JesLookin
Appleton,WI
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Driving in those conditions as you approach someone to pass and while passing you collect quite a bit of spray from the tires of the other vehicle. Probably lost sight of the road, maybe reached down to turn on wipers???
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Richert
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Wow, that was terrible!!! Lived in snow country all my life, now that I can do it I head south in the winter so I don't have to travel in those types of conditions.
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Wills250psd
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I have seen lots of bad things in my 40 years but that may be the worst thing I ever saw.My heart started racing and I could only imagine how the people involved must have felt.
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kaydeejay
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For those of you who didn't follow the link, Snopes suggests the truck was a Nissan Navara. In North America, the closest thing to the Navara is the Frontier.
Not surprisingly, the 32 year old driver was killed, semi driver was moderately injured.
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Just Bob
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And the guy with the camera stops in the travel lane....
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Doug and Cassi Glass
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Ryan's correct about the 4x4 and SUVs (AWD). We had a saying on CHP that the only difference between a 2x4 and 4x4 was when you were stuck in a 4x4 you were really stuck. Just because they'll go a little better doesn't mean they'll "whoa" any better.
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Weathertodd221
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I dont know too many US roads that dont have a median or divider between high speed lanes like that road. If anything it would be a country road and the closing speeds wouldnt be as fast.
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Macktee
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That is the worst thing I have seen on hiway in all my years of driving the winter highways. Macktee
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koda55
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It is not just snow that this happens. It can be rain or even dry pavement. As a retired over the road truck driver I have seen to many of these accidents. Lack of attention and driving to fast for weather conditions is a recipe for accidents.
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kcstepp1992
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I just about made the DW jump out of her chair. I thought there would be an accident but like others I wasnt expecting to see that truck just explode. The person in the semi I feel terrible for. The guy in the box truck did an amazing job to stay out of the more serious part of the accident.
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