Driver Dead After Cameron Tanker Truck Crash
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CAMERON -- Marshall County Sheriff's deputies confirm that the driver of a tanker truck which slammed in a residence Tuesday night has died, though it was not believed to be from injuries sustained in the crash.
Around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday evening, deputies received a 911 call about a water truck veering off the edge of Cameron Ridge Road -- and crashing into a home. After reporting to the scene, deputies found the driver, Kevin Ziemke, of Salisbury, Pa., dead at the scene.
The home sustained minor structural damage, though the homeowner escaped injury.
Marshall County Chief Deputy Bill Helms said that an autopsy would be performed, as is standard procedure for situations like this. However, as of Wednesday, officials believe Ziemke died before his vehicle left the road.
"We don't have any reason to believe he was drunk or anything like that, but we believe he may have suffered some kind of ailment that we believe caused the crash," Helms said. "They checked the crash. The reason we believe he expired before that is because there were no skid marks and no corrective actions taken by the driver."
The truck likely hauled water used for Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas fracking operations, as vehicles of this type are now common throughout the region.