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DETROIT: Driver dies after dumpster truck hits pedestrian bridge, collapses

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by c64basic, Sep 26, 2014.

  1. Sep 26, 2014 #1
    c64basic

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  3. Sep 26, 2014 #2
    nikmirbre

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    News said it was a car hauler....
     
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  4. Sep 26, 2014 #3
    201

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    Yeah, this story is full of holes. I believe it was a truck that picks up those big container dumpsters, and it wasn't down on the truck all the way but I don't see how that would kill a driver, unless, they didn't have their seatbelt on, and they went into the windshield. Pretty harsh, either way.
     
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  5. Oct 1, 2014 #4
    mitrucker

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    Exactly right. Driver was not wearing a seat belt. The story I read had a quote from law enforcement that said "if he was wearing a seat belt, he lives."
     
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  7. Oct 1, 2014 #5
    battleborn

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    He was walking around at the scene before collapsing... probably tore an artery.
     
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