Semi truck accident deadly crash

Semi runs right into a car that just got pulled over by a police officer. The car failed to get of the road and gets nailed for it,Bad accident

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[MIoldtimer]

This is the crap I worry about every night at work. Everyone is quick to blame the truck driver, but more often than not, the passenger car drivers cause the crashes. They are also the ones who never seem to follow the "slow down and move over" law that is in place to protect us who work on highway scenes and those who are pulled over.

[ffjsb]

@MIoldtimer It IS the truck drivers fault!! Even thought the car is not over as far as it should be, the Semi clearly is to the right of the white line so it's not in it's lane. It hits the car on the whole left half side. Even it the car was fully to the right side of the berm, the semi would've killed an officer standing at the drivers window. The semi neither slowed down or changed lanes as most states require. While cars do cause many crashes, the semi's at fault here.

[shipzilla]

holy shit! that was bad

[ffjsb]

@DreamFlightPro I don't care what you drive, if you can't see the cars' left wheels are just to the right of the SOLID WHITE LINE, you probably need glasses. The officer is saying "Get out of the road" because he would be standing in a travel lane if he was at the drivers window. Towing cars has nothing to do with the truck hitting the car. He went into the RIGHT SHOULDER and struck the car. I drove a truck in the early '80's and we knew then to move over a lane for cops and tow trucks.

[DreamFlightPro]

@ffjsb well I'm a Tow Truck driver for AAA Roadside Assistance and they have the procedure in towing cars...fire fighters do not tow cars so you wouldn't even know....I remember when I first started towing cars the CHP officer even to me to move my truck closer to the right so I wouldn't get clipped by a driver. Even the High Way patrol officer shouted get out of the ROAD!!! CASE CLOSED!

[MFP1520]

its the pigs fault

[SteelCity1981]

@ 0:10 seconds if you pause it you can see the truck driver was at fault the semi was halfway on the shoulder.

[ffjsb]

@DreamFlightPro You are comepletely wrong. The car, while close to the right travel lane, was comepletely in the shoulder. If you can't see that the car is in the breakdown lane, you need new glasses. I've been in Fire/EMS/Rescue for almost 30 years. The semi should've slowed down. And even if the car had stopped in the travel lane, you are liable for Assured Clear Distance if you hit any vehicle from behind.

[DreamFlightPro]

@ffjsb Its not thye Semi's Fault...The Officer even said get out of the road!!!!!! Common sense that the driver was still clearly on the road.....I'm a Tow Truck driver and I took the AAA Roadside Assistance Class for the safety of the Road...the driver of that white car was clearly in the danger zone..the Highway patrol car wasn't hit because he was clearly out of the danger zoneand the car in front of the highway patrol car was not.Clearly it was the drivers fault who was getting pulled over!

[SilverFox466]

@MIoldtimer When I was driving, in 2008 there was a suicidal woman who tried to jump out into the highway. It was a dark night, but I am lucky I saw her. She was holding her child, and I just barely missed them. I was able to pull into the fast lane before she got her whole body in my lane. I notfied the drivers behind me, and they were as freaked out as I was. It was on I-80 heading East bound in Iowa.

[ffjsb]

@duane2072 The semi driver should've hit the car that cut him off. They were probably within a few mph of each other and the car driver would most likely have minor injuries. Hitting the parked car was by far the worst choice, a good driver would have realized that.