Report blames trucker in fatal crash

Monday, October 28, 2002

JOPLIN, Mo. -- A 12-vehicle pileup on Interstate 44 that killed five people may have been avoided if the driver of a tractor-trailer had not stopped his truck in the fast lane in heavy fog, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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