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^ Top   #1   10.15.2007

Burky Road Train Member   Last Seen: 12.25.2008 04.53 PM Member Since: Apr 2005 Location: Southwestern Michigan (Lawrence) Posts: 2,068 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 46 Times

Drivers Still Missing In LA Tunnel Fire An update to the story. Looks like some of the people just fled, and left the scene. Now they have more trucks than they have drivers accounted for. 31 vehicles, only one of them was a car, so this one really can't be blamed on the 4 wheelers. [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link.

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^ Top   #2   10.15.2007

GuysLady Trucker Forum STAFF   Last Seen: 6 Hours Ago 12.41 AM Member Since: Jun 2007 Location: The eye of the storm.... Trucker? Trucker Wife Posts: 9,327 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 4,415 Thanked: 3,260 Times My Truckers Blog : 4

A trucker's wife's worst nightmare. __________________ Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

^ Top   #3   10.16.2007

squirrellsgnwild Medium Load Member   Last Seen: 15 Hours Ago 03.52 PM Member Since: Jul 2007 Location: In that nuthouse they call California Trucker? No Age: 21 Posts: 444 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 488 Thanked: 25 Times My Truckers Blog : 1

I'd get the hell outta there if I was one of them! __________________ Cobra 29 nw wx st unmoded with a K40 magnet antenna. it does the job just fine. my Australian Shepard belle

^ Top   #4   10.16.2007

Big Duker "Don Cheto"   Last Seen: 7 Hours Ago 12.25 AM Member Since: Sep 2007 Location: Weatherford,TX Trucker? 27 Years Age: 54 Posts: 5,056 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 2,423 Thanked: 2,591 Times

They ought to be able to track down owners and find out who was behind the wheel. A lot of illegals here in DFW take off after wrecks. Luckily most of them are driving cars or pickups. Still can't understand how that many vehicles can get in such a pileup if they aren't playing NASCAR driver.

^ Top   #5   10.16.2007

k7aab Sticking my nose in all the wrong places   Last Seen: 04.14.2008 05.42 AM Member Since: Jul 2007 Location: St Louis, Mo Trucker? EX-0-1 Year Age: 40 Posts: 227 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 2 Times

Ahhh come on now .. there isnt ANYTHING wrong with illegals driving semi trucks. ( I am being sarcastic) __________________

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^ Top   #6   10.16.2007

Cybergal Truck Forum Supporter   Last Seen: 04.16.2009 05.42 AM Member Since: Oct 2008 Posts: 13,838 My Trucking Photos: 27 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked: 2,574 Times My Truckers Blog : 16

Trucker's phone call may be clue he's among dead in I-5 pileup 10/16/07 A friend tells of a frantic call from Ricardo Cibrian that he was caught in the tunnel -- and then the line went dead. Today, his wife is said to be heading to Mexico to retrieve his dental records. Trucker Ricardo Cibrian was in a jam. He had just collided into the rear end of a semi-truck in front of him and was immediately hit from behind by another vehicle. He could see that the truck he hit had struck another and that they were both on fire. Cibrian called a friend from his cellphone to report the accident and to say he was trapped in his truck. The friend told him to try to break the window. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...-pe-california

^ Top   #7   10.16.2007

GuysLady Trucker Forum STAFF   Last Seen: 6 Hours Ago 12.41 AM Member Since: Jun 2007 Location: The eye of the storm.... Trucker? Trucker Wife Posts: 9,327 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 4,415 Thanked: 3,260 Times My Truckers Blog : 4

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Duker Still can't understand how that many vehicles can get in such a pileup if they aren't playing NASCAR driver. That particular tunnel is a bear. All it takes is one slip up there, and the whole thing is jammed for hours. It's happened there before, and it will happen there again. This is just the worst one that has happened so far. __________________ Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

^ Top   #8   11.05.2007

207forME Bobtail Member   Last Seen: 05.06.2008 02.19 AM Member Since: Nov 2007 Location: Portland, ME Trucker? 4 Years Posts: 1 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 Times

I had two theories on this . . . . and I emailed and tried to call the reporters of the L. A. Times version of this story for clarification. I got no response. It really ticked me off that they bought the "just walked away" scenario. Either they were illegals and made a hasty departure or 9 truck drivers were cremated in that tunnel. The forensic work will have to solve that puzzel.

^ Top   #9   11.05.2007

old-six-pack Medium Load Member   Last Seen: 12 Hours Ago 07.09 PM Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: vernon hill, va Trucker? 32 Years Posts: 550 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 156 Thanked: 21 Times

six-pack what happened at the california tunnel??? seems to me as usual , some one was driving to fast. why does it take years to figure this out???

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