The accident that left a driver dead after driving into a Utah reservoir was not the first the state has seen involving large trucks.
The crime tape remains from Friday's crash, which was similar to an incident last year in which another dump truck also ended up in a heavily-wooded, deep ravine near SR-39 after they say it lost it's brakes coming down Trapper's Loop.
According to the Utah Department of Public Safety, the driver of the dump truck on Friday appeared to have lost his brakes coming down Trapper's Loop before going off the road and into the reservoir. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Administration says there are 4 million commercial motor vehicle inspections conducted every year around the country to ensure large trucks and buses are operating safely out on the road. That includes eight levels of inspections that are done for commercial vehicles.
When it comes to commercial vehicles in Utah, Watkins says there have been double the rate of incidents this year over last. Something he adds isn't always the fault of the commercial vehicle driver.
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