Highway death investigated as suicide

omg that so sad for her at that age to wont to kill her self her friend and the truck diver and they person that called 911 . my thoughts with them all

 

What a needless tragedy. Mental illness is a terrible thing. A shame her friends and family couldn't have gotten her into a hospital more quickly. At 17 even with several years of inpatient treatment she could have been stabilized and hopefully led a productive life.

 

Same general type thing happened when I was a deputy. Husband and wife get into a verbal. She tells him, "you'll never see me again."

Jumps into her Datsun, gets out on SR 86, (in Salton City area in California,) and has a head on with a cabover hay truck. Witnesses said she was in her lane, but swerved into the oncoming lane to hit the truck.

 

I've run across a couple like this. Years ago on SB I5 outside Olympia, WA, guy stepped in front of a COE KW. Some lady on the NB side saw it and caused a second wreck in front of us.

Another was a friend of mine heading NB on US 95 in his Cabover Pete when some guy decided life sucked too much and centerpunched Spook's grille in his Ford Ranger.