Interstate 70 closed in Columbus after accident

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an accident with a tractor trailer and a motorcycle that left the motorcyclist dead and closed Interstate 70 in Columbus.

Officials say the westbound lanes of a major east-west interstate through Columbus would be closed for several hours Sunday while they investigate. Police say a motorcyclist fell off his bike and was hit by the tractor trailer.

The ramps from Interstate 270 onto Interstate 70 were briefly closed but reopened about two hours later. The accident happened about 6 a.m. near the Brice Road exit on the city's east side.

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Trucker stops alleged would-be arsonist from igniting gas station

Sheriff’s deputies in Stark County, OH, say a trucker may have stopped an explosion from destroying an entire neighborhood.

A tanker truck driver was filling tanks at a BP gas station in Plain Township, OH, after 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 12, when he was approached by a middle-aged man.

Rick Perez, Stark County’s chief deputy, told Land Line the man began talking to the tanker truck driver but quickly became belligerent.

“He was arguing, ‘I’ll blow you up and kill us all,’ ” Perez said.

The man bent down and held his lit cigarette lighter within one foot of a gas hose being used to transfer 8,000 gallons of gas from a tanker to the station’s underground tanks.

“He was unloading 8,000 gallons of gasoline – can you imagine what that would do?” Perez said.

The truck driver pushed him away, and sheriff’s deputies arrived a short time later to arrest the man after a brief foot chase. The man – Wilburn Martin, 48 – was arrested and charged with aggravated arson, felonious assault, inducing panic and disorderly conduct with intoxication, according to the Canton Repository.

The neighborhood behind the gas station is mostly residential, Perez said. Sheriff’s deputies still aren’t sure what caused the man to try starting a fire, he said.

“I’ve been here 32 years and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of someone doing that,” Perez said. “It could have been quite a disaster.”

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Long live the King's of the Road!

Wouldn't it be cool to become a truck driver? Well a few years ago I would have said yes in a heart beat! Back when I became a truck driver, it was a worthy job to have. Now days it would have to pay an awful lot or get me home everyday, before I would consider being a OTR driver (Over The Road). You used to be able to drive for as many hours as you wanted to, if you did not get caught. Now days it is almost impossible to drive what they allow you to drive, 11 hours.

I can remember driving from Cincinnati,OH. to Texarkana,TX. then not being able to sleep getting up and driving on to Brownsville,TX, then grabbing a shower and driving back to Dallas,TX before ever laying down to sleep.

Not today you won't do this. The trucking industry is going down hill fast. Truck Drivers are actually quitting to go to work elsewhere, where they can make more money with a LOT less headache.

For those of you who have never had the privilege of setting inside a cab of a tractor trailer, and driving for hours you don't know what you are missing. I hear people complain about their job inside a factory or office, where they ONLY work for 8 hours and go home.

Well have a bad day on the road 3000 miles away from your home and see how you feel! We as truck drivers are not just professional steering wheel holders. There is a LOT more too driving a 18 wheeler than most people even know.

We are constantly looking out for the safety of others. Why would I intentionally put my job at risk for running over you? I have been reading a lot here lately how the Mexican Truckers are starting to drive here in the US as well.

But then the very next article I read is this truck was pulled over and 1100 pounds of pot is found. Then they give the name of the driver and he is Mexican.

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