McGuire like to snowboard near Lake Tahoe and rock climb when he attended a community college in San Luis Obispo. McGuire family members said their loss has been doubly profound because their oldest son, Andrew McGuire, also was killed in a crash on Interstate 5 in 2008.ĭaniel McGuire was raised in Santa Cruz, graduated from Santa Cruz High School and graduated from San Jose State University with honors in business in 2012, his family said.įriends described him as “wonderful, smart and genuine” with a good sense of humor. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, could be involved, Allard said. If trucking leaders do not strengthen rules soon, he said, he plans to work with state and federal legislators on big-rig safety laws. “We think this falls on the trucking industry,” Allard said. Inexperienced truckers could be limited to certain load weights or restricted from steep, mountainous highways, for instance. Separate from the civil suit, Allard said he wanted trucking industry leaders to require new driver’s license “tiers” based on the trucker’s experience.
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It intends to send a message to the trucking industry, he said, because he and the McGuires believe truckers need more experience before they haul heavy loads on mountain roads such as Highway 17.Īllard said the truck driver only had a truck license for three months when the brakes on two trailers failed in the crash. Robert Allard of the San Jose law firm Corsiglia McMahon & Allard LLP said the lawsuit was filed in Monterey County because some of the trucking firms are based there.
It also names Salinas-based Don Chapin Co. and truck and trailer owner Surinder Banwait of Sacramento. Gagliasso Trucking Co, Salinas-based Assured Aggregates Co. Trucking Inc., Santa Clara-based Charles F. The family’s civil suit, filed in Monterey County, seeks an unspecified sum and alleges negligent hiring, supervision and training by Tracy-based Saini Bros. “We are hoping to spearhead changes in the trucking industry so his life will not go wasted.”
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