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12/2/05-Rep. Walter Ash, D-Belfast, is working on an effort that would require companies who hire long-distance truck drivers to check the driving records of their employees.
The effort is in response to a fatal accident this summer on Interstate 95 in Hallowell, ME, involving a tractor-trailer and a car. Trucker Scott Hewitt is blamed for the crash that killed 40-year-old Tina Turcotte of Scarborough, ME, on July 29.
After the wreck, The Associated Press reported Hewitt has 63 driving convictions and 22 suspensions in Maine and other states. He also had been involved in a previous fatal accident.
Hewitt’s Maine license and registration were both under suspension at the time of the July accident, and there were outstanding warrants for his arrest, the Portland Press Herald reported.
