Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:03pm EST
By Matthew Waller
SAN ANGELO, Texas Nov 20 (Reuters) - The drivers of a vehicle associated with a new lethal injury with a locomotive by carrying out a Texas veterans' march continue full week have been put under this care on the health care provider and it is not necessarily yet able to always be interviewed by means of investigators, that driver's legal practitioner said upon Tuesday.
Four veterans hurt around Iraq or perhaps Afghanistan kicked the bucket upon Nov. 12-15 whenever a new Union Pacific freight prepare plowed straight into the particular flatbed trailer we were looking at sitting on, and also sixteen others were being injured.
For once about Tuesday, the driver with the vehicle yanking that trailer had been discovered publicly since Dale Andrew Hayden, 50, of Midland, Texas, a veteran along with lively military services reservist, his / her attorney, Doug Fletcher, said.
Hayden is definitely "under medical professional care," Fletcher said, and the National Transportation Safety Board will look forward to health clearance before interviewing him. It hasn't been distinct just what exactly illness Hayden seemed to be suffering.
Hayden's testimony is usually critical into the analysis due to the fact bodies feel the sound along with signals alert that the locomotive was approaching did wonders properly. Eyewitnesses mentioned your barricade arm came up affordable on your truck since it was crossing that railroad tracks.
The NTSB has been re-enacting the accident on Tuesday to attempt to assist decide the cause.
Union Pacific provides held responsible the motive force belonging to the pick up truck to the accident. Fletcher stated your dog appeared to be addressing Hayden along with Smith Industries, the driver's employer.
The veterans harmed within the crash were defined as Marine Chief Warrant Officer Gary Stouffer, 37; Army Sergeant Major Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sergeant Major William Lubbers, 43; and Army Sergeant Joshua Michael, 34.
Also on Tuesday, brussels with Midland, a booming oil area within West Texas, stated that parade sponsored from the private "Show associated with Support" group, did not possess a permit.
"The City associated with Midland wouldn't matter a permit, nor did the city receive a enable application on the Show with Support organization," claimed Midland spokesman Ryan Stout.
It was not promptly clear should the company acquired searched for and also received makes it possible for throughout past years. It had been this lastly 12 months the parade acquired utilized the identical route.
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