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10-09-2008, 10:47 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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|  One for the truckers - rollover on Donner Pass
I'm not really driving much anymore, but I've talked to quite a few guys on here who do. One of my bros who still hammers flatbed coast-to-coast sent me this vid of a rookie over-cooking a corner coming down Donner. Wild stuff... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsl5Uf-OuGs Remember, if you see a yellow sign with a picture of a truck tilted to the left, start downshifting... Last edited by Big Mike; 10-09-2008 at 10:51 AM. |
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10-09-2008, 11:44 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Damn....did he go over the rail? I didnt see the truck after the cloud of smoke...
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10-09-2008, 11:55 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Fatality rollover on Donner Pass In Ca Thursday, September 18, 2008 News: Big Rig rollover captured on video Graphic footage of a double fatal big rig accident which Cal Fire crews worked Monday near Colfax captured by Wal Mart truck on-board video recorder...The driver of big rig had only had his license for nine days... Big Rig Rollover - Second victim pulled from Colfax big rig wreckage By Jenna Nielsen, Journal Staff Writer The body of a co-driver was extricated this morning by Cal Fire crews at the scene of Monday's big rig rollover crash near Colfax. The body of a second man was found underneath debris Tuesday morning at the accident site of a big rig rollover near Colfax Monday, officials reported. The man, whose name is not being released pending notification of his family, was reportedly a passenger in the big rig, which rolled into a guard rail spilling its load of recylced plastic down the embankment near the Magra Road exit on westbound Interstate 80, California Highway Patrol offi-cials reported. The driver, who was trapped inside of the trucks cab and was also killed in the accident, was re-portedly going 70 mph and passing another truck in the fast lane when he lost control and slid down an embankment, said CHP Officer Rich Ruiz. This morning, as the investigator was going over log books, (it was) determined there was possi-bly a co-driver involved, Ruiz said. Ruiz said investigators also have video footage of the accident, recorded by a device on a Wal-Mart truck, which the driver of the big rig was passing at the time of the accident. The driver of the WalMart truck was doing 55 mph, so we estimate the driver (of the big rig) was going 70 mph when he approached a curve and lost control. You see in the video the trailer starts to fishtail. When the driver tries to correct, he is sent over the guardrail. Battalion Chief Jeff Brand of Cal Fire said crews located the co-driver under the debris and extri-cated him this morning. Brand said when the truck was overturned, the cab was torn off and wedged beneath the contents of the trailer and the trailer itself. All westbound lanes were closed as a result of the accident, which occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. All lanes were opened by approximately 7:45 p.m., California Highway Patrol officials said. Ruiz said the driver of big rig had only had his license for nine days. |
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10-09-2008, 12:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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10-09-2008, 02:03 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
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I live like 20 mins away from that and drove by it coming back from the rubicon a few weeks ago. It was like 1 week after the crash, and the guard rail was totally smashed and there were a bunch of cones and stuff up. Most of the truck was still down there.
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10-09-2008, 02:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Yikes thats nasty....
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10-09-2008, 02:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: um, Houston?
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I've never been thru Donner Pass...after seeing that I have no desire to go either.
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10-09-2008, 04:58 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: On The Lake
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I've hauled freight over (and been snowed in on) Donner Pass several times. It's not a difficult pass to negotiate whatsoever, if you don't drive stupid. The only good thing about the outcome of this accident is that nobody else was hurt or killed. Since the co-driver was most likely a trainer, he should have made sure that rookie was driving properly, or better yet, he should have been taking that load down the hill. If I was the trainer, there's no way I'd allow a green driver to bring a load down off Donner. He'd be lucky if I let him deadhead down the pass. However, with this accident, it's hard to tell if the truck had some kind of equipment failure (brakes). It's easy to jump to conclusions without knowing all the facts... With all these dumbass truck drivers on the road now, I feel safer driving 2 lane roads up here in NW Montana, grossing 106,000+ lbs., dodging deer, elk, moose and bears when it's -10 degrees, it's snowing and the roads are snow packed and icy...... Last edited by montana.matt; 10-09-2008 at 05:00 PM. |
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10-09-2008, 05:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Spanish Springs, Nv
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was that a swift truck?, jk. There is always truck accidents in that area. I-80 just west of the Nevada border sucks bad, no matter what your driving. That is the roughest road I have ever driven on, & it gets paved just about every year.
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10-09-2008, 07:04 PM
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10-09-2008, 07:07 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 517
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Wow, the sucky part is about accidents is the realization seconds before with no way to stop it...
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10-09-2008, 07:11 PM
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| Just jump it!   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cedar City, Utah
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Glad i dont drive anymore.Yes its Always a swift truck .I drove for swift but it was MS carriers the first 5 years i drove for them and got bought out. Told um the could have that truck and havent been back in one since.
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10-10-2008, 06:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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I can't think of how the brakes could fail other than being overheated. A loss of air pressure will lock the brakes down... | |||
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10-10-2008, 08:38 AM
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10-10-2008, 08:40 AM
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10-10-2008, 03:55 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: crawlifornia
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I think this video is from a Monday... oooohhh i hate Monday's  having driven that pass many times, and being so close to it, I have seen many a driver cookin brakes on the down grade, and rolling fires. A few years back a trucker lost brakes, hit the run-a -way ramp, uhhh continued through the ramp because it didn't stop him jumped the mound at the end and the rig piled on the train tracks below, then was hit by the train coming down the track. |
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10-10-2008, 04:09 PM
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 We've only got one here in Montana and that's on I-90 e/b Homestake Pass, if I remember right. On the other passes, you either put it in the ditch or put it in the snowbank(been there done that) and hope for the best | |
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