BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — Investigators are piecing together what led up to a crash involving a semi-truck that killed 30-year-old Kyra Karr and put her two children in the hospital.
Channel 2's Investigator Reporter Aaron Diamant found the truck is owned by Celadon Trucking Services in Indiana, a company with more than 2,800 drivers.
Trucker Noel Carpenter didn't hold back reacting to the horrific wreck that killed a young mother in Emerson Thursday night.
"I feel for the family, and there's no reason for that, none, no excuse," Carpenter said.
Emerson police say driver Ivan Delgado didn't set his parking brake when he stopped his big rig on a steep driveway outside Zep Industries off Georgia Highway 3 for a pre-trip inspection.
Police say the truck rolled down the hill onto the highway and slammed into a pickup. The crash killed 30-year-old Kyra Karr of Cartersville and seriously injured her husband and two young daughters.
"That's part of your checklist, you know, kind of like a pilot has his procedures," Carpenter said. "You have a safety list you go through and that's what I do."
Diamant looked up the company's safety record in an online U.S. Department of Transportation database. We found its profile flagged for unsafe driving 703 violations by company drivers over the last two years plus more than 1,500 maintenance violations.
Delgado faces a long list of criminal charges, including DUI. Police say he was under the influence of prescription medication.
Federal records show Celadon drivers racked up 10 violations for drugs or alcohol over the last two years.
Channel 2 Action News is waiting for a response from Celadon about this crash.
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