One often wonders why pile up of semi’s discussed below doesn’t happen more often. Tractor-trailers love to run in convoy, as if safe stopping distance doesn’t count when they are in formation. These are not fighter jets, nor bicycle racers. They are 80,000 pounds of mass hurdling down a highway at or above 70 m.p.h., driven by individuals who may have been driving all night.
A pileup involving five semi-trailers in western Iowa resulted in the fatality of a truck driver Tuesday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-iowa-truckscollid,0,3809387.story
The collision took place before noon on Interstate 29 near Missouri Valley, when southbound traffic for an unknown reason was at a standstill and lead to the multi-truck crash.
The driver of one of the trucks involved in the crash was killed, and another truck driver was injured. We wonder how many other injuries might have gotten lost in the shuffle of all of this debris.
Driver Dies in Five-Truck Crash in Iowa
Posted on 17th February 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
Iowa truck pileup, Iowa trucking fatality, semi-accident crash, semi-crashes, truck attorney, truck crash
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