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Drowsiness blamed for Neches
River accident
By Jessica Savage
The Lufkin Daily News
"Sleepiness is to blame for a
one-vehicle accident on the Neches River bridge Wednesday night in
which a tractor-trailer truck overturned, seriously injuring its
driver.
David Detz, 51, of Wisconsin, lost control of his rig at about 10
p.m. on U.S. Highway 59 south. According to a local state trooper,
Detz fell asleep, woke up as his rig drifted onto the shoulder and
overcorrected his steering, causing the load of bakery goods he was
hauling to overturn. A left wheel struck the concrete portion of the
bridge, splitting the rig in two.
The truck portion Detz was in went through the bridge's metal
guardrails and onto the river bank below, where it came to rest on
the riverbank. The trailer overturned, "exploding into pieces" and
blocking both southbound lanes of U.S. 59 for more than six hours,
said trooper Miles Holland of the Texas Department of Public Safety
in Lufkin."
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