Semi catching air

[jbaker]

this is crazy I hope the driver was ok.. go to the 3:27 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yi8EzvjeeCk

 

[thoffman]

DAMN!

 

[kide]

A couple of notes if you don't read the comments... That happened August 1st, 2013 - the date is wrong on the camera.. The driver and son came out of it OK. Wow..... Also great to see the driver of the truck with the cam headed right to the fire to see if the other trucker was OK....

 

[dfrisk]

That driver sure had his load strapped down well! Boy.... I sure don't miss all that chatter on CB radios.

Wish the driver would have turned his camera to the right just a bit before leaving his truck. Be interesting to see if the trailer stayed hooked to the tractor. It's amazing the abuse those things can take.

 

[aschumacher]

WOW, looks liike a naplm drop from the old days!

Seems that every one was OK. Do the drivers still us CB's as much as say 20yrs ago? I had one in my 4-wheeler when I was ridin' the roads years ago. Seemed to make the time go by on some rides.

 

[dschwandt]

Guy must have fallen asleep or been forced off the road at high speed somehow. I'd vote for dozing off at the wheel and maybe coming too just in time to realize what was happening and trying to avoid hitting the bridge pier or abutment and hit the embankment instead.

Damn glad I wasn't on the approach to the bridge at that very instant!!!

Just think, it could have been any one of us in the direct line of fire there, either approaching the bridge or having just made the turn onto the entrance ramp, Or it could have been a car tripping the light fantastic instead of the truck. Results would have been catastrophic either way.

Dave S

4 million safe miles

 

[kmcconaughey]

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A truck driver ran his semi up an embankment along I-74 near Greensburg, sailed into the air and burst into flames upon landing. The driver and his 7-year-old son escaped with minor injuries.

The driver — Ryan T. Young, 30, Owenton, Ky. — told police he was taking evasive action to avoid another vehicle drifting into his lane when the incident occurred.

“He swerved to avoid the other vehicle and ran off the south side of the interstate,” explained Indiana State Police Sgt. Noel Houze in an email. “The semi ran up a hill then through the guardrail. The semi then continued eastbound as it ‘ramped’ the U.S. 421 interchange before striking another guardrail, tearing off the fuel tanks (and) causing the fuel to ignite.”

Young, who drove a 2000 Peterbilt, suffered “some minor facial and head injuries,” Houze said. The man’s 7-year-old son, riding with his father, “suffered only a few scratches.”

Both were transported to Decatur County Hospital for treatment, Houze said. The crash remains under investigation, he added..<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>

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