Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
The state Highway Patrol on Wednesday ended a nearly four-month investigation into a rush-hour accident that killed a trucker on Interstate 40, authorities said.
Trooper Dan Suther, the Highway Patrol's lead investigator on the crash, said he gave the 425-page report to District Attorney's office Wednesday. Investigators talked with 18 witnesses and reviewed about 700 photographs taken at the scene of the crash, he said.
The District Attorney's Office Wednesday afternoon confirmed they received the report but would not talk about the specifics of the case or when charges are expected.
Bill Ray Parker, 52, of Fayetteville, Ark., died May 31 when he lost control of his tractor-trailer while driving on I-40. The truck jackknifed and overturned near the Fairgrove Church Road exit in southeast Hickory.
Lt. Everett Clendenin, public information officer in the Highway Patrol's Raleigh office, said in June that two tractor-trailers were headed west on I-40 about 6:20 p.m. when a silver Toyota pickup truck merged onto the highway.
The three trucks collided, Clendenin said, causing Parker to lose control and flip.
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