Fatal wreck on I-80 in CA

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Old 04-11-2008, 04:31 PM
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Default Fatal wreck on I-80 in CA

Here are some pics of an accident that happened today right around the corner from where I work.

The tow truck was broke down on the side of the road, and the driver was said to be working on it, and the other driver veered out of his lane and hit the tow truck, killing the driver.

http://www.auburnjournal.com/detail/81562.html
 
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Saw that on the local news last night, i'd like to know what the driver was doing to end up hitting a truck on the shoulder.
 
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I drove over 80 on a bridge in Loomis around 6PM last night and saw the traffic on 80 completely stopped...this is the first I heard of what happened. I am sorry for the driver that was killed. I also wonder why the other driver drifted off the road. I'm sure they will have a close look at his log.
 
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another black eye . :cry:
 
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That's like the 3rd accident in just a couple months on this side of tahoe... One trucker hit a cal trans worker, somebody hit the guardrail west bound near secret town road and lost their load of cardboard and now this... Be careful!!!
 
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Originally Posted by kona911
That's like the 3rd accident in just a couple months on this side of tahoe... One trucker hit a cal trans worker, somebody hit the guardrail west bound near secret town road and lost their load of cardboard and now this... Be careful!!!
i saw the three bales of cardboard on the side of the road while i was going westbound earlier today.
 
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There was another accident about a month or so ago, where a Tony's pizza driver out of Reno was traveling east (i think) around Clipper Gap and decided to drive off the side of the road. The first tree he hit ripped the steering axle off of the truck, and he was found to have alcohol in his system.
 
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Originally Posted by CaliTrucker
There was another accident about a month or so ago, where a Tony's pizza driver out of Reno was traveling east (i think) around Clipper Gap and decided to drive off the side of the road. The first tree he hit ripped the steering axle off of the truck, and he was found to have alcohol in his system.
Oh yeah, I saw that one when I was on my way up to Colfax to go riding. He was going west and just dipped off the road and down the hill a bit... How he made it all the way from Reno without crashing sooner is a bit wierd...
 
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