I-84 Idaho oversize load crash, closure.

that's gonna hurt! Maybe he should have not loaded the dozer sideways...

 

ROFL!

 

For east bound its just before the F-J and Sage exit lol.

 

Ok, I gotta ask .. HTH does that happen? I'm sure there is a great story to go with this crash and the delay of a number of travelers.

 

I saw a big oversize machine slide off a low boy at 465E/65S ramp in Indpls once. BIG mess

 

And to think that heavy haulers knew thier stuff. Thats too funny. I wonder how stupid that driver felt.

 

He lost a steer tire, article has been updated. Seems the barriers kept him from head oning a bus of nuns.

 

Said he blew a steer tire and forced him to hit the jersey wall. He slid along side of the wall for several hundred feet. In the process it ruptured the fuel tank and dislodged the machine.... ie chains broke.

Said he hit the jersey wall so hard it knocked one over into the other lane... blocking traffic on the other side.

The way I see it.. he did ok. This could have been much more tragic.

Hurst

 

Down in TX I saw a variety of responses to blown steers. Usually trucks like that would keep it straight and get over onto the shoulder. The white early 2000s Freightliners with missing bumper sections and taped-on DBA signs would usually be off in the weeds somewhere. Difference in experience and training, I suppose, combined with preparation and paying attention.