Frederick Pike also has turns and hills, if you're not familiar with that road you could easily go off. The roads that branch off it are the same. St Rt 48, 55, and 718 lead here. To turn off on Greenlee, wouldn't make sense.
I should also say if a trucker did by chance, he'd most likely goof and try to take Horseshoe Bend Hill and get stuck.
Unless he had parked the trailer and was just driving the tractor. That's pretty common around here where there are lots of narrow roads and tight corners and motels and restaurants without much parking space. There are several secure or patrolled lots just for that.
I should also mention, Joyland used to be a truckstop on 48. They always had trucks there, if she would have been there people today would or will come forward. Newton township is also Pleasant Hill area. Small community, we all know each others business. Joyland burnt down. Camping, not really. There's a VFW on the hilltop on Fenner Rd, Rolling Hills, and 4H camp. Those are clubs though.
That's a lot of carrying in and out of a motel. Someone would have seen or heard something. Did they say if any injuries were on bottom half of body? If not, most likely killed while in vehicle.
Not sure about back then, but now there's room for trailers at the mentioned places in Troy on 55.
This should work:
Panasonic was the Clopay building, I'll have to ask what was there before that. I want to say it was a field, I don't recall seeing anything but trees there. Cargil Sidney came after Dayton. Dayton area used to be huge in GM manufacturing. That water tower was put in later, there really wasn't much on that side of the interstate. Land and houses. Garden center, not sure if the bar on 55 was there, I'll ask about that as well.
