Father-son driving team killed after semi crash in Bowie County

Father-son driving team killed after semi crash in Bowie County

Bowie County Deputies say the Witkowski's 18-wheeler, which was hauling cars, was traveling east on I-30 when for some reason the truck ran off the bridge, fell onto the county road below and caught on fire.

Wow a bad one, a car hauler.

 

The Father & son from what I understand were teamed up running together.

"Troopers say 46-year-old Brian Witkowski and 21-year-old James Witkowski were a father-son driving team out of Edison, New Jersey.'

I did not read what the caused this wreck.

With the cars they were hauling laying around burning sure makes the scene look much worse.

Years back going through Dallas Fort Worth west bound on I-20 I came upon what looked like the worse wreck I had ever seen. Cars were scattered everywhere, them I realized a truck pulling a flat bed trailer hauling crushed cars had them stacked to high & hit the underpass scattering crushed cars everywhere.

 

Amen & amen to that. its neat when father & son does such a thing together. To many have nothing to do with one another & see each other passing by in their house when coming or going.

One of my best friends father gave me much advice about truck driving, especially how to take care of the engines, he taught me not to hot rod it, not to be a cowboy, to be sure to let the engine warm up to operating temp before ever pushing the accelerator to the floor.

Wow at the many I've seen jump in, start the engine, jerk it in gear, them push the accelerator pedal to the floor, them holler over their CB, "Come on, come on, lets go!"