15 killed in major vehicle crash in Imperial County, California

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  1. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Back when I ran tires down to the lower Texas valley every thurs. Coming back up empty one night I was asked by a migra officer at the Fallfurius checkpoint how many people I thought I could get in my 24ft straight truck. I could tell he was joking so I said “well I can get 400 tires back there so I figure I could do the same with people if I lace them like the tires just right.” Lol!
     
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  3. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    They're just doing what Jesus did...Jesus and his 12 disciples fit into one vehicle...it says so in the Bible...they were all in one Accord :)
     
  4. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    reminds me of a freak accident i had seen decades ago.

    20 freaks in a VW bus, crashed into a VW bug with 10 freaks...

    freakish results........ freaks all over the place, it was a freaking mess i tell ya....

    and yeah, in the original posting, that was a ford expedition, which can be thought of as a mini bus with all those seats, and cargo room.
     
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  5. okiedokie

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    Unbelievable.
     
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  6. SmallPackage

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    Thats an explorer ‘97 thru 2003 or so. It is based off the f150. The expe
    so by your calculations they should be able to get at least 40 freaks in the bigger Excursion chassis. Lol!
     
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  7. reeferwrencher

    reeferwrencher Medium Load Member

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    Yeah the Asian dew worm pickers lost a wheel north of Toronto one night cause the van was so overloaded,a lot of the uninjured ones fled to avoid deportation so they never knew how many were packed in there.
     
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  8. ibcalm19

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    A sad & fatal day for all involved. May all their families be comforted.
     
  9. mjd4277

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    Fill the seats and fill up the cargo area.
    And when I mean fill I mean OVERLOAD! That was a 1st generation Expedition-those are based on the 1997-2002 Ford F-150 platform
    Even if they used a full size Excursion or Econoline van that would be overloaded,unless they used a chassis cab motor coach version!
    Ford Expedition - Wikipedia
     
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  10. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    All I can think is, these people should have been a clown act. Circus acts in the past had an inordinate amount of clowns spilling out of a tiny vehicle.
     
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  11. kidz bop

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    i drive extra careful around dirt haulers, but also vans of lots of people(where the driver might be more distracted). but both those types of drivers was near each other at once.
     
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