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ACCIDENT * USA - 64-wheel truck loses load
Closes FM 3083 bridge for 15 hours
Montgomery,TX,USA -The Courier of Montgomery County, by Elliott Cochran -15 Jan 2009: -- A 64-wheel truck hauling a massive heat exchanger lost its load while attempting to turn onto the FM 3083 overpass at Interstate 45 and shut the bridge down for 15 hours Thursday... The accident occurred around 12:30 a.m. Thursday when the truck, attempting to navigate around mast arms holding traffic signals, lost control of the heat exchanger, causing it to shift on the trailer and land on the pavement before the vehicle skidded to a halt, according to TxDOT officials...
The truck, which weighs 380,000 pounds and was contracted by Contractors Cargo Company of Houston, was transporting its load from the Port of Houston to Canada, officials said... (Photos: Texas Department of Transportation officials work to clear the scene of an accident Thursday morning at FM 3083 and Interstate 45, when a 64-wheel truck carrying a heating unit from the Port of Houston to Canada lost its load as the truck attempted to navigate a turn on the FM 3083 overpass) Labels: big rig accidents
posted by Unknown @ 7:45 AM
1 Comments:
I don't know why these accidents are happening. If they drived carefully i hope it might not happen. Most of the accidents are happening due to OVERSPEED. Life is in our hands.
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