Modou Ngom is a trucker from Columbus Ohio who has been charged in a fatal accident that left three dead including an infant
According to police reports Modou Ngom was driving a 2006 Freightliner semi-truck on Interstate 71 when he would set off a chain reaction crash that would trigger nine vehicle to be involved and killing three people: 37-year-old man, a 36-year-old woman and a 1-year-old child.
According to initial reports the other vehicles that were involved in the fatal accident were stopped in a construction zone when they were hit
Modou Ngom has been charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide
Now what would cause Modou Ngom to fail to realize that the vehicles had come to a stop within the construction zone and the chances are it is distracted driving. Instead of paying attention of what was going on in front of him his focus was somewhere else.
When you learn how to drive the big trucks at CDL school one of the main items the instructors emphasize is to understand what the traffic is doing in front of you so you can properly react to the situation. Now I am not talking a couple of car lengths but as far as the eye can see
Unfortunately distracted driving is very common on the roads around the world. The amount of drivers I see each and every day who are playing videos on their phones or talking on their phones is increasing each and every years. Now I am not talking about my fellow CDL drivers but everyone behind a steering wheel.
Modou Ngom: Ohio truck driver charged in pileup that killed 3, including infant
Three people, including a 1-year-old, died after a semi-truck plowed into stopped traffic in a work zone on Interstate 71, triggering a pileup involving nine vehicles, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Modou Ngom, 50, of Columbus, was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide following the collision. He was booked into the Delaware County Jail.
Troopers said the crash happened at approximately 6:27 p.m. in the northbound lanes near the U.S. Route 36 interchange.
Investigators said Ngom was driving a 2006 Freightliner semi-truck northbound when he failed to stop for vehicles that had slowed in the construction zone. The truck struck multiple stopped cars from behind, setting off a chain-reaction crash that ultimately involved nine vehicles.
The three people killed were riding in a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado and were all from Ashley, Ohio. Authorities identified them as a 37-year-old man, a 36-year-old woman and a 1-year-old child. Their identities were being withheld pending further notification of kin, troopers said.
Three additional people suffered serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening. They were taken to area hospitals.
Both directions of I-71 were closed for several hours while rescue crews responded and reconstruction experts investigated the site.
Ohio truck driver charged in pileup that killed 3, including infant
