Nearly fatal crash at my job.

[soap]

Ok. I show up at work today. And found out my co.worker and good friend. Had a bad Accident behind our building.

Before anyone says. Drugs or alcohol. Let me tell y'all this is a good kid. He I fell a sleep behind the wheel. He was Speeding obviously. He works nearly 100 hours per week. Between working for our company and a second job.
The trailer cliped his right side of the head. The trailer has lots of blood on it.
Luckily he did not have a passenger. He is in critical condition with massive brain injury. I hope he makes it. He's only in his 20's

Only pictures I have for now.




FYI. Those trailers are used for Product storage.

[soap]

this almost reminds me of that corvette pic. that 'CJ' bought the rear end off of.

[davbrucas]

If he has "massive brain injury" then he isnt likely to survive.

[barronj]

If he has a massive brain injury, he will need constant care for the rest of his life. Most all of us are completely sheltered from the harsh realities of brain injuries. As the family member of someone whose attempted suicide left them with a massive brain injury, knowing what I know now, "I hope he makes it" isn't what comes to mind.

Sorry about your friend. His life is likely permanently fucked.

[naynay]

I'm with you Barron, brain injuries change everyone's life

[lowthreeohz]

Fell asleep at the wheel doing 100+ behind a warehouse in an industrial area?

Bullshit

[BlackGT]

You sure it wasn't an attempted suicide? I know it's not what you want to think about when someone you care about is hurt very bad, but lo3oz has a point. How can you be going that fast behind a warehouse and fall asleep at the wheel?

[gt500]

Fell asleep at the wheel doing 100+ behind a warehouse in an industrial area?

Bullshit

(Works nearly 100 hours a week) is what he said not going 100mph. If he was going 100 it would have been a lot worse.
Sorry about your friend.

[Hobie]

Fell asleep at the wheel doing 100+ behind a warehouse in an industrial area?

Bullshit

You know those federal crash tests where it destroys a vehicle when hitting a wall? Those are performed at 35mph.

[dumpycapri85]

That is not a very high speed impact . The only thing that stopped the truck was the windshield and the roof . Not much to stop a 5k lb truck . That crash could have been at 30 mph . I hope he recovers .

[Snatch Napkin]

Working that many hours working, I would be more inclined to say he might've had a seizure from too many energy drinks, mashed the throttle, and ran into the trailer.

Unless there is a stupendously long road back there, the likelihood of him falling asleep in that short of a time frame doesn't seem plausible.

[Geor!]

Working that many hours working, I would be more inclined to say he might've had a seizure from too many energy drinks, mashed the throttle, and ran into the trailer.

Unless there is a stupendously long road back there, the likelihood of him falling asleep in that short of a time frame doesn't seem plausible.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[lowthreeohz]

(Works nearly 100 hours a week) is what he said not going 100mph. If he was going 100 it would have been a lot worse.
Sorry about your friend.

You're riight, but I still don't buy that it just innocently happened

[bcoop]

As much as I drive, falling asleep behind the wheel has been a huge concern of mine. That's terrible, regardless of how it happened.

[Captain Crawfish]

no reason to work 100 hrs a week. this week i saw a swift truck completely rear end a pickup on I30 prob due to fatigue. also in dallas at a fuel stop a driver forgot to set his brakes due to fatigue and his truck rolled back into a ditch. heres another example of a tired driver. the long hrs will catch up to you eventually. hope the guy recovers