November 14, 2011
According to the police investigation, the driver of the log truck and the Toyota Tundra were lowering their speeds for a work zone near Dabney Mill Road overpass. The driver of the Charter bus, carrying 49 North Caroline A&T State University students, struck the Toyota pushing it into the rear of the log truck.
The driver of the Toyota and two passengers died at the scene. The fourth passenger of the Toyota was wedged under the logging truck and flown to VCU Medical Center in Richmond with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
Four people from the charter bus and the driver of the logging truck were all checked out on the scene, but did not appear to be injured.
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All too often, automobile accidents caused by distracted or drunk drivers lead to serious injury and wrongful death leaving families suffering at the loss of a loved one caused by someone else's negligence.