Fatal Crash in Kentucky

Illinois trucking company files for bankruptcy after nuclear verdict

Marvin Keller Trucking files Chapter 11

An Illinois-based trucking company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing a jury award of $10 million in December after a 2019 fatal truck crash involving one of its drivers.

Joseph Keller, president of Marvin Keller Trucking, headquartered in Sullivan, Illinois, filed the first of several emergency motions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois on Friday, stating the bankruptcy filing is necessary to “avoid irreparable and immediate harm” to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/illinois-trucking-company-files-bankruptcy-after-nuclear-verdict

Truck driver sentenced to 25 years for fatal crash in Kentucky

A truck driver was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for his role in a September 2019 multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 64 that killed one man and injured another driver in Kentucky.

In late June, Jerry Elder Jr., 47, of Flint, Michigan, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault and first-degree wanton endangerment in Franklin County Circuit Court in Frankfort, Kentucky, after a grand jury indicted him on murder charges in October 2019.

What happened?

Kentucky State...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-driver-sentenced-to-25-years-for-fatal-crash-in-kentucky

Join Our Newsletter
Enter your email to receive a weekly round-up of shipping news.
icon
By subscribing, you agree with our privacy policy and our terms of service.