Thomas Wallace https://www.thebatavian.com/ en https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Thomas Wallace https://www.thebatavian.com/ Local Matters © 2008-2023 The Batavian. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:37:21 -0400 https://www.thebatavian.com/themes/barrio_batavian/images/thebatavian_logo.png Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:59:00 -0500 Truck driver allegedly watching porn at time of fatal accident on Thurway https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/truck-driver-allegedly-watching-porn-time-fatal-accident-thurway/12696 The driver of a truck involved in a fatal accident on the Thruway the morning of Dec. 12 was allegedly operating on little sleep and viewing porn on a laptop computer at the time of the accident.

Thomas Wallace, 45, of Brook Park, Ohio, has been charged with manslaughter 2nd and jailed on $50,000 bail or $200,000 bond.

Julie Stratton, 33, of Synder, was driving in the passing lane of the Thruway in Pembroke when her car struck a deer and became disabled. She managed to call 9-1-1 before a tractor trailer plowed into her car. Several cars and trucks reportedly managed to avoid hitting her vehicle, which immediately raised questions about how Wallace was apparently unable to avoid striking the car.

Wallace is accused by the State Police of keeping a falsified log book and working a 27-hour shift at the time of the accident. He allegedly had slept only four hours in the previous 24.

State Police also say he had a computer in his lap that was streaming pornography at the time of the accident.

Wallace was reportedly driving for Millis Transfer out of Blackriver Falls, Wis.

Stratton was the mother of two young children.

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https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/truck-driver-allegedly-watching-porn-time-fatal-accident-thurway/12696#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/blogs/howard-owens/truck-driver-allegedly-watching-porn-time-fatal-accident-thurway/12696 Jan 27, 2010, 3:59pm Thomas Wallace Truck driver allegedly watching porn at time of fatal accident on Thurway Howard Owens <p>The driver of a truck involved in a fatal accident on the Thruway the morning of Dec. 12 was allegedly operating on little sleep and viewing porn on a laptop computer at the time of the accident.</p> <p>Thomas Wallace, 45, of Brook Park, Ohio, has been charged with manslaughter 2nd</p>