Got this from another forum i'm on....pretty insane, made me short of breath when i watched the video

In Edmonton, a semi-truck driver was driving the wrong way on a major highway for 20 km or more and then crashed and then the truck blew up.

Here is a news story with video of the crash:

http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/m...3-5c3c9b9d2f3b

And here is the news article from the Edmonton Journal:

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourna...5b6e5d&k=43866

 

That was nuts.

 

holy isht!!

 

crazy

 

nuts!

 

 

Crazy Cannucks.

 

god damn, I've recovered many a crashed truck before. But I've never seen one actually crash....that was fuckin wild! What are the odds that he could drive 20kms the wrong way and not kill anyone? With the exchange rate thats what...1/8th of a mile?

 

Do they really cost that much???

 

Economy is so strong here we like to pay extra for things just to be "nice"

 

That sucks! As of right now the USD is slightly higher than the CAD plus you have to pay more!

 

Awesome.

 

That was crazy!

 

 

that lady watched/taped him for 40km and other people saw him driving on the wrong side of the road, but did anyone even think about calling the cops?

 

CPS is slow, beyond.ca probably woulda beat them there.

 

^LMAO!! that is a new siq quote i think. shit they woulda had roadblocks up even

 

the driver was a type 1 diabetic, and they are going on the assumption that he was having some sort of episode. And apparently he has had problems with it before, gotta love that he could drive a truck with this condition! I dont know if they have a similar law in the great white north, but here you can't get a DOT medical card if you are diabetic.....well unless you happen to know the nurse that performs the test. I hope thats not the case for their sake.

 

So Diabetics can't drive in the States? or just trucks?

 

 

just commercial trucks, anything that you need a DOT medical card to drive

 

Thanks for clarifying that it was really helpful

 

In the province of Alberta a class 1 (any motor vehicle including heavy truck) requires a full medical on application and renewal. A medical is required every five years up to the age of 45, every two years from 45-65 years of age, and yearly for drivers over 65 year of age.

Terry

 

you have to get a medical every 5 years for your license renewal?

 

If under the age of fourty-five, in the province of Alberta. Not entirely sure how it works in the rest of Canada, but I imagine it's standardized to a degree.

Terry

 

no medicals in Ontario for license. But if you have a condition that could limit your ability to, by LAW your doctor has to inform the MTO

 

Keep in mind this is only for a class 1 license. A class 5 required for a basic motor vehicle doesn't require a medical, unless you suffer from a condition that may impair your ability to safely operate a car.

Terry

 

Im guessing that Class 1 is the same as our class A license, it allows you to drive anything but a bus unless you carry a passanger endorsment, only here we have to have a physical every 2 years not 5. Here a class D is a passanger car license, and you dont need any kind of medical card for it

You dont need to have a medical card to renew your commercial driver's license.....but you better have one when they pull you over, its one of the things they will ask for along with the license and registration

 

dang a normal passenger car license here is a G class. freakin alphabet soup I tells ya.

 

Meh. I've seen worse wrecks, like the one on the Pirate 4X4 where everyone owned that kid Charlie Wenzel.

 

video link you posted is not linked to that story.

 

this link worked for me http://www.abc2news.com/mediacenter/...om&navCatId=62 , hopefully it doesn't change.

 

Preliminary autopsy results now show the driver was NOT suffering from a diabetic episode.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourna...e15b5f&k=92675

Terry

 

must of had a truck stop vending machine ham samich.

 

Wow. That thing went boom.

 

...would have crazier if there was a train traveling on those tracks at the moment of impact.

 

it would land on top and keep going and end up resting on top.

just like in the movies.....

 

That was insane...poor guy

 

really sad... I am sure he had a family... I just thank God no one else was hurt or killed...

 

WoW