Driver of 18-wheeler booked with negligent homicide in Jan. 12 death of Chalmette motorcyclist

Terry Dunn, driver of 18-wheeler booked with negligent homicide in death of motorcyclist.

Maxime Daboval Jr. of Chalmette – Motorcyclist who was killed in crash with 18-wheeler in Chalmette.

The driver of an 18-wheel tanker truck was booked with negligent homicide and making an illegal left turn from the right-hand lane in the Saturday, Jan. 12 death of a Chalmette motorcyclist who struck the side of the truck as it was making a U-turn on West St. Bernard Highway in Chalmette.

State Police arrested Terry Dunn, 60, of Columbia, La., following the 5:30 p.m. two-vehicle crash that killed Maxime Daboval Jr., 64, who was riding a motorcycle west-bound and collided with the cab of the turning truck at the intersection of Coffee Drive in Chalmette.

Daboval was pronounced dead at the scene.

Dunn, who was driving the truck for Miller Transporters Inc., admitted to investigating officers he tried to make a U-turn from the right lane as he was going west-bound on West St. Bernard Highway. Dunn also said he never saw the motorcyclist, State Police said.

There were no signs of impairment by the truck driver, authorities said.

Dunn was booked into St. Bernard Parish Prison, where he was being held in lieu of $125,000 bond set Monday.