I was able to see the smoke from this mess about 50 miles east of the 410 intersection.
Large fire erupts as gas tanker falls off Loop 410 overpass
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by REDD, Apr 20, 2011.
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Man, he's lucky. That would be a rough way to go.
Controlled burn?? More like, you're crazy, I ain't getting near it, lol. -
http://www.kens5.com/news/BREAKING-...20439.html?gallery=y&img=18&c=y#gallery-image
I live about 3 miles north of there... looks like he was all by his lonesome - then again, we see all kinds of wild-arse cowboy trucking around here... dudes in daycabs... -
hmmm I might need new glasses, I dont see where he fell off of anything from those pics....
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Agreed, looked like he just took the curve too fast.
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On the link to story from op there is a comment at bottom of story and it's from the wife of the driver that rolled. Stating everything is ok .
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Offramp, overpass........ -
I don't feel so silly now, because I thought maybe I was the only one who couldn't see where he "fell off".
Glad the driver is okay.
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This guy is a close friend of mine. He is a father of one but dad to now five. They just had a baby girl not a month ago. He is a very nice guy and is very luck to be alive. He is at home now, they released him from the burn unit this morning.
He said the cause of the wreck was that the trailer struck a curb and the trailer hopped and became unstable. Although I cant think of any curbs in that area to make this happen. I dont know for sure what happened but I do know we are lucky to still have him with us!teddy_bear6506 and Giggles the Original Thank this. -
Just guessin'... maybe he overcorrected enough in the curve to get a good slosh in the tank. The surge may have pushed that trailer into something causing him to loose control.
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