Freak wreck still not sure how this happened, other than it was a local move and unsecured load. My heart and prays go out for the driver and his family.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/art...man-killed-flatbed-truck-accident-Clarksville
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. Police on Monday identified the man killed Saturday afternoon when a front-end loader he was hauling on a flatbed truck shifted forward and crushed the cabin.
At about 4 p.m. Saturday, Carroll Hall, 66, of Goodlettsville was driving north on Frosty Morn Drive, according to a news release from Clarksville Police spokesman Officer Jim Knoll.
The loader shifted forward on the flatbed and continued until it came to rest on the cab of the tractor, the release said.
Hall was trapped inside and died at the scene. A crane had to be brought in from Hopkinsville, Ky., to remove the front-end loader from the top of the cab, Knoll said.
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Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by dogcatcher, Jan 14, 2013.
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WOW I'd like to know what happen one pic shows a track hoe In the back and I don't see any chains and don't look like he hit anything
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Acording to one comment, the poster said the chains looked to small to be using as they were broke and laying on the road.
The main question is..
How fast was he going to jump a loader over the gooseneck and into the cab?
Sad he died, but ####. over the gooseneck and then the cab -
Looks like he forgot to chain it.
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Ya to jump it over like that he would of really slammed the brake that should be a air brake loader once power is killed it's park brake is automatically engaged
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Yes, but remember alot of those park brakes are about as good as the brakes on a pan fully loaded.
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Look at where the truck is. It looks like a side street so I don't think speed would have been to much of a factor.
Almost looks like someone would have had to drive it up there. Would like to see what they come up with on this one.dieselmama Thanks this. -
That's not that old of a loader I'd like to see more to this story I see a pic of atleast two binders but even with a tri axle he should have atleast 3/8 chains that loader should be 28-32,000lbs with 4 points of contact ya it could of snapped the chains but shouldn't of had the speed or force to go over the neck?
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yep.,would like to know more about this.
I just wonder if he left it running??. But still with newer units there should be no way it went into gear. Plus the bucket is down.. -
Idk anything about flatbedding but would it be at all possible that the rear of the loader was parked up on the gooseneck to allow room for another piece of equipment that may have been on the trailer also? That's really the only explaination I can imagine.
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