WOW, I didn't know that the BDN knew there was a difference between a commercial truck and a pickup. First time ever I have read a story about a truck accident that I didn't have to get at least two paragraphs into the story before the vehicle turned out to be a pickup.

patom1-I am so confused by your confusion!

I live in stockton and those trucks from verso are all over the road during the evening hours,, Im gonna bet he was over the center line..... Ive avoided nearly 15 run ins with them over the last 10 years,,,

grayson21: read the update.....it says the PICKUP crossed the center line and ran head on into the tractor trailer. If what you say is true (Ive avoided nearly 15 run ins with them over the last 10 years,,, ) why haven't you gotten the truck information and called the company to report them? I have personally done this on several occasions (recently, a scrap metal truck decided to change lanes while I was passing him and next to his rear duals....had to hit the brakes HARD and drive towards the ditch to avoid a collision.....then, he gives ME the finger!!!) Dispatchers/companies need to know this information because unsafe drivers make their insurance rates skyrocket. I've never had one dispatcher tell me to "mind my own business." Every one has said, "Thank you for telling me....we WILL be taking care of this." Personally, I am not against truck drivers (married to one) and realize that as with any profession, you have both good and bad (sales clerks, doctors, lawyers, cops, etc) but what I have seen in the past 18 years is MANY, MANY more bad drivers of passenger vehicles than tractor trailer drivers. Having said this, I do offer the relatives of the pickup truck driver my condolences.

Sounds like the guy did it on purpose if you ask me. Just like the guy on the Verona bridge a few winters ago. Committing suicide with no regard for the one they hit. All of the evidence is on one side of the road into the break down lane.