Another idiot runs under the back end of a semi

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  1. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Mercy Air lands on I-15 for injured driver after convertible collides with semi
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    At approximately 8:15 p.m. PDT/MST, 9:15 p.m. MDT, emergency personnel were dispatched to the crash on southbound I-15 near mile marker 22 in Mesquite, Nevada, involving a convertible that struck a semitractor-trailer on the Arizona side of the state line, Mesquite Fire Department’s Public Information Officer Ryan Thornton said.
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    According to witnesses statements obtained at the scene, Thornton said, the man driving the convertible was heading south at a “high rate of speed” and struck the rear of the slower-moving semi directly in front of him. The impact spun the car around and sent it veering off of the right shoulder of the interstate before it collided with a road sign that cautions drivers to drive safely, knocking it to the ground.
     
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  3. ClassB

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    Well...thats ironic
     
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  5. Big Don

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    One heck of a welcome, huh. But let's just get rid of that stupid traffic sign saying something about slowing down or driving safely or some such outdated baloney....:rolleyes:
     
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  6. Puppage

    Puppage Road Train Member

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    What crashes in Vegas......
     
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  7. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I'd like to know what company truck it was, that was a "slower-moving semi". How slow was "slower moving"? 70 or 57?
     
  8. Razorwyr

    Razorwyr Road Train Member

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    That stretch, speed limit is 45. That's the curvy winding area on 15 going through the canyon.
     
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  9. mjd4277

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    Karma- it's a b****!
     
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  10. STexan

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    Yeah but think of all the money he saved by not making it to the casino and hooking up with that escort chic.
     
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  11. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    But now he's going to need money to get himself a new F1 50. And he sure as heck isn't going to get it from his insurance company.lol
     
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