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Executive45
Explorer III
Jun 07, 2017

Two RVs hit head on - Hwy 49 in California

Two RVs collided head on while traveling on Hwy 49 near Grass Valley today. Single driver in the smaller RV and a couple in the larger one....Prayers for the families...Dennis





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  • Effy's avatar
    Effy
    Explorer II
    Seeing these accidents and understanding the lack of crashworthiness reinforces some of the motives for selling ours.
  • azdryheat wrote:
    Keep in mind that RV's don't have the crash worthiness that we're used to in our cars.

    Yes, it's scary how they explode on impact.
  • Always hard to completely tell by photos, but it does appear as if the Pace Arrow is completely on the wrong side of the road. And although Highway 49 can be a windy road in places, this looks like a nice wide straight stretch of it.
  • Guy in video heard, 2nd hand, that the Pace Arrow (smaller of the two) was swerving. Keep in mind that RV's don't have the crash worthiness that we're used to in our cars.
  • Any idea how it happened? So sad for the people involved. I just think of our situation, we worked 16 hour days, 6 days a week to get the the point where we are now retired and I am praying that nothing like this happens to us. My prayers to everyone involved.