Sullivan County- At 3:45PM Tuesday afternoon, Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Trooper Byron Goodman stopped a 2014 Ford box truck at US Highway 41 at Johnson St. in Sullivan for a routine transportation safety inspection. In doing so, Trooper Goodman found the refrigerator unit on the truck was inoperable and further investigation found a box of seafood above normal temperatures when it should have been frozen. The Sullivan County Health Department was contacted and health officer Carol Hammond arrived on scene and ordered the cargo condemned for improper shipping and labeling.
The driver of the truck, Shouxiang Wang, 52, Indianapolis, IN was cited by Trooper Goodman and placed out of service. The load from Xpress Transport LLC was bound for a restaurant in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Under the Law, criminal charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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