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bighatnohorse
Apr 04, 2018Explorer II
BradW wrote:profdant139 wrote:
According to the article, I think it says that the TC hit the brakes and caused the rear-end collision.....
More fake news.
Roger that!
No eye witnesses - other than possibly the truck driver. And what's his/her story going to be other than "they slammed on the brakes".
Here's the Instagram first responder (civilian person):
When I reached in the cab the driver Ed had no pulse, wasn't breathing and his lips were turning blue. I checked his pulse 4 times and his situation wasn't changing. I continued to keep Rosemary talking and kept telling her that Ed was just unconscious. Both of her wrists were broken terribly and just hanging from her arms.
I was shocked when Ed started breathing, then his color came back and he started moving! He had been gone for at least 5 mins.
Many other people stopped to help. It was an overwhelming experience. It reminded us that in a split second your life can change.
repost from @roadpickle
We "kinda" witnessed a major accident this morning along CA-99 South in Bakersfield. We witnessed a semi rear ending a semi. What we didn't witness was the first semi rear ending a pick up truck camper. The pick up truck camper was catapulted off the side of the freeway and into a tree. We were the first on the scene. Sash jumped out of our truck to help. They were pinned into the cab. The camper came through the cab and hit the driver in the head. He appeared to be dead. His wife in the passenger seat had both wrists broken and broken ribs. The driver slowly came to, but was dazed. I was on the phone calling 911, and frustrated I got a recorded message saying all lines are busy. Who the **** is clogging up the emergency line when we got people dying here?? More people came over. I finally saw a CHP officer up ahead, stopping to look at the semi trucks. I ran over to him to tell him that he needed to be over here to help this couple. Fire trucks finally arrived, they had to saw off tree branches to get them out. My best guess is that the camper got on the freeway too slow, the truck seemed underpowered for the size of the camper on it. A semi slammed into it, and another semi slammed into that semi. We barely stopped in time to avoid the crash. Quite a morning. Sash gave all she could to help and comfort this couple.
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