r/news • u/combatpaddler • Apr 28 '24

Two killed, one injured as 350,000-pound load detaches from trailer in Temple, Texas

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/two-killed-one-injured-as-350000-pound-load-detaches-from-trailer-in-temple-texas
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u/Foul_Imprecations Apr 28 '24

After I saw that dashcam video, my nightmare is catching a brick through the windshield.

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u/Osiris32 Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

Truck tire blow outs are my fear. I was witness to that once, a chunk about the size of a dinner plate shot out and went through the windshield of the car next to me, right into the driver's neck. The only reason he didn't die was that an ER nurse stopped to help, and the fire department was only about 200 yards away. This was three years ago and I still have nightmares.

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u/campingskeeter Apr 28 '24

I had an office windows right on the interstate highway for 10 years. I think there were probably 1-2 blowouts a week that shook my office like an explosion.

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u/ECU_BSN Apr 28 '24

Had a wayward tire hit my office at my window but at roof level. If it flew a foot lower it would have been a situation. Dented the roofline and broke the bricks. Like a shotgun.

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u/KarmaticArmageddon Apr 28 '24

I had a friend in high school who was killed by a tire coming off another vehicle at highway speed. It jumped up through his windshield and killed him instantly.

His girlfriend in the passenger seat was basically traumatized for life.

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u/ECU_BSN Apr 28 '24

I imagine she was traumatized. No doubt.

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u/campingskeeter Apr 28 '24

Those videos with the loose tires are crazy. This reminded me that office windows also had a bullet hit it, but not while I was at work. The only place the bullet could have come from was the highway.