A work crew was on its way to a remote jobsite in the early morning hours. The crew cab pickup was traveling downhill when it suddenly left the road. It rolled over several times before coming to a stop hundreds of feet below in the bottom of a canyon. The driver was killed and the two passengers survived. Three of the truck tires were new radials, but the fourth was an old bias ply tire with no tread remaining. The mismatch and the poor condition of the old tire probably caused the truck to veer off the road, according to the […]