"The couple inside the Nissan Altima who watched the deadly Northern California bus crash said the FedEx truck was already up in flames when it crossed lanes and struck the tour bus head-on.
"It was in flames as it came through the median," Bonnie Duran said, "It was already in flames. It wasnt coming from the front engine, it was more from behind the cab."
Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...k-fire-bus-crash-255003391.html#ixzz2yjOujHM3
Based on this eyewitness account, coming from the folks in the Nissan that was clipped by the Fedex truck...
... sounds like perhaps the fuel tank ruptured, possibly blown tire? Debris in the road puncture the front steer and then fly back into the tank?
Who knows, let's see what the investigation brings out.
""Look to the left and there it was, coming through right at me at an angle and I could tell I wasnt going to outrun him so I just kind of turned to the right and he hit me just like that," Bonnie Duran said.
The truck hit the front door of Duran's Altima and then ripped off the back door and the back trunk, Joe Duran said.
"You just think, 'Im dead, Im dead.' And when it swiped us it felt like we floated, we kind of just floatedright off to the ditch," Joe Duran said. "We looked at each other, literally at the same time we go 'were alive!""
FedEx and a bus crash in Cali
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Bayle, Apr 10, 2014.
Page 15 of 25
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
Flames from behind the cab? I wonder if emissions equipment failure was at fault. That stuff is behind the cab of a swb day cab.
fuzzeymateo Thanks this. -
That doesn't look like a swipe....looks a lil worse then that
-
Well, here is the latest article: http://news.yahoo.com/ntsb-claim-truck-fire-still-uncorroborated-025200416.html
-
Does anyone know if he was hauling hazmat? I see the rear pup doesn't appear to be placarded but usually the hazardous is loaded in the front
-
No mention of HM in the incident.
-
What was that bus doing in Orland on I-5 if it was going to Humboldt? Hwy 36 is definitely not built for a bus nor is 299. Not putting any blame on the bus driver but he/she shoulda hit 101 via I-80.
-
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 15 of 25