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Originally Posted by blankall
Too many people jumping to conclusions. This wasn't a person swerving into oncoming traffic. This was a rear end collision. It could have been caused by the lead car dangerously slamming on brakes and a lapse in attention by the driver of a large truck.
IMO this sounds like the bigger issue is the need people feel to drive massive cars/SUVs/trucks in urban areas. I hate it when people sight "safety" as the reason for driving a large vehicle. All they are doing is adding more impact force to a collision and putting more risk on the other driver. The next time someone tells you that they bought a large vehicle for "safety" reasons, think about this tragedy.
Edit: Just saw the dangerous driving charge bit... so a combo of an awful driver and a massive vehicle.
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There is a first hand witness account posted on Reddit, the red truck in the photo in the Sun article is not the one that caused the accident. The red truck was travelling southbound, the black truck that caused the accident was travelling north, swerving in and out of traffic, was driving on the median, came back into the northbound lanes and hit the sedan, causing it to swerve into the southbound lane, where it was struck by the red truck. The driver of the black truck then travelled up the hill to the CPR lines and fled on foot.