Five people are dead after a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into stopped traffic on I-20 over the weekend. The accident happened on Saturday, June 28th at about 2:40 p.m. on Interstate 20 near Hiram Road in Kaufman County, east of Dallas, Texas. According to CBS, 27-year-old ...more
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