A Kentucky trucking company that was involved in a school bus crash that killed one student and injured 12 people has violated federal and state safety regulations, a newspaper reported.
A review by the Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement agency found eight safety violations for XXL Trucking, according to The Kentucky Enquirer. Three violations for the West Liberty-based company were labeled critical and included drivers failing to keep time sheets or records of duty status. Also, none of the four trucks was periodically inspected.
The vehicle enforcement agency conducts safety reviews when a company is involved in a fatal crash.
On May 1, a dump truck owned by XXL Trucking crashed into a school bus near Falmouth. Sixteen-year-old Daniel Wood was killed. Also, 10 students and both drivers were injured.
XXL Trucking owner Danny Ray Fannin told the agency that he was unaware of the alleged violations and would correct them. He said he had created the company for his son under the name M&S Trucking but took control of it because of mismanagement and renamed it XXL Trucking. It had been in operation under that name for less than a month at the time of the crash.
No criminal charges have been filed in the crash.
The accident report has not been made public. Pendleton County Sheriff Craig Peoples said he’s still awaiting accident reconstruction information from Kentucky State Police.
Wood’s family has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the trucking company and the dump truck driver.
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Information from: The Kentucky Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com
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