The wrong way driver was reportedly traveling at speeds of around 100 m.p.h.


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Wrong way car plows into semi truck on Ohio highway in dash cam video

A motorist's dash cam captured terrifying footage of a wrong way multi-vehicle crash that happened on an Ohio highway this week.
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A motorist’s dash cam captured terrifying footage of a wrong way multi-vehicle crash that happened on an Ohio highway this week.
The crash occurred just before 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Police say that 22 year old Tyler M. Williams was driving the wrong direction on southbound Route 8 when he collided with a semi truck and two other vehicles.

Williams died in the crash.

One other person was trapped in their vehicle after the crash and had to be extracted before they were transported to the hospital.

Cleveland 19 reports that Williams is suspected of traveling in excess of 100 m.p.h. prior to the crash.

 

Yep! Looked like Old Dickhead to me too. The wrong way driver just grazed the OD truck. He overreacted to the situation. I was taught when I first started driving to NEVER turn my wheel for anyone. I have survived over 5,000,000 miles of local driving with fuels, living by that motto. Take the bastards with you.
 
Fins said:
Yep! Looked like Old Dickhead to me too. The wrong way driver just grazed the OD truck. He overreacted to the situation. I was taught when I first started driving to NEVER turn my wheel for anyone. I have survived over 5,000,000 miles of local driving with fuels, living by that motto. Take the bastards with you.
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you damned well had better go back and take another look at that video. the OD driver moved over to the left, the idiot slammed into his drives, at or about the 1:01 point.....then, he takes out the front trailer rear tires on that same side..so tell me oh great one, how did the OD driver "over react"...???

i have many years myself, over 35 (at least) and and about 3.5 million miles, i too live by the "take them with you", but, he moved over, and did not over react. had he over reacted, he would have lost control (most likely) pulling pups, which i have also pulled, have you..??

you have any idea on how that tail trailer reacts with sudden wheel movements..??

personally, i think you don't....
 
GAnthony said:
you damned well had better go back and take another look at that video. the OD driver moved over to the left, the idiot slammed into his drives, at or about the 1:01 point.....then, he takes out the front trailer rear tires on that same side..so tell me oh great one, how did the OD driver "over react"...???

i have many years myself, over 35 (at least) and and about 3.5 million miles, i too live by the "take them with you", but, he moved over, and did not over react. had he over reacted, he would have lost control (most likely) pulling pups, which i have also pulled, have you..??

you have any idea on how that tail trailer reacts with sudden wheel movements..??

personally, i think you don't....
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If anything, he held it extremely well for taking a shot like that. Serious professionalism all the way around especially keeping it upright. Short wheelbase tractors are especially twitchy. Smaller movements do bigger things compared to a normal sleeper, let alone a long one.
 
Given the situation that the trucker was put into without a doubt the driver done a heck of a good job with what he/she was dealing with. The other driver apparently had a death wish(mentally unstable) and it a shame that this trucker will have many moments or reruns in his/her mind of this event.
One must wonder what going threw the human mind when events like this unfold.
 
Fins said:
Yep! Looked like Old Dickhead to me too. The wrong way driver just grazed the OD truck. He overreacted to the situation. I was taught when I first started driving to NEVER turn my wheel for anyone. I have survived over 5,000,000 miles of local driving with fuels, living by that motto. Take the bastards with you.
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The bastards was going with him no matter what. A suicide at that point isn't going to change his mind. Its pretty much down to getting yourself out of it.
 
Electric Chicken said:
If anything, he held it extremely well for taking a shot like that. Serious professionalism all the way around especially keeping it upright. Short wheelbase tractors are especially twitchy. Smaller movements do bigger things compared to a normal sleeper, let alone a long one.
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(((ME))) said:
Given the situation that the trucker was put into without a doubt the driver done a heck of a good job with what he/she was dealing with. The other driver apparently had a death wish(mentally unstable) and it a shame that this trucker will have many moments or reruns in his/her mind of this event.
One must wonder what going threw the human mind when events like this unfold.
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ironpony said:
The bastards was going with him no matter what. A suicide at that point isn't going to change his mind. Its pretty much down to getting yourself out of it.
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i believe that @Fins is totally unaware of how doubles (pups) handle out there. that OD driver did as good a job (you all basically say so) given the circumstances and KNOWING how a set of pups react.
 
Okay, okay! I need to go back and put it all up in slo-mo.
No, I have never pulled pups. Singles with those shortie tractors, but never doubles. I never had the opportunity.
You all saw him as changing lanes, ie: moving over. I was watching the peoples reactions behind the truck and looking for the wrong way driver to enter the video.

mndriver said:
how long you been driving?
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On the 19th of this month I'll have completed 40 years with a good portion of them being on a dedicated 600+ mile route, 6 days a week and more. Tear out the log page and keep trucking they told me.
Am I an expert? No way. Will never say I am even close to it. But, been there, done that? Yes, more than likely.
 
Fins said:
Okay, okay! I need to go back and put it all up in slo-mo.
No, I have never pulled pups. Singles with those shortie tractors, but never doubles. I never had the opportunity.
You all saw him as changing lanes, ie: moving over. I was watching the peoples reactions behind the truck and looking for the wrong way driver to enter the video.



On the 19th of this month I'll have completed 40 years with a good portion of them being on a dedicated 600+ mile route, 6 days a week and more. Tear out the log page and keep trucking they told me.
Am I an expert? No way. Will never say I am even close to it. But, been there, done that? Yes, more than likely.
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All you gotta do is follow a set and you can see how twitchy they are.
 
In all honesty, I try to NEVER follow another truck. I either lay back far enough to be able to see around him or I just go on by.
 
But yes, I have seen the pups get stuck in a rutted road and they live up to the 'wiggle-wagon' name. The UPS drivers here have trucks that run 75 and they do it with a set of pups all night long.
 

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