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Truck Driver Fatigue Causes Deadly Crash
The federal investigators told the NTSB that the 76-year-old driver most likely had five hours of sleep before beginning his workday. He left Springfield, Mo., just after 3 a.m. By the time he was 90 miles northeast of Tulsa, the accident site, he had been on the road for more than 10 hours. He also suffered from sleep apnea, which causes abnormal pauses in breathing and prevents restful sleep.
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