This is disturbing

[technostingray]

A miss is as good as a mile.

 

[kenimpzoom]

This is disturbing

I was on this very road 30 minutes before this happened and I was driving a 1997 Nissan and I am 35 years old.

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Broken axle kills motorist in Pasadena


By ERIC HANSON
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

A 38-year-old motorist was killed when his car was struck by part of an axle that came loose from a tractor-trailer truck in Pasadena today.

The incident happened a few minutes after 8 a.m. on Texas 225 near Richey, said Pasadena police spokesman Vance Mitchell.

Mitchell said the truck, owned by Houston Distributing Co. was heading west when a portion of the rear axle assembly broke loose.

The axle hit the center rail and then bounced into the eastbound lanes where it hit a 1996 Nissan. The impact killed the driver of the Nissan. His name was being wittheld pending notification of family.

Traffic on the eastbound lanes was tied up for about three hours.

Mitchell said any criminal charges are pending the results of the investigation.

 

[ob]

Re: This is disturbing

I too have a 1997 Nissan Pathfinder.:^ but only wish I was 35.

Hopefully the family will be compensated well for their terrible loss.

Use to work off hwy 225 building the Shell plant as a boilermaker back in my Root and Scoot days.After that job was complete I worked at the second phase of the Exxon plant in Baytown.

 

[Ron G]

Re: This is disturbing

That happened here last week,seems alot of rear axles are coming loose.

 

[PW2]

Re: This is disturbing

In Toronto recently, truck rims and tires falling off the rigs on the freeways have been quite the killers. They stepped up maintenance checks and enforcement to try and get it under control.

In northern Ontario, It used to be 50 ton steel coils falling off trucks and rolling down the road that were a bit of a concern. They finally had to legislate the necessity to use 4 chains to tie them down, instead of 3.

A few years back, I went by a minivan that was crushed by one of these 50 ton coils. It makes a mess

 

[LFK]

Re: This is disturbing

Too bad for the other guy. Glad it wasn't you Ken. I see a lawsuit in houston Distributing Co.'s future.

 

[QC]

Re: This is disturbing

I think axles should be banned. No, wait, coils. Upon second and third thought, all trucks are evil.