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Fatal #: 78 & 79 Operator #: T WILSON #3706

Accident #: 68 Station Sending: SPTD #(2) Deceased #(0) Injured

Date of Crash: 02/20/2005 Time: 7:58 am Location: I-40 AT 206 MM

City: County: MONROE

Name (Vehicle #)	Age	City	M/F	Driver	Passenger	Pedestrian
EDWARD FREEMAN (1)	02/08/1975	1200 SHOEMAKER ST., MURPHYSBORO, IL	M	X
STEVEN BRIGGS (3)	01/15/1951	1719 SOUTH GREENWOOD, FT. SMITH	M	X

Additional Deceased

Name (Vehicle #)	Age	City	M/F	Driver	Passenger	Pedestrian
No injured listed

Additional Injured

Vehicle

Year

Direction

Hwy.

1. CHEVY VAN

1987

EAST

I-40

2. VOLVO TRACTOR TRAILER

2002

WEST

I-40

3. FREIGHTLINER TTL

2003

EAST

I-40

Additional Vehicles

Initial Narrative: V1 WAS EASTBOUND I40, LOST CONTROL AND CROSSED OVER INTO THE WESTBOUND LANES, AND WAS STRUCK BY V2. THIS CAUSED V2 TO CROSS MEDIAN INTO THE EAST LANES. THE TRAILER OF V2 WAS STRUCK BY V3. V3 OVERTURNED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DRIVER OF V3, CLAUDE ADAMS, 060238, WAS NOT HURT.
Weather Condition: RAIN	Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: N/A	Body Held At: BOB NEAL FUNERAL HOME, BRINKLEY
NOK Notified: Yes	Investigating Officer: TFC DAVID WILLIAMS 375	Agency: SPTD