Another rear end collision involving big trucks

Kind of an interesting crash. Seems like the cab absorbed a lot of energy from those tires. Bet it would have been a lot worse for the driver if the trailer was more solid or if the truck had a headache rack.

 

ok, thought ya meant the other truck. didn't even pay attention to the Wall World truck

 

I-57 again. If it was near Ina I wouldn’t be surprised. That part of the highway has a high accident rate, which is why they stepped up patrols on that particular stretch.

 

Southern Illinois-hammer down country.
Having pulled a few Walmart loads myself typically Walmart tends to load their dry vans heavily, usually around the 41,000 to 43,000 pound range. So if the trailer was loaded heavily, and still manage to crumplethe cab on the Walmart tractor then that means it was a hard hit!

 

Holy hell, now that's some impact right there.....I wonder how fast the red truck was going....

 

Three miles per hour. Great crumple zones on that tractor.

 

He was "flown to a regional hospital" for non-life threatening injuries??? Was that because they ordered a bird based on the scene and figured what the heck, may as well use it? Seems like an expensive ride if you're not in any danger of death.

 

48ft loaded can of tires 75k. I hate the smell of tires to this day.

 

Each brand has it’s own smell too. Continental’s used to make me sneeze. They used a talc type powder inside their liners for years that made my nose twitch and sneeze. Only one’s to do that. When new Michelin’s would get a little wet the liquid turns purple and gets on everything. Lol!

 

Soundes like you've humped a few tires. Lol Nothing dries out your hands like tires. My first truck job was hauling tires in 1971.