Wrong Way U-Haul Driver Killed In Head-On Collision With UPS Truck

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  2. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Both the uhaul and semi was fully engulfed in flames after the crash.

    Looks to me the doubles rode out the impact in relatively good order.

    I best shut up, these media people are getting really inaccurate in their quest for click bait.
     
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  3. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    The heaviest vehicle will always win in a collision. I just wonder if the uhaul missed a exit and tried to use an emergency cross over. What a waste
     
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  4. Philglo2354

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    Maybe a suicide attempt
     
  5. x1Heavy

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    That would not be a very good attempt.

    Ive made deliberate attempts to mercy kill large pets so they did not suffer. But no as my tractor processed the pet under the shaft, wheels, axles etc it yelped from the front bumper all the way towards under the catwalk before it was torn apart into chunks.

    A human probably will wrap it and break something. But it will certainly suffer excessively.
     
  6. austinmike

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    Had a car come down the wrong way a few months ago.
    Divided highway. I guess they mistook the exit ramp for an entrance ramp. I saw the headlights coming down the exit ramp and thought WTF - slowed down and moved over, after they went by they realized they effed up and pulled a U turn - could have ended badly
     
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  7. Philglo2354

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    They might have thought the weight would sandwich them between the semi and their box
     
  8. Philglo2354

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    Good quick thinking. You probably saved a life. Sometimes it looks like their coming down the wrong ramp when they have the entrance and exit ramps close together. Scared me a few times
     
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  9. x1Heavy

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    I don't think if anyone is truly suicidal are thinking about the fine .. particulars of the death experience they seek. They would run a very big risk of botching the whole thing and come out worse as a vegatble or on ICU life support, perhaps in a burn ward unable to maintain body temperature without extreme measures which are horrifying of itself. For example if a person's skin is excessively burned around the upper chest you must use a laser burner to cut slits along where the ribs are to prevent the skin's leather damage from squeezing that person to death after the fire. If you did not have one of those fancy medical tools, you would need to use a knife and do it the hard way quickly before lack of oxygen killed them. You usually waited until they passed out and then quickly made your cuts into that hard leather material post burn.

    I don't do burned people it's too damaging.
     
  10. ast26909

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    "The cause of the crash is under investigation", WTF? What is there to investigate?
     
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