I-74 Mile Marker 137 Near Bloomington,IL 1 Dead

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  1. slim shady

    slim shady Road Train Member

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    No thank you, I've been running out and backs to Lansing and Jackson Mi. a lot lately.
     
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  3. JonJon78

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    I hope not for your sake... But I do believe the past 2 years in a row have had pileups...
     
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  4. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    94 in Michigan has a reputation of being ugly during the winter. Especially between Detroit and Kalamazoo. All it really takes is a good lake affect snow to hit the region, and that’s it.
     
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  5. Bud A.

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    I found another article on this crash. Apparently he was going the wrong way for a while. Two drivers swerved to avoid him before he hit the bus. I've been trying to find out what company the guy drove for. I don't know why.
     
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  6. slim shady

    slim shady Road Train Member

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    Yesterday it was Battle creek area and I69 N just south of lansing seen several jack knifed trucks and 2 of them looked bad
     
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  7. STexan

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    Me has a bad feeling DWI is going to be found here. Regardless, why can’t all truck drivers who do this for a living, do it mostly right all the time? Why do we have to see this bizarre behavior almost frequently? It’s just not right.
     
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  8. ironeagle2006

    ironeagle2006 Road Train Member

    I'm hearing from close friends in that area it was a already poor reputation among driver carrier out of Iowa. One that has a history of making driver's do illegal crap to survive. Maybe this will finally get them shut down by the FMCSA they've needed it for 20 years.

    Witnesses say he was going the wrong way for 20 miles.
     
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  9. De Trucker

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    There's no way the driver of the semi was sober. Probably high on meth.
     
  10. ben5398

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    I knew the coach well who broke multiple bones and had a punctured lung, he is in fair condition, started his first years teaching at my school and was my coach in two sports, the assistant who died was the father of a childhood friend of my sisters. It is a sad situation.
     
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  11. De Trucker

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    I looked up the semi driver and found what I believe is his Facebook page. Doesn't look like a math head. He actually has lots of pics of his kids with his truck. Quite sad.
    Might of had a stroke and was confused as a result.
     
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