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Driver in Train-Truck Crash May Have Been Speeding

About 11:25 a.m. Friday, a double-bottom dump rig plowed into the side of an Amtrak train at a crossing near Miriam, Nev. Six were killed in the fiery crash, including the truck driver, and dozens injured. One passenger remains unaccounted for after the crash.

The Associated Press reports that 43-year-old Lawrence R. Valli had received four speeding tickets since 2008. In one 10-month period, he had three citations for driving a school bus over the posted speed limit in California.

National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Valli was going "at a considerable speed" in a 70-mph zone before the crash. NTSB investigators are examining the truck's wheels, tires and brakes for details on the exact speed and the truck's braking capacity. The trucking company was permitted to haul oversize and overweight loads.

Valli's cell phone was recovered at the crash site and is being sent to NTSB's laboratory in Washington, D.C., where investigators will look into whether he was on the phone or preparing to send a text message at the time of the crash.

Valli had been working for John Davis Trucking Co. in Battle Mountain, Nev., for about six months and been a professional driver for 10 years, a family member told the AP.

The NTSB also will be looking at his employer, John Davis Trucking. According to published reports, the company has been cited for two crashes in the last two years, and was involved in a fatal single-vehicle accident last month. Much media attention has focused on the fact that the company had a truck put out of service for inadequate tread on the tires.

The company issued a statement, saying it wished to express "deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies to the family members and friends of those who lost their loved ones in the tragic accident of Friday, June 24. ... Please know that we recognize our moral and social obligation to find out how this accident happened, and we intend to cooperate with the authorities in their investigation."

The tractor, which was embedded in the side of the train, is being removed for examination. Investigators expect to find the engine control module, but say it was damaged in the fire and are unsure if they will be able to recover any data from it.

Can small businesses get any of the Federal ... - Used Dump Trailer

Hello!

My father and I run a small trucking company that focuses on construction (i.e. Dump Trucks – 10-Ton, solid body dump trucks and a tractor trailer with an aluminum dump trailer) and we also transport shipping containers and flat-bed.

Our primary customer has not had any work for us for going on 2 months now… Well, I’ll amend that… We had 2 days in December and 3 or 4 days in January and it is predicted that we won’t get steady work through them until March…

Our secondary customer pays little and we are only making a few hundred dollars a run to go to the company… (On average 50% of the total for a run goes to the truck and then we pay the driver and then we have business expenses…)

My father had to get a 2nd job to be able to keep us in our apartment…

We have been on the verge of disaster since the housing bubble burst (Thanks Carter & Clinton…) and with the Credit Crisis, we do not qualify for loans that would keep our collective head above water.

If we can just survive a few months until our customers can release their funds for the jobs they are contractually obligated to complete, we will be fine… But until that happens… it is an axe swinging above our throat.

Can small businesses, which employ 50% of the people in this country, apply for part of the Bail Out?

How on earth would one do that?

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