Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201942216 - Driver Loses Control Of Pickup Truck And Is Killed
Accident: 201942216 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 01/25/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309456556 | 01/27/2006 | 8422 | National Tropical Botanical Garden | ||||
On January 25, 2006, an employee was driving a company pick-up truck down a steep paved road. When the driver realized that the braking system was inoperative, he tried to stop the truck by driving it on the right side road embankment, without success. The truck hit a boulder and veered to the left side of the road. It came to a stop alongside the guardrail. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. | |||||||
Keywords:
brake, rock, struck against, driver, equipment failure, steep grade, collision, pickup truck, lost control, slope
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 309456556 | Fatality | Puncture | Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm |