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ECUA Driver Killed On The Job In I-65 Wreck
August 22, 2015
An Emerald Coast Utilities Authority driver was killed on the job Thursday afternoon in an Alabama traffic accident.
According to the Alabama State Troopers, 27-year old Roosevelt Dial of Pensacola was killed when his 2010 Freightliner tractor trailer collided with a 2013 Kenworth tractor trailer on I-65 near the Pintlala exit, between Fort Deposit and Montgomery.
The crash happened about 4 p.m. Thursday. Dial was pronounced deceased on the scene; the other driver was not injured. The collision closed the interstate for several hours.
Dial was hauling ECUA recyclables to a facility in Montgomery.
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13 Responses to “ECUA Driver Killed On The Job In I-65 Wreck”
Went to trucking school with him. Still missing him. It hurts.
Prayers will continue… going out to both families during this critical time… I used to work @ECUA last year on a temporary basis and I’m sure I met Mr Dail on different occasions… Life is SO PRECIOUS
ECUA sells their recycle to a plant in Montgomery for a profit. Our landfill charges to dump recycle. I hate that this happened to such a great man. He will be missed greatly. My prayers are with the family.
Played football with him the bond our team had we were family it hurts to lose a family member
May you RIP ECUA driver..BigRo.
Your in the prayers of many.
@bewildered:
They were both headed in the same direction. The ECUA truck rear-ended the trailer of the other truck.
I was lucky not to hear the words that my driver was dead… but I can only imagine the feeling the family felt when they received this call. I remember the fear of not knowing as I rushed to the hospital…. I couldn’t imagine knowing already what I feared most was true. Prayers with this family…. RIP driver.
What a terrible accident. It looks like one of the trucks was going the wrong way on the Interstate.
Sad that the County and ECUA haven’t found a way to work together to locally recycle…this tragedy may have been avoided.
My heart, thoughts, and prayers go out to the Dial Family.
>>Ecua is hauling trash to Montgomery from Pensacola ???? Is our landfill inadequate ???
“Dial was hauling ECUA recyclables to a facility in Montgomery.”
It was not trash…that does go to the local landfill. It was recyclables…they are sold, at a profit, to a Montgomery company. There are efforts to build a local facility within the next few years.
Here’s an older article:
http://www.northescambia.com/2014/05/ecua-now-hauling-recyclables-to-montgomery-for-a-profit
How awful. Prayers for his family & friends.
Big Ro was 1 of the nicest and respectable people I’ve ever met. Please keep the Dial family in your prayers. Gone too soon !
Ecua is hauling trash to Montgomery from Pensacola ???? Is our landfill inadequate ???