Posted on 07/12/2018 4:43:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A mother and daughter from Minnesota were killed by a 600 to 800-pound boulder when the rock fell from a truck in front of their vehicle and crashed into their car.
Karen Jean Christiansen, 67, and her daughter Jena Helene Christiansen, 32, died while traveling in Rosemount, Minnesota on Monday around 4:40 p.m.
... According to Rosemount Police, it took more than four firemen to roll the boulder at the scene.
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After the crash, authorities used business security cameras to capture a picture of the truck, which was a commercial vehicle. The driver of the truck was identified as Joe P. Czeck.
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Never ever travel close behind anything carrying a load be it a Vespa or an 18 wheeler.
Too many irresponsible idiots out there.
How about 4x8 sheets of ice in Winter off of trac/trailers that were parked over night.
Was behind a woman out here on I84 and she was tailgating an 18 wheeler.
Small pieces of ice were coming of of it.
Dropped way back and bigger than S#!T a sheet of ice came off & air born and took out her windshield. She was OK but the SUV she thought was indestructible was trashed.
Dummie learned the hard way
I was once driving my Chevy pickup around the Memphis I240 loop in traffic, when I saw probably a 3 inch diameter pipe nipple, maybe 4 inches long, fall off a plumbing truck about 10 or 12 car lengths up.
It bounced once, and I got nervous - I played outfield a lot, and I can usually tell when and where a projectile is going to hit. I pulled as far to the right as I could without side-swiping the car next to me.
It bounced twice, and I knew I was in for it. I pulled a little farther right, hoping the other car would move too... I was trying to get my truck’s windshield pillar to take the blow instead of having that thing come through the windshield and kill me.
It hit my side mirror, which basically exploded and sent glass shards all down the side of the truck. Had to have that whole side re-painted. But I’m still here...
Wow, that is scary.
My son will never learn. He always tailgates. Driving his ‘84 Porsche 911 way too closely, car in front swerved to miss an orange construction cone and he didn’t have time to evade, hit it, and ruined the the air dam in front. I’ve given up on him.
Winter time ya see all kinds of ice flying of trailers.
Its a law truckers are supposed to clean off the trailer before hitting the road, but we know about laws
I had a trailer tire come off in front of me. It was quite thrilling but I kept my head about me and made the right move at the last second to avoid it. The worst part was the initial bouncing but then it began to roll and hop.
I knew a gal once that was killed when a semi-truck coming towards them threw a brake shoe through the windshield. Her fiancé was driving but it nearly cut her head off. They blew an engine up on one ambulance trying to get her to the hospital. The state patrol put out a nationwide BOLO for a truck that was missing a brake shoe but it never turned up
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