Trucker sought from Monday's fatal wreck

Gus Philpott
Woodstock Advocate
June 9, 2010

Police and the public should be watching for a truck that caused a fatal wreck on U.S. 14 west of Bunker Hill Road, west of Woodstock, on Monday. They have little to go on.

At about 4:00PM Bret Huffar, 27, of Harvard, was on his way to work at the Woodstock Culver's. A truck, described in today's Northwest Herald article as a "white semitrailer" that was traveling west on U.S. 14 crossed the center line of the two-lane highway, and Huffar apparently drove to his right to avoid a head-on collision. Not an unreasonable action, many would say.

However, his vehicle was reported to have left the roadway, gone into the ditch on the south side of the road, back onto the road and then into the path of a semi that was behind the white truck. Huffar died at the scene.

While the article did not report the names of any witnesses, such as in vehicles behind Huffar, behind the semi involved in the crash, or in-between that semi- and the white truck, there may have been witnesses.

Remember the case in California where a school bus full of children was taken and buried in a field? A witness was hypnotized and, as I recall the story, was able to provide police with six of the seven numbers on the California license plate. That led police to the kidnapper and to the rescue of the children.

I was trained in regression hypnotherapy in 1992-93 by a doctor in Missouri. If you know someone who saw the white truck that did not stop, they should contact the McHenry County Sheriff's Department at 815.338.2144 or McHenry County CrimeStoppers at 800.762.7867.

Even the driver of the truck involved in the crash might recall additional details of the truck in front of him. Perhaps he was closer to it at one of the traffic signals in Woodstock at IL Route 47, Dean Street or South Street.

If Brian Kent, the other driver, will contact me, I'll be glad to work with his attorney and him to attempt to recall details about the other truck.