Former driver- 4/8... why would "Mr. Fred", the owner of the company, as you say, post on other stories too? I've seen "Fred from Bedrock" on at least 2 other stories. I think perhaps someone was having fun with the idea of a truck transporting rocks, from a quarry... and I don't really believe it is the owner of the company. That wouldn't be a bit of disgruntled former employee showing its ugly head in your posting, would it? Thank heaven my name wasn't Amy or you might think I was a drug addicted British singer, or Jimmy Carter's daughter!

WOW! It is not the person loading the trucks responsbilty. WI does not have a tarping law. Yes WI should consider this law, but driver error in latching his tallgate was the cause or the gate popped due to to much weight against gate. The driver is responsible for load securment regardless. Using a safe following distance would smart, it is basic drivers ed. So give L&M Tranfer #85 2003 blue Kenworth a freindly beeep or gesture for his mistake. And the 11 who were hit, rocks fall out of trucks they don't fly out because of the load wasn't tarped. If rocks start flying then call a sceintist it might be a metior.

The loader of the truck is to blame? What? I can tell by most of the posts here that NONE of you have every been a trucker or involved in any type of work such as this. First off, it has NOTHING to do with the loader. Why? Because they can only load so much weight in a truck and believe me, that weight is made well before the truck is totally full. Second, it is the DRIVERS responsibility to assure that the load is correct and that it is covered PRIOR to transport. Third, it is the DRIVER'S responsibility to assure that there is no debris on outside of holding box that may fall off during transport. Now with that said, if the DRIVER'S of the following vehicle's would not driver TOO CLOSE to a truck transporting these types of material's we would NOT be having this discussion, now would we?

L&M insurance is Murphy Insurance out of Waunakee. And for all of you, the owners name is Fred....read below...Mr. Fred put a little post on here.....and look..."Jarrod" from Dodgeville ??? Do you guys think we are dumb!!!!! All of you...file a claim..the owner of this company is a stingy thief!!!!

Yeah it is the motorists fault. You people are insane. Did you ever think that by the time they noticed it was too late their vehicle was already damaged. It is the drivers job to secure their load. No one else is responsible for that but the driver. I don't think he should get a ticket necessarily but his insurance company should be liable. If it was an accident fine, but if it was pure negligience he should be fined.

Hey Fred.., I gotta tell ya - you sound like a truck driver so you should know your responsible for any load you carry..., That includes anything that falls out of it. PERIOD!

the driver is not at fault. someone else loaded the stuff into the truck just cuz he has a tarp doesn't mean it will work with all load types. people do need to learn not to follow so close and maybe this will open their eyes. just cuz he is a truck driver does not mean all fingers need to be pointed at him. give him a break. he's only human.

If the truck driver is getting a ticket, So should the motorist. Anyone with a brain knows that if you follow a truck carrying gravel you should stay as far away as you can. 11 people have damage. Give me a break, they were way too close. Accidents happen, Get over it. That's why we have insurance people.

I agree with you fred. I dont just see the driver of the dump truck at fault I see all 11 moterist and the loader driver at fault alot of how the load sits in the truck is how the loader driver places it in the truck. If the moterist had any brains at all they would notice gravel falling out of the truck and either stay back or pass the truck and try stopping the driver and notify him of what was going on.

FYI- as of today, I have not been cited for this incident, as the article reports.