Truck Driver Killed In White Pine

Police in White Pine are investigating after a truck driver was killed when he was run over by another truck driver. The incident happened at the Pilot Travel Center at Exit 4 on Interstate 81. Police say that 64 year old truck driver Gary Clark of Prattville, Alabama was walking across the Pilot parking lot Friday night (1/12), when another semi-truck struck him. The driver of that truck reportedly parked his truck and went inside the travel center for approximately 20 minutes. He then returned to his truck.

Other drivers informed him that he may have hit ran over someone in the parking lot. That driver however, got back in his truck and drove away. Investigators with the White Pine Police Department were going over video surveillance footage to determine whether the driver realized he had struck someone. Investigators are also working to identify who that unknown driver is.