Today is Secure Your Load Day.
In Oklahoma, Highway Patrol Trooper Vernon Brake, Mercedes Bayne, and her young daughter Ariana were killed when Bayne swerved to avoid an object on I-35, crashing into Brake’s vehicle.
Three lives lost.
Secure Your Load.
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In Oklahoma, 36 year old Brandon Friday was killed when boards flew out of the back of a truck, bounced up, and went through his windshield.
Troopers said there was no reaction time.
Secure Your Load.
1 day until Secure Your Load Day.
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In South Carolina, SCDOT employee Jerad Rose was killed while working alongside the highway.
Roadside workers already face danger every day. Unsecured loads make it worse.
Secure Your Load.
2 days until Secure Your Load Day.
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In Virginia, truck driver Keith Michael Loback was killed after a load cover came off a passing semi and struck his windshield.
One unsecured object cost an innocent driver his life.
Secure Your Load.
3 days until Secure Your Load Day.
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In Montana, Gary Gilham was struck by a loose magnet that flew through his windshield.
He survived with severe facial injuries and damaged eyesight.
Secure Your Load.
4 days until Secure Your Load Day.
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In Utah, an 18 year old woman was seriously injured when a concrete form stake came through a windshield and impaled her in the chest.
Investigators were still searching for where it came from.
Secure Your Load.
5 days until Secure Your Load Day.
people.com/teen-impaled-conc…
In Missouri, 73 year old journalist Ray Hartmann was killed when two tires came off a tractor trailer, went airborne, and crashed through the roof of his car.
A routine drive turned fatal in seconds.
Secure Your Load.
6 days until Secure Your Load Day.
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In Virginia, Renee Tucker’s daughter was critically injured by a dual wheel assembly from a tractor trailer.
Today is Secure Your Load Day. Keep yourself and others safe by spreading Renee's story and visiting our website at secureyourload.com!
nbcwashington.com/investigat…