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One Injured In Highway 29 Log Truck Crash (Updated With Names, Photo Gallery)
May 11, 2011
(Updated) One person was injured in a crash involving a loaded log truck and a highway contractor’s buffer truck Wednesday morning in McDavid.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Daryl Steadman, 59, of East Brewton, was southbound in a tractor-trailer truck loaded with logs when he collided with a Transfiled Services buffer truck towing an arrow-board trailer on Highway 29 near Cox Road about 11 a.m.
The outside lane was closed, as was indicated by a flashing arrow on the truck, for a John Deer Gator pulling a large blower used to removed loose rocks from the highway.
Steadman failed to react quickly enough, braked and veered to the left in an attempt to avoid a collision. His log truck struck the trailer and the utility truck. The driver of the Transfield Services truck, Kenneth Pearson, 23, of Gulf Breeze, was transported by ambulance to Jay Hospital with minor injuries. Steadham was not injured.
Steadham was cited for careless driving by the FHP.
For a photo gallery from the scene, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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10 Responses to “One Injured In Highway 29 Log Truck Crash (Updated With Names, Photo Gallery)”
This is my son’s buffer truck and normally he would have been behind the wheel of this truck. He is 6′3″ and 250 lbs. By the Grace of God he chose to trade places with his partner for the morning. If it had not been for this, due to the impact on the cab of truck, he would have been seriously injured if not killed because of height and weight. As for the log truck driver, I feel he handled the situation to the best of his ability. My fiance’ is also a truck driver and has faced close call situations such as this. Even though the speed limits may be at a high rate, it is important for truck drivers to keep in mind of weight they are pulling and speed/stop ratio and maybe slow down at little more. I am just thankful that neither person was seriously injured.
When seeing this he immediately with all his strength pulled his truck(which at this point has a flat on the passenger side) to avoid oncoming traffic and safely brought his truck to a stop. His truck did not make contact with the pickup his trailer made contact when he was keeping from entering into oncoming traffic.
My husband has been a professional truck driver for over 35 years, he is in control of his truck until someone takes it away. He did everything possible to avoid this accident even to the point of sacrificing hisself to protect others.
I just hope that now this contract company blowing rocks off of your highways will take better precausions, next time it might be your family.
I am the wife of the truck driver and he was hurt in this accident, he has a severe whiplash and muscle strain. This man did everything he could to avoid an accident. There were no warning signs along the highway warning drivers of workers present, no flagman, nothing but a lighted arrow on the back of a truck around a blind curve. Why were there no signs present warning of right lane closed ahead or workers present. He was not speeding, the posted speed limit is 65 and he was going 60. He came around this curve, saw the truck in the right lane, let off the fuel because he thought they were moving, he could not get over because there was a car beside him, when he realized they were stopped(the 4-wheeler blowing off the loose rocks from the highway was pulled off the road, why was the pickup stopped in the highway? Why didn’t he pull off on the turning lane) he immediately slammed on his brakes, but you have got to realize that a truck carrying around 80,000lbs cannot stop on a dime. He swerved to miss the pickup and realized he was headed into on coming traffic.
Well said Jane!!!!!!!
When I have a logger or semi of any sort I put my signal seems like a 1/4 of a mile before I turn I am scared I will be a number if I don`t
Semi truck drivers are getting too reckless. My son lost his father to a semi truck accident 6 years ago on Avalon. They drive too fast given their emence size.
We lived in Century last year, right on 29, and when they would hit Century (even though the speed limit is marked down to 45 – 35 , we could hear them slamming on their airbrakes and flying by at at least 55 – 60 in the middle of town.
I see it on the interstates and highways, alot of them “bully” people. Im not saying all truck drivers are like that, but too many are starting to push it too far. My hats of to the DOT who try to regulate them and slow them down.
Thank GOD no one was seriously injured/killed!!!
I wish people would slow down and pay attention. I work on the roads every day and I have to deal with speeding through my work zone running my stop signs and then getting mad at me for being in there way
This is why we need a few STOP LIGHTS on hwy 29!!! How many people have to be killed/injured before we get one?? You would think hwy29 was the qualifying lap for NASCAR!
Pay Attention People! Why are we in such a rush? Slow down a little…….enjoy the ride!