[Nourdmrolnmt]

wow, i was on my wat to work, and left late, this accident happened about 10 minutes before i got near there, which, i shoulda been at, had i left on time...

Semi driver is fine, the pickup truck driver was killed instantly, he crossed the grass divider, missed one car, clipped an SUV and then was destroyed by the Semi.

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Crews were cleaning up piles of debris on the roadway. An engine of one vehicle split into pieces.

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/9693746/detail.html

 

[Silly_me]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

They've been installing those wire boundaries in the medians of highways around here due to a rash of cross over accidents.

 

[Nourdmrolnmt]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Silly_me)

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They've been installing those wire boundaries in the medians of highways around here due to a rash of cross over accidents.

this aint no small median, as you can tell in the pics where the one fire truck is in the middle, they go down, and back up, and are not flat as well... probably about 3-4 lanes wide in the median at least.

 

[wrigh003]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

Drunk or fell asleep at the wheel?
That's terrible.

 

[Nourdmrolnmt]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (wrigh003)

Quote, originally posted by wrigh003 »

Drunk or fell asleep at the wheel? That's terrible.

@ 9am drunk? interesting... i dont believe so.

 

[dcomiskey]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

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this aint no small median, as you can tell in the pics where the one fire truck is in the middle, they go down, and back up, and are not flat as well... probably about 3-4 lanes wide in the median at least.

Doesn't matter how wide they are. If there's no catch boundary, a vehicle will keep going across until it ends up like that pickup.

 

[GTI 20v]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

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this aint no small median, as you can tell in the pics where the one fire truck is in the middle, they go down, and back up, and are not flat as well... probably about 3-4 lanes wide in the median at least.

It takes a lot more than 40 feet of grass to slow a car from 70 MPH.

 

[eppy73]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (GTI 20v)

asleep at the wheel, FTW!

 

[Rav_VW]

In a sense it was good he hit the semi, because if it was another car, there would have been more fatalities.
But seriously, undivided high speed highways scare the crap out of me. Even on the double yellow 2 lane roads around here I have to dodge and honk at distracted drivers coming into my lane head on.

 

[roccostud]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

Quote, originally posted by Nourdmrolnmt »

@ 9am drunk? interesting... i dont believe so.

if it was an alcoholic.. it could be.

 

[enriquejcu]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

I heard about this yesterday but didn't see any of the accident pictures. What a mess.

And yes, as bad as it is to say, it's good he hit a semi. I'm sure quick and painless death for the pickup driver and limited him as the only fatality.

 

[yem_icculus]

Sounds like a "Geisterfahrer". Perhaps he just wasn't happy anymore.

 

[what]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (roccostud)

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if it was an alcoholic.. it could be.

Or an alcoholic celebrity

 

[TurboREX]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (what)

 

[Silly_me]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

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this aint no small median, as you can tell in the pics where the one fire truck is in the middle, they go down, and back up, and are not flat as well... probably about 3-4 lanes wide in the median at least.

Yeah, they are still installing these on empty grass sprawled medians.
Narrow to no medians around here get the cinder block treatment

 

[NewFlesh]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Silly_me)

Blood Sugar - http://www.labusas.org/phpBB2/...f56ff

 

[Jetty!]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

Quote, originally posted by Nourdmrolnmt »

@ 9am drunk? interesting... i dont believe so.

Are you saying it's not feasible someone could have been drinking before 9am?

 

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (Nourdmrolnmt)

We should not completely rule out the possibility of this beeing a suicide.

 

[eppy73]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (what)

Quote, originally posted by what »

Or an alcoholic celebrity

That motherfoker is already off the hook. $1600 fine and 3 years probation.......heard it on the news last night.

 

[AZGolf]

Re: Fatal accident, Pickup vs Semi... closed down the highway near me. (eppy73)

Quote, originally posted by eppy73 »

That motherfoker is already off the hook. $1600 fine and 3 years probation.......heard it on the news last night.

You say that as if he was treated differently than any other drunk. TONS of DUI offenders don't even get probation, they just get a $500 fine and some points on their license.