Authorities find body of missing trucker
Posted on March 16, 2009
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Here is an article about a 74 year old driver who got lost in NW Ohio, and ended up drowning. Apparently, he was unfamiliar with the area, which was undergoing flooding at the time. To make matters worse, it was nighttime. The driver drove his truck into some high water flooding a local road near Lima, OH. The water was deep enough, and the current strong enough that it carried the truck off the road, bringing it to rest in about 4 feet of muddy, rushing water. There are good pictures at the link.
The driver then made the mistake of getting out of the truck, at which point he was overcome by the current and cold water, and washed 900 feet downstream, where he was found dead 2 days later.
I’m not sure there is a moral to this story. You try to use your maps, and stay out of unfamiliar areas, but who expects a road to have 4 feet of water running over it? Apparently, the authorities had not yet been able to put out “Road Closed” signs. The driver probably couldn’t see how deep the water was when he got out of the truck. Bizarre accident.
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