In Memory of Herbie Adams

Posted 07/15/09

Appalshop mourns the passing of Herbie Adams, truck driver and outspoken community member who was killed in an accident in Wise County, Virginia on July 14. Herbie hauled coal out of Letcher County, Kentucky since 1973 and was proud of his vocation but not afraid to speak out about what he considered to be dangerous safety conditions on coalfields highways.

Herbie is featured in the Appalshop film Coal Bucket Outlaw and can be seen and heard in the trailer below.