Truck driver honored for preventing potentially deadly crash

Groendyke Transport tanker on a desert highway. Inlay photo of driver Morgan Kirkland.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently honored professional driver Morgan Kirkland for his skill and quick thinking in preventing a potentially deadly head-on collision.

In late September, Kirkland was hauling methanol in his tanker, heading east on U.S. Highway 90 in Florida. Light rain was coming down when he crossed a bridge between Pensacola and Pace at around 2 a.m. Only one of the two eastbound lanes was usable because Hurricane Sally had washed out the other lane about two...

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