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“Her sisters died in a crash on the way to her wedding. Now she fights for safer highways.”

After seeing the latest segment of the WUSA9 Underride Investigative Series by Eric Flack, Teresa Woodard at WFAA in Dallas interviewed Rebekah Karth Chojnacki on January 22, 2020. Here’s the result of that interview:

Well said!

Rebekah with her three younger sisters, Susanna, AnnaLeah & Mary, at a Father/Daughter Dance, February 2009

WUSA9 Underride Investigative Series, January 21, 2020 segment, Truckers say they’re open to strengthening underride standards – with a catch:

Award-Winning Truck Underride Full-Length Documentary Is Impressive, But The Best Is Yet To Come

Eric Flack and his team at WUSA 9, over the course of this last year, investigated the truck underride problem and attempts to get it solved once and for all. They even won a prestigious Edward A. Murrow journalism award for their hard work in looking into this complex and multi-layered traffic safety/public health issue.

Now all the separate episodes of their series are put together in this impressive full-length documentary of the underride tragedy:

WUSA 9 continues to cover our efforts to bring about a comprehensive underride protection mandate which will ensure that — one day — all trucks on the road will be much safer to travel around. I look forward to them adding a final episode to their underride story because I know that the best is yet to come.

Thank you, Erin Spaht & Eric Flack!

@EricFlack & @WUSA9 Win Murrow Journalism Award for Truck Underride Series

Many reporters have helped to raise awareness of this hidden problem. By working together, we are getting closer to ending preventable underride tragedies.

WUSA9 Underride Series Sheds Light on Deadly Truck Underride Tragedies & Solutions

Eric Flack, Investigative Reporter at WUSA9, recently began an extensive investigation into truck underride. The segments which have already aired are listed here. They plan to shed light on the problem until it is adequately addressed in this country.

Update (November 2020): The WUSA9 Underride Investigation Series

Update (December 6, 2018): entire “Big Rigs, Big Risks” series,

A Bill to Mandate Comprehensive Underride Protection:  RAMCUP Draft 15 with Cover