Motor Carrier Inspector Robert E. Pitcher

Motor Carrier Inspector Pitcher was en route from his home in Pershing to a special detail in northwestern Indiana. He was on-duty driving an I.S.P. Ford F-250 pulling a trailer carrying brake testing equipment.

While traveling westbound on Interstate-70 in Wayne County, he lost control of his vehicle. He struck the guardrail on the right side of the roadway and then traveled back across the westbound lanes, across the median, and into the eastbound lanes. His vehicle struck an eastbound semi car carrier. Both vehicles burst into flames.

Motor Carrier Inspector Pitcher was killed instantly. The driver of the semi was airlifted in critical condition to an Indianapolis hospital.