Terrible accident

[Army 1911]

Wow, glad you're ok.

 

[Vaquero]

My younger brother drives semi's for a living.
I'm not making this a lighthearted thread.

That's a tragic scene.

 

[General Zod]

I saw that earlier - absolutely unbelievable. It's frankly amazing nobody else was injured or killed - a few seconds earlier or later and the truck might've landed on cars going through the intersection.

 

[DoubleDuty]

Yep that guy in front of me and possibly me too.

 

[DoubleDuty]

I'm praying for that truck drivers family. He was driving for the US Post Office.

 

[DenverGp]

Second truck to go off of 75 in that general area in the past month... Strange coincidence or is there something unusual about the road configuration there?

 

[Rhino]

It hits different when you know you interact with someone who was right there.

 

[DoubleDuty]

Second truck to go off of 75 in that general area in the past month... Strange coincidence or is there something unusual about the road configuration there?

Not other than drivers suck

 

[General Zod]

More info - the truck apparently hit a Mustang driving in front of it (no real details there - news report says it's "not clear who was at fault") before departing the highway.

 

[Riksors]

RIP to the truck driver.

Glad you weren’t hurt op.

Those barriers are designed to deflect the vehicle back. The truck must’ve been lifted by something prior to overshooting the “jersey” barrier on the freeway.

 

[DoubleDuty]

More info - the truck apparently hit a Mustang driving in front of it (no real details there - news report says it's "not clear who was at fault") before departing the highway.

There was no saving him. The cab of his truck was immediately demolished and engulfed in flames. He was most likely killed instantly. No one could even get close it was a raging inferno. I will never forget it

 

[jrbfishn]

It depends on the shape of the wall. If it bells at the bottom, you hit at the right angle and your tires can hit before the fender, I have seen cars drive up them. Two on the wall, two tires on the pavement. It is possible.

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[Wudidiz]

I’m glad that you and the other drivers weren’t in the path of the truck and pray that the truck driver’s family can take at least take some consolation in the fact that he (or she) didn’t suffer in their passing.

 

[Txhighlander]

I have been in a big truck 29 years now, 23 over the road and the last 6 on a fuel truck. It is so much worse out there than it use to be. I have seen some bad wreaks in my career but that one would rate up there with the worst. Setting there watching that happen makes you want to move to the middle of nowhere and not leave again.

 

[Txhighlander]

It also makes you realize how very vulnerable you are in a vehicle.

 

[dsgrey]

Yes, that was crazy and lucky nobody was hurt considering the high traffic area! When I was an early teenage, was going with dad to deer hunt in south Texas. A car hit the highway median from the other way, flipped and landed upside down right in front of us. Two women and I think they survived though the roof crushed and one was bleeding pretty good. I still have that image in my head after 45 years.

 

[candcallen]

I've seen a couple terrible accidents. One was when a toyota pickup went across the median on 10 south of Phoenix. When it came up the other side it launched into the air and came down right ontop of a van going the other direction. Driver was killed instantly. The van was full of bodies in body bags.

It sticks with you a while.

 

[oldag]

May the Good Lord send His comfort to the family of the driver.

 

[Texasgordo]

I've been trucking since 2004 and a death like that is terrifying. Really lucky nobody else was hurt or killed.

 

[BBL]

To be clear, this was a crash/wreck, not an accident. Not until the crash is ruled accidental.
And statistically, only a tiny fraction of crashes is accidental. Usually someone fks up.
And what's worse is when the perpetrator kills unsuspecting innocent victims.
Chances are that the truck was hit and the driver could not recover from the new path of travel which took him off the overpass.
I've seen enough car-on-semi crashes that I can say that it often isn't the operator's fault. They just get blamed by the public because it is easier to have a scapegoat.