Driver In Fatal Poconos Bus Crash Says He Blacked Out

The driver in the horrific fatal crash in the Poconos this summer involving a tour bus and a tractor trailer colliding head-on said that he blacked out in the moments before the crash, according to reports.

Authorities have been investigating the June 3 wreck, which killed two Italian tourists and the driver of the tour bus, for months. Franklin Wyatt, 56, of Macomb Oklahoma, had more than 35 years of experience operating tractor-trailers

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“It is real difficult, and it’s a lot to deal with,” Wyatt told The Associated Press. “When you see people on the side of the road covered up with blankets, you know that ain’t good. You wake up in the middle of the night and that’s what you see.”

Wyatt told police at the scene of the accident that he ran out of his blood pressure and diabetes medication, but he then told the AP that that statement wasn’t true, and that he’d taken both medications that day, the Morning Call reports. It’s unclear

He added that doctors told him one of his arteries was 90 percent blocked, causing him to pass out and lose control of his rig, Penn Live reports. He had a stent inserted in August.

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State police are still working on reconstructing the accident and scene and have not yet submitted their findings, WFMZ reports.

The accident happened on Interstarte 380 about a mile north of the Mount Pocono exit in Tobyhanna. The bus, which contained tourists from Italy, was headed to Niagara Falls from New York City.

At least 15 people were injured, along with the three deaths. More than a dozen of them were trapped in the wreckage of the bus for hours.

Wyatt said he hasn’t driven since the crash and may never drive a tractor trailer again because of fear another incident could happen, reports state.