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Lt. Henries said that the driver of the truck, Gary Lamar Hughes, 25, of Cohutta, Ga„ told police that he fell asleep. "It appears,” Lt. Henries added, “that based on our investigation he had been operating the vehicle for some 18 hours.” State Police were unable to determine whether Hughes had been driving the entire time, Lt. Henries said, but “he had not had any sleep” during that period of time.
Hughes has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving, and two motor carrier violations: failure to maintain a current logbook and operating a commercial vehicle without a medical certificate.
Had Hughes’s logbook been up to date, Lt. Henries said, investigators would have been able to determine how long he had actually been driving, and how much time he had spent resting. The medical certificate, which must be kept in the vehicle with the logbook, attests that the operator has had an annual medical examination, required by motor carrier regulations.
A 14-year veteran of the State Police, Trooper Henderson had been stationed in Front Royal since his graduation from the State Police > Academy in 1973.
“Iam dismayed, unbelieving, and my heart is broken,” Rev. Stevens said. “There was something that made Lee special. . . different from other people. Lee was a believer. In a world in which most of us are ready to give in to cynicism and frustration, this man remained a believer.”
Rev. Stevens called Trooper Henderson a devoted family man, whose wife Linda tragically died of cancer last year. She left him with - two children, Michael and Mary. They had
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