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Minivan crashes into tractor-trailer, dragged 16 miles

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Rockin&Rollin, Jan 7, 2015.

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  1. Jan 7, 2015 #1
    Rockin&Rollin

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    Wow! :biggrin_2556: I hope they listened to their mother and carried clean underwear along with them lol




    M    inivan crashes into tractor-trailer, dragged 16 miles



    GRAYLING, Mich. – Authorities say four people and the minivan they were in were dragged 16 miles by a tractor-trailer they rear-ended in northern Michigan.

    MLive.com and TV station WPBN-WTOM say the minivan's driver called 911 about 2 a.m. Wednesday as the group was being pulled along Interstate 75 in Roscommon County.

    Police say the truck driver was unaware that the minivan was lodged beneath it. The accident occurred during heavy snowfall that made visibility poor for the minivan's driver, who also was unable to tell dispatchers where it was on the expressway.

    Crawford County sheriff's deputies eventually spotted the truck and minivan on northbound I-75 south of Grayling.

    The minivan's occupants were taken to a hospital for evaluation.
     
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  3. Jan 7, 2015 #2
    CargoWahgo

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    That's funny right there.

    Ha!

    :D
     
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  4. Jan 7, 2015 #3
    Floorguy1

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    You can laugh at this cause nobody got hurt,but ####!!! :)
     
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  5. Jan 7, 2015 #4
    Victor_V

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    What a story they'll have to tell when they get back to the bar they'd probably left earlier... and hopefully sober!

    Hm-m-m, anyone taking bets?
     
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  7. Jan 7, 2015 #5
    Runamukinfl

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    wow..glad no one was hurt ..but that is a wild story
     
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    w.h.o

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    I can already hear the driver telling the story... "you guys you ain't gna believe this but it's true!"
     
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  9. Jan 7, 2015 #7
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  10. Jan 7, 2015 #8
    bobtrucks2204

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    ROFL, yep that is a great story to be told!!
     
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  11. Jan 7, 2015 #9
    mickimause

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    Read an updated story, minivan driver claims to be a 20-year driver, is trying to put it all on the driver of the truck. Taking no responsibility for his driving too fast for conditions and rear-ending the semi, saying the truck didn't have flashers on - honestly, would you have been able to see them under the snow & ice on the trailer? And as cold as it was, it was that really light, fluffy, blowing-all-over-the-place snow, which would have dropped visibility down to tens of feet - nowhere near enough room to stop as fast as he was apparently going. The semi's DOT bumper is pretty whacked on the curb side, and the damage to the front end of the van looks like it took out both headlights. Would have been hard as heck to see a vehicle with no lights in that...
     
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  12. Jan 8, 2015 #10
    mandalorekiller

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    At least the van saved on gas
     
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