Boy Awarded $65M After Excavator Crashes Into Bridge, Kills His Mom
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A newly licensed truck driver with only four days of CDL experience improperly secured an excavator on his trailer, leading to a crash that killed a woman and resulted in a $65 million settlement for her young son. The incident underscores critical gaps in driver training and equipment loading procedures within the construction hauling industry.
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The driver hauling the excavator had just gotten his CDL four days earlier and had not properly loaded the machine onto the trailer...
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