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^ Top   #1   04.28.2008

Cybergal Truck Forum Supporter   Last Seen: 04.16.2009 06.42 AM Member Since: Oct 2008 Posts: 13,844 My Trucking Photos: 27 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked: 2,556 Times My Truckers Blog : 16

Drive Shaft Shatters Windshield Driver Hurt After Drive Shaft Shatters Windshield 4/28/08 Quote: WALTHAM, Mass. (WBZ) ― A driver was seriously hurt when a drive shaft flew off a truck and smashed through the windshield of a Mercedes on Route 128 Monday. The unidentified driver was travelling on 128 south in Waltham near the Totten Pond Road exit when the 40-pound piece of steel came off a Maki Building Centers truck, shattered the car's driver's side windshield and landed in the passenger seat. The Mercedes driver was rushed to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The extent of the injuries is unknown. The truck driver stopped after the accident. There's no word yet if any charges will be filed. http://wbztv.com/local/waltham.128.a....2.710318.html

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^ Top   #2   04.28.2008

old-six-pack Medium Load Member   Last Seen: 2 Weeks Ago 10.40 PM Member Since: Oct 2007 Location: vernon hill, va Trucker? 32 Years Posts: 543 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 149 Thanked: 20 Times

if the drive shaft fell off of the truck, it seems that it wasn't tied down .. if it fell out from under the truck due to mechanical failure, it should have been vibrating seriously for some time, giving the driver warning that something was WRONG with the truck.....

^ Top   #3   04.30.2008

Derrick Light Load Member   Last Seen: 09.24.2009 10.58 AM Member Since: Jul 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI Trucker? 16 Years Posts: 105 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 3 Times

Lazy Sound to me that this is one of thoes drivers that comes to work and jumps in a truck and never do a pre-trip, I've seen this alot in compaines that hire a lot of family members and never inforce the rules, just drive. Quote: Originally Posted by Cybergal Driver Hurt After Drive Shaft Shatters Windshield 4/28/08

^ Top   #4   04.30.2008

Brickman Trucker Forum STAFF   Member Since: Sep 2006 Location: WY Trucker? 7 Years Age: 35 Posts: 13,597 My Trucking Photos: 7 Thanks: 3,426 Thanked: 3,055 Times

I saw in MI where two old biddies nailed a canadian goose with their buick. Destroyed the windshield and they were sitting there in their car looking like WHAT IN THE HELL DID WE JUST DO. It was comical even tho I am certain they did not think so. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't blame me, I didn't vote for the anti American crew.

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