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Posted: 04/02/12 07:11am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Not sure what they were in or what happen, still very sad news.

Motor home crash kills 5 from Minnesota ........s-5-from-minnesota-family/#ixzz1qt7a5QYv


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Posted: 04/02/12 07:23am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Better link....

Looks like it was a Freightliner motor home.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti........w?docId=d8419dc00d374e2899635aeee9bd9dd5

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Posted: 04/02/12 07:36am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Prayers go out to the family.


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What a tragedy for the family. A 17 year old driving a motorhome? Not a great idea.

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Posted: 04/02/12 07:44am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Klueck wrote:

What a tragedy for the family. A 17 year old driving a motorhome? Not a great idea.

Sure is a tragedy to lose that many family members but yes I have to agree letting a youngster drive a big coach towing a huge trailer certainly was not the best decision.

If anything lets hope that this post will open the eyes and help prevent a parent that thinks his child, who has NO experience under his belt as to how to correct a trailer sway situation and/or how to avoid an accident, from ever being behind the wheel of an RV towing.

* This post was edited 04/02/12 07:50am by rockhillmanor *


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DW and I were just discussing this and wondering about 18 people in the MH. If they were traveling just a bit over the legal speed limit? Where do you sit that many people? Just a bunch of ???'s.


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That was my first thought too. I also wonder if all 18 were in the coach.

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Sad. The report seems to imply all 18 were in the coach.

I was wondering about the combined length and weight. The 3 axle trailer appears to be long - perhaps a toy hauler? Any guesses?

Plus a 17 year old driver. I feel for everyone and legally there is some very serious downside potential.


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Posted: 04/02/12 07:59am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Seems a lot more like an issue of 18 people in a motorhome. That would nearly ALWAYS be a very dangerous situation regardless of WHO was driving.


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An absolute tragedy that was probably preventable. Hopefully someone will post the follow up to what happened and the circumstances that had 18 people in a motorhome pulling a huge trailer with some detailed info on the vehicle.


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