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Another bad wreck

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by disoba, Jul 16, 2017.

  1. Jul 16, 2017 #1
    disoba

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    Truck slams into Adrenaline Mob's RV on I-75

    MICANOPY — One person was killed and six others injured Friday afternoon when a tractor-trailer veered off Interstate 75 and struck a band’s RV, which had pulled off the highway with a flat tire.

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    Marion County firefighters were dispatched at 12:24 p.m. The accident was on the southbound side near Micanopy.

    At the scene, a sound man for the band, Adrenaline Mob, said the metal group was traveling in the RV and a van that was pulling a covered trailer.

    A total of nine people were in the vehicles. One died, six were taken to area hospitals, and the other two declined medical treatment. The majority of those injured were listed in serious condition and one was in critical condition as of late Friday night. Those injured were taken to UF Health Shands Hospital and North Florida Regional Medical Center.

    Photos: Semi hits van,
     
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  3. Jul 16, 2017 #2
    solitary_con

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    That's a small shoulder. Lay good money they weren't completely off the road.
     
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  4. Jul 16, 2017 #3
    Razorwyr

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    I dunno, but those skid marks put the semi almost completely on the shoulder at impact
     
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  5. Jul 16, 2017 #4
    solitary_con

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    I think the marks you are looking at appears to be the skipping of the trailer tandems. There's another pic showing possibly where the impact took place with skid marks still in the right lane.
     
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  7. Jul 17, 2017 #5
    123456

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    We had 2 bad ones that same day, the other was near the scales in wildwood.

    The first one I believe was twiss transport out of largo fl.
     
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  8. Jul 17, 2017 #6
    mjd4277

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    There's something about that stretch of I-75 between the Florida's Turnpike junction and Alachua that makes people wreck (typically with fatalities).
     
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  9. Jul 17, 2017 #7
    lilillill

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    Yep, heavy tourist traffic that drives all bunched up. I hate Florida.
     
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