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Note: [Gordon.ged] Billy Dale Rose
Billy Dale Rose -BYRON - Billy Dale Rose, 48, died Monday, July 29, 2002. Services will be at 11A.M., Thursday, August 1, 2002 in the chapel of Rooks Funeral Home in Byron with burial following in Parkway Memorial Gardens in Warner Robins. -Mr. Rose was born in Kentucky and worked as a driver with Transport Trucking Co. -Survivors include wife Susan Green Rose of Byron; children Billy Wade Rose, Christopher Allen Rose, and Samantha Jean Rose of Byron; mother June Kratzer of Byron; sister Kathy Courtney of Alabama. -The family will receive friends at Rooks Funeral Home in Byron from 7:00 until 9:00 P.M. Wednesday, and may be contacted at 426 Mary Lou Dr., Byron. -Rooks Funeral Home in Byron has charge of arrangements. Published in the Macon Telegraph on 7/31/2002.
In Crisp County, a tractor trailer ran off the road hitting five construction workers Monday afternoon. The truck then caught fire. The driver, 49-year-old Billy Rose, died in the crash.
One of the workers, 49-year-old Melvin Day, also died. Three other workers were treated and released from the hospital. One remains under observation.
Truck driver dead before accident, says coroner
By CINDY BISHOP E-mail the Author
CORDELE -- The driver of a semi involved in a fiery crash Monday on I-75 was dead before the wreck occurred, says Crisp County Coroner Jimmy Rainey.
Autopsy results show that Billy Dale Rose, 48, of Byron died from heart-related problems before the 3:30 p.m. crash happened.
Byron tractor-trailer driver identified as wreck victim By Sharon E. Crawford Telegraph Staff Writer
A Byron man was identified Tuesday as one of two people killed Monday in an accident on Interstate 75 in Crisp County.
Billy D. Rose, 49, was killed when the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off the interstate and struck a group of construction workers laboring in the median. One of the workers, Melvin Day, 49, of Rochelle, was killed.
Four other workers, including Day's son, also were injured. The victim's son, Scott Day, 26, of Pitts, was listed in stable condition Tuesday at Crisp Regional Hospital.
The other workers, Mario Perez, 34, of Cordele; Robert Mattair, 26, of Abbeville; and Jose Perez-Diaz, 32, of Unadilla, were all treated and released from the hospital.
Georgia State Patrol officials said Rose was traveling southbound on I-75 shortly before 3 p.m. Monday when his truck apparently veered off the roadway, struck two parked vehicles and drove into the group of workers. The accident occurred four miles south of Cordele.
The tractor-trailer overturned and burst into flames, trapping Rose inside. Officials are still trying to determine if Rose's truck, or the pipes he was carrying, struck the workers.
Both men were dead when GSP officials arrived at the scene. The accident is still under investigation.
According to state Department of Transportation officials, the Douglas Asphalt workers were in the median doing drainage work at the time of the accident. The construction is part of the state's I-75 widening project, which will make the road six lanes to the Florida state line.
Workers were back on the job Tuesday, said Cindy Lane, spokesperson for the DOT. Southbound traffic was rerouted for more than four hours Monday as officials investigated the accident and cleaned up the scene.
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