Dec 14 2008
El Paso Accident 18 Wheeler
Joseph Pineiro, 51, of Bakersfield, Calif., suffered a fatal heart attack and overturned the 18-wheeler rig he was driving Saturday evening, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.
Medical officials confirmed that the driver of the 2007 Volvo Tractor Trailer had a heart attack just before the accident about 6 p.m. on Interstate 10 West between Clint and Fabens, El Paso County sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Jesse Tovar said. The rig veered off the road to the right, traveled up a dirt embankment and then turned over onto the driver’s side.
“It was the heart attack that contributed to his death,” Tovar said. “He didn’t suffer any serious injuries in the wreck that would cost him his life.”
