| I think the operative word here is weight. When a cement truck is loaded with cement it is very very heavy. It is hard to start moving and even harder to stop it moving when braking. So, not going slow enough to be able to stop for a red light meant the driver had no choice but to go through the light because of the weight involved. I think for a moment the truck driver forgot just how much weight he was carrying and so had no way to even consider stopping when the light changed. So, all he could do was to try to not kill people which is what happened. To see dashcam video of this click on word button in next line: C AUGHT ON CAMERA: Cement Truck Flips Over, Crashes in College Station |
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Cement Truck Flips Over, Crashes in College Station
Updated: Wed 9:23 AM, Apr 09, 2014
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Good to Know:
- Dr. Guan Zhu captured the accident on his dash camera, which he installed a year ago.
- No one was seriously injured in the accident.
of an accident that could have been much worse.Dr. Guan Zhu, a professor at Texas A&M University, was driving
his Toyota Sienna minivan north on Wellborn road around 2:30 Tuesday
afternoon, coming to a stop at the Rock Prairie intersection when a
cement truck driver coming from the opposite direction ran the red light
and lost control, causing his truck to roll over and smash into Dr.
Zhu's van.Incredibly, Dr. Zhu only suffered minor injuries. He installed a dash camera about a year ago in case he was involved in an accident. It came in handy today, as you can see from the video with this story.
"It's what happened, you know, I could not remember in my memory
,
a truck is coming, and I could not remember exactly how it happened and
then the video says that's how it happened, kind of turning like 45
degrees before it hits my vehicle," Dr. Zhu said.The driver of the cement truck did not suffer major injuries and was given a ticket at the scene.
The truck spilled its load of cement all over the northbound lanes of Wellborn. It took crews several hours to clean up the mess.
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