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- Harley Reich
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Three miles from my destination, Twitchell's Airport, I was 10 cars back from the accident that closed the highway. Sat for 50 minutes, then did a 180 to take the route around Lake Auburn. Getting back onto Route 4 I stopped to view the scene.
The 85 yr. old driver of photo #2 drove into the lane of the oncoming semi. The UPS driver who was right behind the pickup was first on scene at the pickup, steering wheel of which was at the throat of the driver. The dash and engine was in the driver's lap, he needing to be extracted by jaws-of-life.
The carrier's driver said that both diesel tanks ruptured, fuel was all over his tires and he had absolutely no control of the rig. He went into the kitchen to check for inhabitants. The lady would normally have been in the kitchen at that time but was two houses away for coffee with a neighbor. Just as they sat down they heard "the explosion."
At last report the 85 year old driver was "doing well, in the hospital. The house will be demolished; its cellar has a lot of diesel fuel in it. The backhoe was digging trenches to lay the white devices that contains oil, to prevent the spillage from going into the lake which is a drinking water supply. The route was closed for at least 8 hours.
The lady said she'll build a new house, "further back from the highway."
HR
The 85 yr. old driver of photo #2 drove into the lane of the oncoming semi. The UPS driver who was right behind the pickup was first on scene at the pickup, steering wheel of which was at the throat of the driver. The dash and engine was in the driver's lap, he needing to be extracted by jaws-of-life.
The carrier's driver said that both diesel tanks ruptured, fuel was all over his tires and he had absolutely no control of the rig. He went into the kitchen to check for inhabitants. The lady would normally have been in the kitchen at that time but was two houses away for coffee with a neighbor. Just as they sat down they heard "the explosion."
At last report the 85 year old driver was "doing well, in the hospital. The house will be demolished; its cellar has a lot of diesel fuel in it. The backhoe was digging trenches to lay the white devices that contains oil, to prevent the spillage from going into the lake which is a drinking water supply. The route was closed for at least 8 hours.
The lady said she'll build a new house, "further back from the highway."
HR
