On October 16, 2005, an accident comprising two events occurred on Interstate Highway 94 (I-94) near Osseo, Wisconsin. The first event was the rollover of a truck-tractor semitrailer combination unit. The second event occurred when a motorcoach collided with the wreckage from the first event. About 7:30 p.m. on October 15, 2005, a truck driver departed Munster, Indiana, on a trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota, driving a truck-tractor semitrailer operated by Whole Foods Market, Inc. At 1:58 a.m., the combination unit was traveling westbound on I-94 near milepost 85, when it departed the right-hand travel lane and paved shoulder. The unit left the roadway and entered the earthen, sloped roadside. The driver steered to the left, and the combination unit reentered the pavement and overturned onto its right side, so that it blocked both westbound lanes and shoulders of I-94. About 3 hours before, a group of marching band members from Chippewa High School left the University of Wisconsin to travel back to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in four motorcoaches. The lead vehicle, a 55-passenger motorcoach owned by Chippewa Trails, Inc., was traveling westbound in the right-hand lane of I-94 when it collided with the overturned combination unit about 1:59 a.m. The motorcoach driver and four passengers were fatally injured. Thirty-five passengers received minor-to-serious injuries. The truck driver received minor injuries. Major safety issues identified in this report include operator fatigue, fatigue technologies and countermeasures, and collision warning systems. As a result of this accident investigation, the Safety Board makes recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and Whole Foods Market, Inc. The Safety Board also reiterates two recommendations to NHTSA.
National Transportation Safety Board Highway Accident Report: Truck-Tractor Semitrailer Rollover and Motorcoach Collision With Overturned Truck, Interstate Highway 94 Near Osseo, Wisconsin, on October 16, 2005
2008
114 pages
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Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Tractor trailers , Motorcoaches , Collisions , Accident investigations , Wisconsin , Driver fatigue , Warning systems , Osseo(Wisconsin) , Interstate highway 94 , NTSB/HAR-08/02 , National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB)