This young driver is a genuine chip off the old block and is following in the footsteps of his dad Craig, also a truckie.

The 48-year-old truckie drives a Kenworth T610 SAR for Daryl Dickenson Transport out of Brisbane. “I have brought up steel from Brisbane for Townsville and have been a driver for more than 20 years.

The crash happened near Humboldt County mile marker 12 and involved a Kenworth T-680 commercial truck whose driver left the ...