By Rick Shapiro

Alger H. Fleming, 66 of Amherst County died after being hit by a tractor trailer along Va. Hwy 56 in Nelson County, Va. Fleming was driving east on Va. 56 at around 4:35 a.m. when he came up on a large tree that had fallen across the road near the Tye River Bridge. Unable to stop Fleming’s Ford Ranger pickup crashed into the tree.

At that point in time Fleming put his hazard lights on and got out of the pickup truck to survey the damage when an eastbound tractor-trailer suddenly came up from behind on the highway. According Virginia State Police PR Manager, Corinne Geller, the tractor-trailer driver swerved into the westbound lane avoiding Fleming’s truck, but then the big rig struck and killed Fleming in the process, Fleming died at the tractor trailer crash scene.

When driving at night your mind can play tricks on you and things can appear very different than they would during the day.  According to the AAA Center of Excellence, more than half of all fatal crashes occur at night. In order to reduce your risk on the night time road, make sure that you are alert and always be prepared to make a  sudden stop when the unpredictable occurs.

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According to authorities, the truck driver lost control just before his big rig flipped. All the scrap metal contents from the trailer spread across both lanes of route 250 causing responders to close a segment of the road.

Virginia Department of Transportation crews labored well into the afternoon in order to clean up all the debris that was scattered. It was said by a Virginia State Police Trooper that was on the scene that passenger vehicles were very lucky not to have been beside the semi when it flipped.

Even though no one was injured if someone had been driving beside the truck the result would have likely been deadly. The truck driver, who has not been identified, has been charged with failure to maintain control of his vehicle.

Driver behavior is the number one cause of tractor trailer accidents. When poor driving is combined with an improperly secured load or overloaded trailer, then an accident resulting in serious injury is highly likely. Injuries caused by failure to properly load tractor trailer truckers may include disfigurement, lost limbs, traumatic brain injury, paralysis, and death.

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