Authorities investigate death of trucker left undiscovered for days

From Fleet Owner Magazine Online

By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor 

Authorities in Ontario, OR, are investigating the death of truck driver who was discovered dead in his rig parked in a busy truck stop. The trucker, who authorities are still attempting to positively identify, had been dead for as long as 10 days before he was found.

The truck was parked, idling until it ran out of fuel, at the Love’s Truck Stop in Ontario. An employee of the truck stop called police on July 13 after finding the trucker dead in the cab of his truck. It is believed the man had been dead in the idling truck since July 4, according to Ontario Police Chief Mark Alexander, who said because of the heavy truck traffic at the truck stop, the man wasn’t noticed.



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