Trucker Cited in Wreck of 3 Big Rigs, East Texan killed

GREENWOOD, La. (AP) – The Caddo Parish, La., Sheriff’s Office says deputies have ticketed a trucker injured when his tractor-trailer rear-ended another, causing a wreck that killed Jim Harville, 56, of Waskom, Texas, the driver of a third big rig. Spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick says Larry D. Gatson II, 25, of Shreveport was cited for reckless driving and following too closely Wednesday on U.S Highway 79 near Greenwood. She says Gatson’s rig, in a northbound convoy hauling oilfield equipment for Frac Tech International Services, rear-ended the company truck ahead of him. Chadwick says that truck veered head-on into Harville’s southbound tractor-trailer. Chadwick said Wednesday that Gatson was treated for serious injuries and released. He was originally described from his driver’s license as from Spearsville; Chadwick says he told deputies he now lives in Shreveport.