Student Driver Crashes Big Rig, Temporarily Closes I-45
There's a pic on the link above
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) A student driver got a lesson he wont soon forget after the 18-wheeler he was driving crashed and burned, shutting down Interstate 45 and causing a massive traffic delay.
According to police, the student driver was traveling on the northbound service road of I-45 in the Wilmer-Hutchins area when he lost control of the vehicle and somehow crossed the median into the regular lanes.
Reports say the vehicle went across all three lanes of the highway and crashed into the center median.
The semi burst into flames, but Wilmer Chief Victor Kemp says everyone got out.
The trouble on the southbound side happened when a couple of accidents occurred in the traffic backup.
TX: Student Driver Crashes Big Rig, Temporarily Closes I-45
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by c64basic, Aug 26, 2014.
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I'd say he got an F for today. The good news is he can only improve.
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"Ok, Johnny, can you tell me what you might have done wrong back there?"
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Wow, how fast could he possibly have been going on the service road ? What was his instructor doing before this happened ? WOW ,
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I really feel sad for these new drivers who are students. He was lucky he wasn't killed or killed anyone else. I suppose he had a load, or I wonder if he was bobtail.
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Instructor fiddling with the smart phone.
Betcha $50 bucks.c64basic Thanks this. -
Well he pre qualified for CRST or Swift
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With 5 people in the truck at the time I'm sure we'll hear if that was actually the case.
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Poor guy. My training guy kept giving us examples of when he was in the military and talking the whole Effin time I was driving when I needed to concentrate on the road.
Good guy and interesting experience overall but sometimes less really is more.
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