SURPRISE!! His family is reading this comment board! He was my cousin and a REAL person. Why do people always assume the worse?! I think that is part of the problem with society, people take death too lightly. Death is permanent and I will NEVER get to see him alive again. When we were small we use to run thru the cornfields at my great-grandma's house in Smithfield. We use to fish for catfish and drink dr. peppers from a glass bottle on hot summer days. Those r my favorite memories about my cousin. Thanks for the prayers as my family gets thru this difficult time and I will be praying for the people who made the negative comments as well.

change the title to truck driver hit by another truck driver and everyone will stop saying he committed suicide. It was an accident and this young man lost his life. I have no idea if this person even knows he did it. Not all truck drivers use cbs. My husband is a truck driver and has told me that not all trucks have them. Someone out there killed this man and needs to come forward. If you were on that stretch of road at that time and you have a silver or white rig, say so. My prayers are with all families involved. The boss and his wife have to live everyday knowing they witnessed this tragic event. You could tell in the interview that he was crying and trying not to.

This man was a father, son, brother and a great friend. Died way to earily he wasnt even 30.Just like us all trying to make a better life for his family. He had just started driving for the company not even 2 weeks, but he was not new to driving Transfer Trucks. He was full of life and a great person. The family he left behind will miss him very much as most of his friends already do. This morning when I got the call from my husband (also a trucker & very close friend)all I could do was think to myself how short life is, today is not promised to any of us. Remeber our great friend tonight when you go to bed, kiss your child goodnight, or call your mom and tell her you love her. For he will never get that chance again...Please say a prayer for his parents, child and other loved ones... Be blessed...

"Keep On Trucking" comments are referred to truckers' when times are tough and their career is on the line. In situations like this where details are sketchy, assumptions in the trucking community are somebody committed suicide by a truck. As a truck driver I do know of the emphasis placed on driver situational awareness based on people who are depressed with life and would like to throw themself in front of a truck. I feel sorry for the driver of the truck in this tragedy because only "he" will have to cope with the death of this pedestrian and nobody will ever understand it unless it happens to them.

This story was "Breaking News" this morning and was not very detailed and very easy based on (lack of)information to add assumptions based on lifes' experiences.

Please pray for the family of the pedestrian,truck driver and drivers family too!

zx500, i guess what everyone is trying to say is that the comment was mean and inappropriate. I agree, suppose that man's wife saw that comment(wral.com is a public domain)? She is probably already dealing with the fact that her husband has killed someone not to mention the trucker who has to deal with that each and every day of his life. It's sad that we have people in this world who take life and people's feelings as a joke.