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Louisville Overnite Driver Named to Kentucky Road Team RICHMOND, Va., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kentucky Motor Truck Association has named Overnite Transportation's Doug King, a Louisville, Ky., city driver, to the Kentucky Road Team, an elite group of the state's most accomplished professional drivers. Honored by his colleagues and customers as one of the industry's best drivers, King, a professional driver for more than 25 years, has logged more than 2 million miles of safe driving during his career. In 2004, he was appointed to Overnite's All-Star Road Team, whose members serve as safety ambassadors for the company and the entire trucking industry. Kentucky's Road Team is a public outreach campaign led by a small group of professional truck drivers with superior driving skills, excellent safety records and a desire to spread the word about safety on the highways. Kentucky Road Team Captains meet with fellow drivers, students, safety managers and industry executives across the Bluegrass State to address transportation issues and answer questions about the trucking industry's commitment to highway safety. "Doug's accomplishments behind the wheel and in his community are a credit to the company and to truck drivers nationwide," said Overnite Vice President- Safety Phil Warren. "He is truly one of our best, and we are proud to have him represent the company on Kentucky's Road Team." On May 16, UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Overnite Corporation for $1.25 billion. Overnite Transportation Company, which provides a complete menu of regional, interregional and long-haul services, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Overnite Corporation (NASDAQ:OVNT), which also owns Motor Cargo Industries. Together, they form one of the largest less-than-truckload carriers in the United States with more than 200 service centers and a fleet of over 6,000 tractors and more than 22,000 trailers, covering all 50 states and providing customers with direct access to more than 45,000 cities in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mexico. More information is available on the company's Web site, http://www.overnite.com/. Editor's note: Photo available upon request. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/OVNTLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Overnite Transportation Company CONTACT: Laurie Beasley, Editor, Corporate Communications of Overnite Transportation Company, +1-804-291-5889, or Web site: http://www.overnite.com/

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