About one mile south of Pierce on Wednesday afternoon, at 2:19 p.m., on Highway 13, a tanker truck hauling diesel was involved in a deadly collision with a pickup.
Pierce County Sheriff Rick Eberhardt said that a pickup driven by Chance White, 16, which was travelling northbound, was attempting to turn west onto County Road 852, when it was hit from behind by a semi-trailer, also travelling northbound and hauling a large amount of diesel fuel. The pickup was forced off the road and the semi tanker overturned in the ditch on the west side of the road.
The sheriff said that the Jaws of Life were used to remove the semi tanker driver, Eldon “Red” Kassebaum, 66, of West Point, from the vehicle, and he was taken to Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, where he later died from his injuries.
Following the accident, the tanker was leaking fuel which caused the highway to be shut down for several hours until fire crews were able to stop the leak.
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