Two truck drivers allegedly concerned in a lethal collision that killed two folks in Thomasville, Alabama, have been reportedly in america on work visas.
The FBI has reportedly joined the investigation into the crash as a result of two drivers not being from america. In keeping with WKRG, a Russian translator needed to be known as to the scene as a result of one of many drivers, Andrii Dmyterko, didn’t converse proficient English. Thirty-one-year-old Denys Kucher was Dmyterko’s passenger and likewise apparently within the U.S. on a piece visa.
“They’re going to pay,” Thomasville Police Chief Mitchell Stuckey mentioned. “We will’t make the family members misplaced yesterday come again, however we actually make the one accountable pay.”
A single mother of two, 37-year-old Ashley Marie Springer McDonald, and an area soccer coach, Woodie Beck, died within the crash. Each have been stopped at a purple gentle when the truck plowed into the automobiles from behind. Per WKRG:
On Might 6, round 11:51 a.m., a loaded semi truck and trailer “struck 4 automobiles from behind that have been stopped for a purple gentle within the southbound lane of Freeway 43 on the intersection of South Industrial Park Drive in Thomasville, Alabama,” a Thomasville Police Division information launch mentioned.
Video exhibits no signal of Dmyterko utilizing his brakes as he “struck 4 automobiles from behind that have been stopped for a purple gentle within the southbound lane of Freeway 43 on the intersection of South Industrial Park Drive in Thomasville…,” a information launch mentioned.
Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day prompt initially that one thing might have occurred medically to the motive force concerned within the crash, however WKRG reported that police say in any other case, provided that “Dymterko was strolling round nice after the crash and was taken to the hospital for a checkup that discovered nothing fallacious.”
“All they did was cease at a purple gentle … it may’ve occurred to anyone,” Stuckey mentioned.
Authorities might be investigating how Dmyterko earned his CDL certification.
“Figuring out two folks misplaced their lives and different folks obtained injured, the devastation it triggered on this space … we have to resolve this, and our investigative group goes to go away no stone unturned,” mentioned Day.
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