Road transport industry leaders want first aid training for truckies to better prepare them to deal with road trauma, as drivers are often the first to attend a crash scene.
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After stopping for an accident, 80 per cent of truckies continue their journeys with little or no support In 26 years of commercial driving, it was the first time Northam-based Mr Linklater had been first to arrive at a road accident that would become a fatality."I don't know if we could have done more. How do you know? You don't know."Unfortunately, Mr Linklater is not alone in feeling ill-equipped to help injured people when the first to arrive at a crash scene.
Truck driver Glenn Kendall, from Katanning WA, has also been in the industry for 26 years and said each time he got in his cab the thought of arriving moments after a crash crossed his mind.Few heavy vehicle drivers are trained to handle scenes like this, industry leaders say.
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