RIP trucker. Look at this destruction

[Frank]

Wow...just trying to comprehend all the breakage that occurred. Took them 12 hours just to free the body of the driver.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Truck-hits-overpass-on-I-30-in-Dallas-158372365.html?gallery=y&img=12&c=y&c=y&c=y#/news/local/Truck-hits-overpass-on-I-30-in-Dallas-158372365.html?gallery=y&img=11&c=y&c=y&c=y&c=y

I saw another angle and it shows the frame rails are straddle the support. It stripped the frame and shoved the engine, suspension, cab, everything all the way back to the rear axles. ho lee crap.

[SMKR]

Makes you wonder how exactly it happened

[ceyko]

Yeah, they don't say shit about it. Could have been a 1001 things....

DALLAS — Crews struggled to clear the scene at the site of a fatal accident where an 18-wheeler struck an overpass, shutting down the westbound lanes of Interstate 30 at Dolphin Road in East Dallas from late Sunday afternoon into the morning commute Monday.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said the driver of the truck was killed in the accident at 4:12 p.m. No other vehicles were involved.
The biggest question now concerns the safety of the Dolphin Road bridge over I-30 after the big rig slammed into one of its pillars, apparently at full speed, just east of Fair Park.
Late Sunday night, TxDOT spokesman Mark Pettit said the crash fractured the easternmost column of the overpass. "That has caused the structure to become unstable," he said. "The semi is basically holding the structure up until we can get emergency crews in there to shore it up."
While several lanes were expected to be cleared for traffic by about 4:30 a.m., crews at the scene were behind schedule, and it wasn't until just before 7 a.m. that the westbound HOV lane re-opened. Texas Department of Transportation planned to phase the opening of all four lanes, with the lane closest to the median opening first and then the two alongside that lane. The far right lane was expected to remain closed for some time.
TxDOT engineers were summoned to inspect the bridge structure for damage caused by the impact. The wreckage was left in place until that analysis was complete.
The Dolphin Road overpass was also closed to traffic in both directions pending repairs.
A hazardous materials team was called to clean up spilled fuel.
There appeared to be no impact on eastbound I-30 traffic at the Dolphin Road interchange.
If you normally take I-30 into downtown, you may want to bail out much earlier for the Monday morning rush hour, possibly circling around on LBJ Freeway, Interstate 20 or Highway 175.
DART also offers transit alternatives on its Blue Line light rail service to Garland and the Green Line to Buckner Boulevard.
Whatever route you take, you'll need to leave a lot earlier in the morning.

[90MarkVII]

My guess is that they will soon come up with "records show the driver was texting right before the crash".

[Frank]

Fox 4 reported he was driving erratic and lost control and hit it head on at full speed. Could have been something medical. Hope it wasn't texting. Sad way to go. My Dad was a trucker and we used to worry about him on long trips but he was smart and would just pull over if he got sleepy.

[BajaBob]

Sleeping would be my guess. At least he went quick.

[mstng86]

Wow. I have never seen that much damage to a truck. I wonder what they will do with the bridge. It is already probably 40 years old.

[mystic96]

On the news this morning they reported the truck hit so hard the motor flew out of the front of the truck.

[JP135]

My Dad was a trucker and we used to worry about him on long trips but he was smart and would just pull over if he got sleepy.

Good man. No load is worth dying or killing somebody over.

RIP to the driver.

Its amazing what you see from the cab of a truck. Last week I saw some clown in a Freightliner holding his cellphone to his ear with his shoulder, and had a
styrofoam to-go plate cradled in the middle of the steering wheel. Jabbering on the phone and shoveling food into his fat face, doing 70 down I-20.

[GrayStangGT]

I've seen a very similar wreck on I-20 in Colorado City about 4-5 years ago, truck center a pillar just like that. It was bad, but holy shit that is just amazing to see that much material crushed to nothing.

[KWClutch]

That looks like the truck in the Matrix with all the ripples in the trailer. Holy crap that hit hard. I know it's the best option at the moment, probably had nothing to do with this accident and we couldn't live without trucks/truckers but 40k-70k lbs going 60-70mph sounds like such a horrible idea. Add that with all the dumbass drivers out there and it's an accident waiting to happen.

[Tx Redneck]

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

[krazy kris]

A few years ago I worked at a rail yard in Haslet. It would never fail almost every over the road driver would take an hour or more to back his trailer in a slot. They would always have the damn cell phone up to their ear while they were backing up slamming into the side of the trailers beside them.

[SSMAN]

Shit, it' looks like two trucks. One in the pole and one up the ass of the other.

[Shaggin Wagon]

Dont ever say our structural engineers aren't damn good!