This is the problem with government built and run highways.
A 2x4 fell from a pick up truck and crashed through a car window and cut the jugular of a high school acquaintance. He bled to death before he could receive treatment.
Random freak accidents do occur, and are never easy to accept.
Very sad. All sorts of random things can happen, but this definitely sounds like negligence on the part of the state responsible for maintaining the road.
I hope the husband can sue, because he should. It’s not going to bring his wife back, but it might get him enough money to help out and it might make the state more responsible and prevent a similar occurrence in the future.
Interesting how Mr. Fisher is always referred to as John Fisher but Ms. Dick is always referred to as Dick. Sounds like the author is either 14 and enjoys writing her last name or thinks she is responsible for the tragedy.
Texas used to have the best roads in the country but now days they’re just as bad as other states’ which are also falling into a sad state of repair. It’s common these days to just pour in that tar mixture for a quick repair knowing full well it’s not going to last for any time. Why the crews can’t fix pot holes correctly the first time is just government waste.
A few years ago a tourist going over Carson Spur(Sierra Nevadas in Northern CA)had a rock roll down just as he crested the spur and it crashed through his windshield and killed his wife.
I’m a volunteer fire fighter, a few years ago we got a call for a car hit in the windshield with a piece of the road.
This is what happened, a semi-truck kicked up a chunck of road from a bridge deck, sent it into the windshield of the car following. The driver was struck in the chest with a piece of concrete that weighed about 10 pounds. Right in the chest!
His brother managed to stop the car and a passerby motorist started CPR. We arrived on scene very quickly and took over, but there was not a whole lot that we could do for that particular patient in the field.
After that call, I signed up for EMT school.
A number of years ago a close friend of mine, one of the finest conservative activists in Iowa, Leroy Corey, was killed when a propane tank came off a flatbed truck and struck his vehicle. He had absolutely no time to respond. His fiancee, who was riding in the passenger seat, was injured pretty badly as well.
Be careful out there, FRiends!
RIP.
I’ve driven that stretch of I-20 many times. It has been in terrible shape for years. There’s absolutely no excuse for a major interstate to be in such horrible condition for such a long time. Shame on the Alabama highway department.
I was following a truck towing a boat, the outboard motor came off and bounced over my car and landed on a car behind me, scared the crap out of me, there was no time to react. I stopped and helped the other driver, it landed on his hood and bounced over his car. He and I were both lucky that day. I don’t drive behind people towing their boats anymore.