On Friday, September 6th 2013 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Evansville, IN after learning of an incident at Professional Transportation, Inc. which had occured on Friday, August 30th 2013. A employee working as a Truck driver was killed on the job when the employee had heart attack and crashes vehicle and dies
Accident Date2013-08-30
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 5:20 p.m. on August 30, 2013, Employee #1 was operating a company truck. He was traveling south on a state road. While driving, Employee #1 lost consciousness, which was observed in an onboard video. The truck drifted into the median from the left lane and then hit a culvert. The vehicle became airborne and finally stopped on the embankment of the east side of the median. Emergency medical personnel were summoned. They arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene. The preliminary coroner's report stated that the operator suffered a cardiac arrhythmia due to acute myocardial infarction just prior to the crash.