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The body of a second man was found underneath debris Tuesday morning at the accident site of a big rig rollover near Colfax Monday, officials reported.
The man, whose name is not being released pending notification of his family, was reportedly a passenger in the big rig, which rolled into a guard rail spilling its load of recylced plastic down the embankment near the Magra Road exit on westbound Interstate 80, California Highway Patrol offi-cials reported.
The driver, who was trapped inside of the truck’s cab and was also killed in the accident, was re-portedly going 70 mph and passing another truck in the fast lane when he lost control and slid down an embankment, said CHP Officer Rich Ruiz.
“This morning, as the investigator was going over log books, (it was) determined there was possi-bly a co-driver involved,” Ruiz said.
Ruiz said investigators also have video footage of the accident, recorded by a device on a Wal-Mart truck, which the driver of the big rig was passing at the time of the accident.
“The driver of the WalMart truck was doing 55 mph, so we estimate the driver (of the big rig) was going 70 mph when he approached a curve and lost control. You see in the video the trailer starts to fishtail. When the driver tries to correct, he is sent over the guardrail.”
Battalion Chief Jeff Brand of Cal Fire said crews located the co-driver under the debris and extri-cated him this morning.
Brand said when the truck was overturned, the cab was torn off and wedged beneath the contents of the trailer and the trailer itself.
All westbound lanes were closed as a result of the accident, which occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. All lanes were opened by approximately 7:45 p.m., California Highway Patrol officials said.
Ruiz said the driver of big rig had only had his license for nine days.

Good video - teaches you how not to drive. New driver with the trainer - do you think the trainer was sleeping?

I pray for both families.

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I was thinking about that too. The article said that they didn't know there was another driver in the truck until they looked at one of the logbooks. Then they found him later under the wreckage. I seriously doubt a trainer would have allowed that situation to escalate to the point it did HAD HE BEEN AWAKE. The whole thing angers me and that Wal-Mart driver came pretty close to get taken out himself. Baffling that someone would be able to sleep while a driver of NINE days traverses Donners Pass.

Oh my word. I couldn't even imagine what the Wal-Mart driver was thinking after he got out and turned back to see that truck. Prayers goes out to both victims families.

Common sense says to slow down on steep curvy roads no matter whether in a big truck or a 4 wheeler.

I seen it said here on the bottom of someone's post....."You can attempt to go down many times too slow but only ONCE too FAST." I have always stressed to my hubby that his brakes are his life, check them ALWAYS and that he has all the time in the world to get there....SLOW down take your time and enjoy the ride.

I most certainly will show him this video when he comes home next week.

Wow. The video was just as I expected it to be. I drive over that spot many times in a week. The wreckage is still there. I was waiting to hear what company it was, but the reality is that since only truck drivers were killed, it just isn't news anymore. Now if they had taken out a car or two, then the public would be all over the fact that a brand-new driver was driving that strech of road.

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Truer words were never spoken. Every time I see someone hot-footing it down a hill, I just shake my head and keep chugging along. Ain't no prize waiting at the bottom of the hill, folks.

Oh God! This is just horrible! Just nine days and crossing Donner? WTH were folks thinking?? I'm a pretty ballsy Lady, but you wouldn't have caught me trying Donner after only nine weeks, much less nine DAYS!

Thoughts and prayers go out to all involved.. including the driver who had to watch such a tragedy unfold right in front of him...

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Thank you Wal-Mart.

Kudos to you for installing cameras on your trucks and NOW finally people can actually see what kind of stuff we see EVERY DAY out here.

I once saw a YouTube video were a driver made a compilation of his truck getting cut off by cars and trucks. It was a few minutes long and very well done.

Thought provoking video. Donner's along with every other mountainous pass should be treated with respect and caution.

Holy ssssssssssssssss#####.

I had a newb state to me the other day...he didn't see what the big deal was with Donner...wish i had his email.

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