looks like it WAS really fast...
Hmm..... if it was rear ended, it wasn't fast enaugh.
looks like it WAS really fast...
Any truck driver who can't tell it's a 9'6" high bridge and tries to go under it with a 13'6" high trailer shouldn't be driving a truck in the first place. We get probably 10 a year downtown Spokane even with flashing lights and warnings - some idiot will try to go under the railroad bridge that's only 12'0" clearance, DUH!
Hits the bridge at 30mph and the next stop is at the dentist office.
Pete
The picture reminds me of a wreck I saw about 45 years ago. A friend of mine was drag racing his '65 'vette against another guy's '66. We watched them as the tail lights went down the road, and saw my friend lose control, sending the 'vette into a tree at about 90 MPH. The fiberglass body disintegrated, and my friend was pinned between the rear axle and dash, after the driveshaft broke.
It was a Camry.
The driver was on a rural interstate late at night doing about 55. A semi overtook it, striking it in the rear. The driver hit his brakes and the semi hit it again, causing the semi cab to climb on top of the car. The inertia of the semi pushed the car some 400 feet down the highway, then off the shoulder and another 878 feet where the car hit a tree. That stopped all forward movement but caused the semi to go the rest of the way on to the top of the car. Basically it was a rear end collision, a frontal collision and a top crush.
Had the truck driver set the cruise control and climbed into the rear cabin for a nap? Whatever the mechanism, it looks pretty inexcusable.
I have a question for you. Given your experience, why are truck drivers always hitting stuff on the shoulder? BTW, this is not just a US issue as there have been a rash of incidents in Europe, too.