Gerasimos Livieratos is a truck driver from Illinois who has been charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal crash in Kentucky
According to police reports 911 received reports of a semi truck all over the road. Before officers were able to track the truck down the driver, Gerasimos Livieratos , attempted to pull a U-Turn which caused the vehicle behind him to slam into the trailer killing the driver
Gerasimos Livieratos would be questioned by police and it soon became apparent that he was driving under the influence.
Gerasimos Livieratos has been charged with the following:
- Vehicular homicide when under the influence of drugs/controlled substances
- Improper turning
- Reckless driving
- Failure to signal properly
- possession of marijuana
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
Gerasimos Livieratos was put in the local jail and held without bond
Needless to say Gerasimos Livieratos career in the trucking industry is over and now he is facing years in the State prison
Marijuana may be legal in a number of States and all through Canada however the DOT still considers it a banned substance. Until the day comes when marijuana is considered legal by the DOT it is going to be treated like alcohol.
There is no reason to be high and driving a virtual tank that is capable of massive damage. There is a reason why every truck company drug tests their drivers and why DOT sends out notices for truck drivers to take random drug tests. Drugs and or alcohol plus trucking equals disaster.
Gerasimos Livieratos News
A wreck on Fort Campbell Boulevard in the area of Popshelf killed a Clarksville man and led to charges for the driver of a tractor-trailer Saturday night.
Kentucky State Police say at 6:11 pm, a southbound tractor-trailer driven by 36-year-old Gerasimos Livieratos of Chicago, Illinois, was making a U-turn, attempting to go northbound, when it collided with a northbound car driven by 33-year-old Bernice Franklin, trapping Franklin inside his vehicle and under the tractor-trailer.
Franklin was extricated from his vehicle and taken by Hopkinsville EMS to Jennie Stuart Health with CPR in progress, but later died from his injuries.
After further investigation, Livieratos was arrested and charged with failure to or improper signal, improper turning, DUI, possession of marijuana, reckless driving, and vehicular homicide when under the influence of drugs.
Man Charged After Hopkinsville Fatal Crash | WKDZ
Gerasimos Livieratos More News
A tractor-trailer driver from Chicago has been charged after police say he was under the influence of marijuana when he caused a fatal crash in Kentucky. The crash happened Saturday night in the 4800 block of Fort Campbell Boulevard in Hopkinsville. Kentucky State police said Gerasimos Livieratos, 36, was traveling south and tried to make an U-turn into the northbound lanes. During the turn, Bernice Franklin, 33, of Clarksville, Tenn., collided with the trailer. State police said he was declared dead at the scene. Franklin’s vehicle went underneath the trailer, court documents say. A Christian County sheriff’s deputy was behind Livieratos on Fort Campbell Boulevard when the crash happened. According to court documents, the sheriff’s office had received a complaint from another driver earlier in the evening about Livieratos driving recklessly.
Livieratos almost went off Interstate 24 multiple times and had to cut through the grass to make exit 81, according to court documents. Livieratos took a saliva test after the collision occurred, which showed signs of cannabis, according to court documents. He also failed multiple field sobriety tests. Marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found in a backpack in the cab of the tractor-trailer, according to court documents. Livieratos admitted the backpack was his, but he said he hadn’t consumed marijuana in six days. A blood test was taken at a hospital, and results are pending, according to court documents. Livieratos is charged with vehicular homicide when under the influence of drugs/substance, aggravated DUI, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, reckless driving, failure to or improper signal and improper turning, according to state police. He is being held in the Christian County Jail without a bond. Livieratos is scheduled to be arraigned in Christian District Court Monday, according to court records.
Chicago truck driver charged in Hopkinsville KY fatal DUI | Lexington Herald Leader
