Trashy
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About 4:45 AM Saturday Morning 6-13-09. I was traveling I-26 East about 114 mile marker, driving an 18 wheeler loaded with 78,000 pounds of wood chips. I was in the 3rd lane coming upon exit 116 to I-77. A garbage truck an pickup with camper in tow were in the 3rd lane well ahead on me. All I could see was a dark object hit the 3rd lane an throw sparks in front of the pickup. Then for a brief second, I could see a dark object in front of the pickup, before the impact with the pickup. Then this dark object flying across into my lane. Since I had no one to my right, I went to the 3rd & emergency lane(These loads are very top heavy). I missed the object, but the pickup an camper were in those lanes fishtailing. So I then started to move back into the first lane. About the time I started over the pickup an camper jackknifed, an came right in front of me. I knew if I kept on rolling I would cream the pickup in the drivers door and kill or hurt those people really bad. I made the choice to cut hard left into the retaining wall, knowing it would lay the truck over. My left hand cut the wheel hard left, my right cut the seat belt loose, over we went.
When it was over, my trucks icc bumper was against the retaining wall. Truck an trailer across all 3 lanes, load scattered all over the interstate. The hood an top of the cab was 1 inch from the drivers door of the pickup. The object was a trash dumpster.
When the garbage truck was dumping the dumpster it fell off the forks an into the hooper. The dumb azz driver was suppose to call company an get the boom truck out to pick the dumpster out of the hooper. He didn't an chose to drive the truck to the yard. And when he hit the bridge it threw the dumpster into the road causing all this mess. His boss told us he was involved in another accident the day before.
I know you guys want photos'. My camera was in the truck an they didn't even want me to climb back into it to get my papers. I cannot find any photos' on the news. But the insurance company is suppose to be sending me some photos'. When they do I'll post them to this thread. This is why I have waited to post waiting on photos'.
The only reason I am posting now and that no one but me hurt(Minor), Is Angel Kevin(VMAN1300) and God. Guys PLEASE ALWAYS BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
When it was over, my trucks icc bumper was against the retaining wall. Truck an trailer across all 3 lanes, load scattered all over the interstate. The hood an top of the cab was 1 inch from the drivers door of the pickup. The object was a trash dumpster.
When the garbage truck was dumping the dumpster it fell off the forks an into the hooper. The dumb azz driver was suppose to call company an get the boom truck out to pick the dumpster out of the hooper. He didn't an chose to drive the truck to the yard. And when he hit the bridge it threw the dumpster into the road causing all this mess. His boss told us he was involved in another accident the day before.
I know you guys want photos'. My camera was in the truck an they didn't even want me to climb back into it to get my papers. I cannot find any photos' on the news. But the insurance company is suppose to be sending me some photos'. When they do I'll post them to this thread. This is why I have waited to post waiting on photos'.
The only reason I am posting now and that no one but me hurt(Minor), Is Angel Kevin(VMAN1300) and God. Guys PLEASE ALWAYS BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.