TC accident CA99 in Bakersfield
Prayers for this couple and their family. Happened yesterday but I have not seen any updates. Put this here since it involved a TC but moderators feel free to move it. http://www.kget.c...
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Well, two people got badly hurt, and I hope they will recover from this accident. I am sure it was not in their vacation plans... in the end, it will boil down to who pays what. Doesn't make their injuries any less.
What I would like to know - and why I looked into the local news from Bakersfield,CA, on the other side of the earth: How did the camper end up in this position, almost crushing the cab. What tiedown system did they use, and how did it fail in the chain of events that ended with their truck against that unfortunate tree? Did the first rear impact tear out the rear tiedowns, and the bouncing camper down that slope take out the fronts? I would like to know - for my own safety - if there is a lesson to be learned here. Besides that traffic is dangerous, don't brake unexpectedly if you can avoid it, and sometimes trees grow in unfortunate spaces...
What I would like to know - and why I looked into the local news from Bakersfield,CA, on the other side of the earth: How did the camper end up in this position, almost crushing the cab. What tiedown system did they use, and how did it fail in the chain of events that ended with their truck against that unfortunate tree? Did the first rear impact tear out the rear tiedowns, and the bouncing camper down that slope take out the fronts? I would like to know - for my own safety - if there is a lesson to be learned here. Besides that traffic is dangerous, don't brake unexpectedly if you can avoid it, and sometimes trees grow in unfortunate spaces...
