Concrete mixer tips over in TX, Terrifying dash cam footage ensues

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  1. ReconCornelius

    ReconCornelius Bobtail Member

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  3. Derailed

    Derailed Road Train Member

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    Just curious, I wonder why Dr. Guan Zhu has a dashcam in his Sienna?
     
  4. ReconCornelius

    ReconCornelius Bobtail Member

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    Free country? Maybe he has been a victim of an insurance scam? Maybe it's a hobby. Who cares?
     
  5. 281ric

    281ric Road Train Member

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    the mixer run a red or the white truck?
     
  6. sdaniel

    sdaniel Road Train Member

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    Looks like the white pickup ran the red light.
     
  7. ReconCornelius

    ReconCornelius Bobtail Member

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    Actually no, the cement mixer ran the red light and was ticketed at the scene.

    COLLEGE STATION - A College Station man walked away with his life and video of an accident that could have been much worse.
    Dr. Guan Zhu, a professor at Texas A&M University, was driving his Toyota Sienna minivan north on Wellborn road around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, coming to a stop at the Rock Prairie intersection when a cement truck driver coming from the opposite direction ran the red light and lost control, causing his truck to roll over and smash into Dr. Zhu's van.
    Incredibly, Dr. Zhu only suffered minor injuries. He installed a dash camera about a year ago in case he was involved in an accident. It came in handy today, as you can see from the video with this story.
    "It's what happened, you know, I could not remember in my memory, a truck is coming, and I could not remember exactly how it happened and then the video says that's how it happened, kind of turning like 45 degrees before it hits my vehicle," Dr. Zhu said.
    The driver of the cement truck did not suffer major injuries and was given a ticket at the scene.
    The truck spilled its load of cement all over the northbound lanes of Wellborn. It took crews several hours to clean up the mess.

    http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/EXCLUSIVE-Man-Gets-Video-of-College-Station-Crash-254474071.html
     
  8. ReconCornelius

    ReconCornelius Bobtail Member

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  9. Lone Ranger 13

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    Dr. Zhu would be dead if he was about a second further down the road. He's lucky. What kinda moron rolls a truck in a place as flat as that location.
     
  10. Alaska76

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    The kind that was not paying proper attention and ran a red light, then had to take evasive action and lost control due to speed and a high center of gravity in order to avoid killing the pickup truck driver.
     
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  11. dennisroc

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    At least he has concrete evidence :)
     
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