highway and over the center divider.

full story with audio and CHP transcript: http://www.kgoradio.com/common/page.php?pt=Two+Dead+After+Truck+Driver+Chokes+on+Calif.+Highway&id=17353

Oh wow. So EATING and driving is far more dangerous than texting while driving???

[liberal N proud]

1. He choked on the highway?

It is not healthy to eat the pavement.





Sorry, couldn't resist.

[ZombieHorde]

2. Ha! nt

[Sheldon Cooper]

3. That's sad.

I feel bad for everyone involved. The life of a trucker sucks, in a lot of ways. And now innocent people are dead.

[enlightenment]

4. Any behavior that distracts a driver

is potential dangerous.

What's your point?

[alp227]

5. I expect SOMEBODY to suggest that we need to ban eating while driving,

since that has a risk of a driver choking, essentially no better than texting while driving.

[enlightenment]

6. Well, I don't know if

I totally agree with the last bit. There are differences. That said, I stand by my comment: if it is a distraction, it is a potential danger.