Truck Rams into 6 Cars

[kellyhound]

Sept. 19, 2016, Eight people were injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving a semi-truck Monday evening on Interstate 94 in Gurnee.

Gurnee Fire Department Battalion Chief, James Pellitteri, said the seven-vehicle crash happened on westbound I-94, just south of Grand Avenue, at approximately 5:40 p.m.

It took the fire department 30 minutes to extricate one of the injured from a vehicle. Pellitteri said that person was sent to Advocate Condell Medical Hospital in Libertyville in critical condition.

A second person who also was extricated from another vehicle sustained minor injuries, Pellitteri said.

A total of six people were sent to Advocate with minor injuries, one in critical condition, and an eighth was was transported to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with minor injuries.

“There was extensive, heavy damage to the vehicles,” Pellitteri said.

The Illinois State Police is investigating the cause of the crash.

[dirty ike]

damn can't believe nobody died

[durt]

texting

[AceGoober]

In the U.S., maximum weight for a semi is 80,000 pounds spread over 18 wheels. The tractor (truck) itself is between 14,000 to 20,000 pounds depending upon type. Trailer adds another 6,000 to 20,000 pounds depending upon type.

With the configuration of the truck in the video, excluding the unknown weight of the cargo, I'd guesstimate the combination was somewhere in the neighborhood of 35,000 pounds or 17.5 tons. That is a hell of a lot of weight in forward momentum and I, too, am surprised nobody died considering the severity of the wreck. To me it didn't look like the truck driver applied the breaks before hitting the cars.

[Desensitisation]

Truck driver, literally at the last second, begins to swerve to the left. I reckon it's either fiddling with radio or texting, looks up at the last moment, oh fuck me. He's going to be doing some time, I reckon...

[The Krokodil]

Fucking dumbass eating cock while driving an 18 wheeler..

[FunkPumpkin]

Rear-facing drive cam? Damn, and I thought I was fancy by having one HD cam facing forward.

Wicked accident! I watched it at least a half-dozen times. Nothing short of a miracle that nobody was killed.

[Desensitisation]

Originally Posted by FunkPumpkin

Rear-facing drive cam? Damn, and I thought I was fancy by having one HD cam facing forward.

Wicked accident! I watched it at least a half-dozen times. Nothing short of a miracle that nobody was killed.

I have cameras front and rear, because there's always some asshole who likes to tailgate, and it's nice to show the insurers precisely who is at fault...

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by Desensitisation

I have cameras front and rear, because there's always some asshole who likes to tailgate, and it's nice to show the insurers precisely who is at fault...

Too right.

I winged a sprinting doe today. Thumped her somewhat lightly, but knocked off a fog-light cover and my deer whistles. She probably has a very sore left ass-cheek right now, but otherwise we escaped unscathed. No viddy worth posting, I'm afraid.