New York Personal Injury News & NYC Legal Current Events

Midtown Truck Driver Hid Medical Condition; Kills 2 During Seizure

Who are truck companies hiring to drive their vehicles? In some cases, they might have medical conditions that make it dangerous for them to be behind the wheel. This was true in the recent case of a fatal dump truck accident that occurred in New York City in which the truck driver suffered a seizure while driving.

Auvryn Scarlett was driving a recycling truck on 35th street in Manhattan when he suffered a seizure behind the wheel. Scarlett knew he had a medical condition that caused seizures, but had forgotten to take his medication for the last two weeks.

Twenty-six-year-old George Bonilla was also in the cab of the dump truck, but could not grab the wheel from his coworker. The truck jumped a sidewalk, killing a British couple Jacklyn Timmons and Andrew Hardie, both 47. Another man, 25-year-old Abayomi Henderson, was seriously injured in the NYC truck accident.

Scarlett has been charged with murder following the deadly New York pedestrian and truck accident. The man's employer, Action Carting, had no idea their driver suffered from a potentially dangerous medical condition. He had been with the company for ten years. Although he never set out to harm anyone, he did take actions to put others in danger by driving the truck while not on his seizure medication. He had gone on disability leave in 2007 following a seizure but returned to truck driving later that year.

It is not clear why Scarlett went off of his seizure medication.  

Read More About Midtown Truck Driver Hid Medical Condition; Kills 2 During Seizure...

back to top