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04-20-2005, 07:22 AM
A Lewiston, Idaho, mortuary owner has been cited for inattentive driving after he hit a guardrail and oncoming pickup truck in an accident that sent a full casket careening down the road.
Richard Vassar was southbound on U.S. Highway 95 last week. He was driving a 2004 Chevrolet pickup truck towing a trailer with four full caskets inside.
Lewis County Sheriff Phil Steen says the trailer began to fishtail and Vassar lost control of the truck, which then hit a guardrail head on.
The left rear of the trailer hit an oncoming 1998 Dodge pickup driven by Marla Leedy of Weiser, Idaho.
One of the caskets broke through the end of the concrete liner and fell onto the highway.
No one was injured. Damage estimates were not available.
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_109152819.html
Richard Vassar was southbound on U.S. Highway 95 last week. He was driving a 2004 Chevrolet pickup truck towing a trailer with four full caskets inside.
Lewis County Sheriff Phil Steen says the trailer began to fishtail and Vassar lost control of the truck, which then hit a guardrail head on.
The left rear of the trailer hit an oncoming 1998 Dodge pickup driven by Marla Leedy of Weiser, Idaho.
One of the caskets broke through the end of the concrete liner and fell onto the highway.
No one was injured. Damage estimates were not available.
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_109152819.html