I-70 in Englewood,Ohio. I didn't know if anyone had posted about it

ENGLEWOOD —
A Moraine woman was killed Thursday morning when the company car she was driving was crushed between two semi trucks on westbound Interstate 70.
Brenda Longstreth, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene, which closed down the highway at Hoke Road for about 90 minutes.
Longstreth worked as a job coach and interpreter for Capabilities, Ind., a disability support network, according to the company's web site.
Longstreth assisted in individuals with disabilities and specialized in working with individuals with hearing loss, according to a statement released by Capabalities, Inc. today.
The statement went on to say that "Brenda made a positive difference in many individual's lives, and will be greatly missed."
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is handling the investigation. Troopers said they believe Longstreth was driving behind a tanker truck in the far right lane with a tractor trailer driven by Midwest Carriers employee Yusuf Hussein Yusuf, 31, of Minnesota behind her.
OSHP Sgt. Jeff Kramer said the tanker driver and Longstreth both began to slow down because of a lane closure ahead, but the semi did not slow down and struck the Chevy Impala from behind.
"(The rear semi) did not stop in time or did not see what was occurring in front of him," Kramer said.
After being rear-ended, Longstreth's vehicle struck the back of the tanker truck. The Impala and the rear semi then traveled through the snow-covered grass between the highway and the exit ramp, crossed the Hoke Road ramp, and struck a guardrail.
Both trucks were damaged but neither driver was injured. A passenger in the tanker truck who was in training was also not hurt. The damage to the Impala was extensive.
"It took the first responders quite a bit of time to make sure and verify there was only one victim inside that vehicle due to the massive destruction of that vehicle," Kramer said.
He said investigators will be reviewing footage from an Ohio Department of Transportation camera that captured the crash as well as a rear-mounted camera on the tanker truck to aid in their reconstruction. Kramer said the driver of the rear truck could face criminal charges and will likely be cited at a minimum for failure to maintain an assured clear distance.
"We actually had a lane closure just west of here at the Ohio 49 north ramp. They were actively taking down the zone. We had an officer in a marked car with that zone, and that did slow down traffic," Kramer said. "They had it marked with signs and arrow boards, and all that stuff was in place… People just really need to pay attention."

 

That's awful.

Following distance, and paying attention.

 

Ugly, real ugly...I had a friend that got rear ended in Ohio while driving a big truck and he was charged with Negligent Homicide. He was found not guilty at trial but needless to say he doesn't drive trucks anymore. It's likely that those drivers are going to face the nightmare of their lives after this.

 

http://englewoodindependent.com/new...87/Woman-killed-in-Englewood-crash-identified



This one has the video from the road camera, hard to gauge the speed of the trucks in front because it kept glitching.

It looked like he came up on the car pretty fast.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/wb-i-70-closed-englewood-three-vehicle-crash/ndM7r

 

video is kind of poor but things don't look good for Yusuf

 

They said that there was also a camera on the rear of the tanker that was in front of the car but, it hasn't been released yet. It has been said that it looks as though he didn't even try to slow down.

 

It's very dangerous on the roads today especially on the east coast. As a rule of thumb I make it a habit to stay in the passing lane as much as I can when driving my car, staying as far away as possible from trucks.

But late last year I was driving across Pennsylvania. I was passing every truck on the hill and then out of the blue a tanker truck was tailgating me (within ten feet) flashing his high beams at me.. and, of course he was empty. The situation was like some kind of horror movie.

The first thing I did was throw my four ways on to let him know I was a trucker. That didn't help, so I sped up and lost him on the hill I was hitting speeds of ninety + miles per hour. I thought that would be the end of it since I gave him plenty of room.

Then, once again he was right on my tail flashing his high beams at me. I sped up again and just before we hit the Ohio line I abruptly pulled over into a rest area. I waited a few minutes for him to come, then I started following him into Ohio.

Needless to say I let him go without calling Ohio State Patrol.

The only reason for his actions that I could think of were stress combined with arrogance. The east coast is now a very dangerous place to drive, there are far too many people driving on the roads combined with too many trucks than there were years ago..

In the past thirty years we have allowed greed to destroy our nation. And I believe whole heartedly that deregulation was and is the root cause of the problem. We need regulations again, not the 14/70hr exploitation rules, but more like 8/40hr civilized rules and an end to OTR.

It would be better for everyone to be home at night with their families. Most if not all towns and counties can produce their own needs, that is where we need to go, back home not on the road for several weeks.

These pile-up accidents and aggressions that are now seem to be occurring daily are the results of greed (ours and corporations) and a deregulated market.

 

OMG all this time when a 4 wheeler has been engaged in idiot behavior in front of me like cluttering up the passing lane I didn't know that 4way flashers was code for trucker and I was expected to forgive the idiot behavior. Hey 54 if your being a jerkoff in your car your probably going to attract bad behavior so quit cluttering the passing lane and you will not have these problems.

 

Yes, homesteading in the left lane is illegal for everybody.
Call the cops on tailgating trucks.

There are too many predatory and ignorant truckers out there who make things worse for the rest of us.

 

How was I being idiot when I was getting tailgated within ten feet by a semi? What was I doing wrong?