“Troopers told KXII-TV the car the teens were in stopped at a stop sign, then attempted to make a U-turn when the semi-truck hit, knocking it back about 30 yards. The six girls have not yet been identified.”
Y’all should say a prayer for the truck driver too. The worst nightmare of everyone that drives a rig is a scenario such as this. This driver will probably never be the same. Even if the girls were at fault. At 55mph it takes a big truck 100 yards to stop. I expect whoever was driving the rig had less than that when he/she saw the car.
Sounds like the young lady driving made a bad decision.
Sometimes bad decisions have deadly consequences, this was one of those times.
Did she not see the truck?
Did she misjudge the speed?
Was she overconfident in her abilities?
We’ll never know. And a small community is changed forever.
I’ve made a number of hasty turns in my time, but if I see a big rig approaching, I’m like, “Nah, better not do it this time!”