By Matthew Waller
SAN ANGELO, Texas Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:07pm EST
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - The taxi driver of an truck associated with a dangerous collision which includes a educate throughout a Texas veterans' parade a week ago has become put under that attention of a physician which is not necessarily yet capable to be interviewed simply by investigators, your driver's legal practitioner said on Tuesday.
Four veterans hurt with Iraq as well as Afghanistan perished on November 15 each time a Union Pacific freight educate plowed to the flatbed trailer these people had been sitting on, plus sixteen some others were injured.
For at first chance about Tuesday, the driver in the pick up truck pushing this truck was revealed publicly as Dale Andrew Hayden, 50, regarding Midland, Texas, your experienced in addition to lively armed service reservist, his / her attorney, Doug Fletcher, said.
Hayden is "under physician care," Fletcher said, in addition to your National Transportation Safety Board will certainly look forward to medical clearance before meeting with him. It were clear just what illness Hayden seemed to be suffering.
Hayden's testimony is actually critical to the exploration since authorities trust the appear and equipment and lighting forewarning that your train had been getting close worked properly. Eyewitnesses explained your lock limb came affordable within the trailer because it ended up being crossing the train tracks.
The NTSB seemed to be re-enacting that crash on Tuesday to attempt to support find out the cause.
Union Pacific has held accountable the motive force in the vehicle for any accident. Fletcher mentioned your dog was which represents Hayden plus Smith Industries, that driver's employer.
The veterans put to sleep in the freeze were defined as Marine Chief Warrant Officer Gary Stouffer, 37; Army Sergeant Major Lawrence Boivin, 47; Army Sergeant Major William Lubbers, 43; and also Army Sergeant Joshua Michael, 34.
Also on Tuesday, the metropolis connected with Midland, some sort of flourishing oil metropolis throughout West Texas, explained this march sponsored through the non-public "Show of Support" group, failed to possess a permit.
"The City with Midland would not problem a permit, nor did this city get a permit application with the Show regarding Support organization," said Midland spokesman Ryan Stout.
It had not been immediately apparent if your firm had desired and been given creates within prior years. It has been the third year or so the particular march acquired applied a similar route.
(Editing by Greg McCune along with Peter Cooney)
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