Hey Guys,
One of my crew didn't make it to the job site this morning. Fortunately for him he was in the big truck.
My Crewman was driving at 35 mph down the road with 33,000 Gross Vehicle weight dump truck fully loaded with gravel. When The explorer blew through a red light at an estimated speed of 60 mph. The impact drove drove the passenger side door in toward the center of the vehicle a full twelve inches. The explorer was lifted completely off the ground and spun 180 degree's. Only the grace of God kept the dump truck from flipping and seriously injurying my co-worker. [Broken External Image]:[Broken External Image]:
The two illegals in the explorer..well. The driver fled the scene leaving his passenger trapped in the car. After the EMS extricated him he had to be Aircared. But I don't believe he survived. He was moving when he I saw him but the EMS didn't have high hopes for his survival. We spent the next three hours cleaning up the mess.
The reason I write this is. My coworker is emotionally a wreck. A brand new Dump truck is totalled and a man is most likely dead not to mention that The officers told me that the city will be footing the bill since the illegals didn't have insurance. When does it end? How do we stop the bleeding? No wonder we pay so much for police and fire services....oh and Taxes
Sorry guys just venting a little....
One of my crew didn't make it to the job site this morning. Fortunately for him he was in the big truck.
My Crewman was driving at 35 mph down the road with 33,000 Gross Vehicle weight dump truck fully loaded with gravel. When The explorer blew through a red light at an estimated speed of 60 mph. The impact drove drove the passenger side door in toward the center of the vehicle a full twelve inches. The explorer was lifted completely off the ground and spun 180 degree's. Only the grace of God kept the dump truck from flipping and seriously injurying my co-worker. [Broken External Image]:[Broken External Image]:
The two illegals in the explorer..well. The driver fled the scene leaving his passenger trapped in the car. After the EMS extricated him he had to be Aircared. But I don't believe he survived. He was moving when he I saw him but the EMS didn't have high hopes for his survival. We spent the next three hours cleaning up the mess.
The reason I write this is. My coworker is emotionally a wreck. A brand new Dump truck is totalled and a man is most likely dead not to mention that The officers told me that the city will be footing the bill since the illegals didn't have insurance. When does it end? How do we stop the bleeding? No wonder we pay so much for police and fire services....oh and Taxes
Sorry guys just venting a little....