America’s Dangerous Trucks
FRONTLINE (PBS), ProPublica
Deadly traffic accidents involving large trucks have surged over the past decade. In an unforgettable hourlong documentary, FRONTLINE and ProPublica examine a particularly harrowing type of truck accident—“underride crashes”—and why they keep happening despite a relatively inexpensive solution.
PRIMARY PRODUCTION CREDITS
Editor-in-Chief: Raney Aronson-Rath (FRONTLINE), Stephen Engelberg (ProPublica). Executive Producer: Raney Aronson-Rath (FRONTLINE). Managing Editor: Andrew Metz (FRONTLINE), Tracy Weber (ProPublica). Producers: A.C. Thompson, Gabrielle Schonder, Karim Hajj, Frank Koughan. Senior Producer: Richard Rowley. Archival Producer: Lindsey Schneider. Directors: Gabrielle Schonder, Karim Hajj. Writers: A.C. Thompson, Gabrielle Schonder. Editors: Jacquie Soohen, M. Brennan, Cameron Dennis. Additional Editing: Robert Kirwan. Senior Editor: Lauren Ezell-Kinlaw (Investigations/FRONTLINE). Reporters: A.C. Thompson, Kartikay Mahrotra (ProPublica), Jeff Ernsthausen (ProPublica), Julia Ingrim (FRONTLINE). Director of Photography: J. Adam Giese.