Think this guy wanted to live?

[trevh]

Truck Driver in Edmonton Today (03/31/08) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSePw_WsJYc)

:goflames:

[rmk]

Fuck me. :eek:

[redline_13000]

wow

[Senseiz]

Holy crap.... That is intense... and on camera.. I thought he was ramming traffic in the opposite direction. Where was the truck?

nvm

http://www.canada.com/globaltv/edmonton/story.html?id=c305225f-b66c-49ff-993a-e46a171f6033&k=19523


EDIT..:

bSePw_WsJYc

[DannyO]

Holy shit WTF, if the guy wants to take his life, fine, but don't risk taking others with you.

[trevh]

It was on the yellowhead, he was on the opposite side ramming traffic..

[Jayson]

wow saw this on the news tonight, and they did not show that... that

[PrezeS_PL]

http://www.ctvedmonton.ca/

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080331/canada/edmonton_yellowhead_crash

[Aleks]

I saw this on the news at 6. The driver died. Luckily he didnt kill anyone else.

[Euro_Trash]

Holy crap that is intense

[Senseiz]

The tractor-trailer drove the wrong way for at least 15 kilometres, seemingly trying to target oncoming traffic, said trucker Ken Kerlak, who was having his truck serviced at the Peterbilt shop near 184th Street. He did not witness the accident, but he said he talked to several motorists who saw it all.

Kerlak said several cars swerved off the highway to avoid the truck; others rear-ended each other.

The tractor-trailer finally climbed the cement barrier along the south side of the overpass, rode the cement barrier as if it was on a monorail, then toppled off and landed upside down beside the train tracks.

The impact sheared off the truck's fuel tanks and it burst into flames, Kerlak said.

[trevh]

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=c305225f-b66c-49ff-993a-e46a171f6033&k=19523

[chongkee_]

how did the truck got on the other side anyways?

[PrezeS_PL]

clip from global tv with sound

http://canwest.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/canwest-globaledmonton-pub01-live/current/launch.html?maven_playerId=globaledmontonhomepage&maven_referralObject=59943961-262b-479c-b1dc-f25bc3bba6a5&vc=1&popup=1

[im2fst4u]

This was someone in desperate need of help! Depression at its worst! Why people want to take other lives is just plain crazy! This guy could have killed dozens!

Condolences to the victims and the truck drivers family!

[pf0sh0]

holy fuck

[GTS Jeff]

What's with Edmonton and drivers who drive the wrong way on 1 way streets?

I've personally dodged a drunk driver going the wrong way once before and just a couple days ago I was in a buddy's car and the same thing happened.

[BoostMonkey]

That's terrible and as sad as it ended its a good thing only one life was taken.

[sxtasy]

Thats insane....

[mugen6]

that looks like its an action movie.

[mugen6]

one more thing ... truck drivers spend numerous hours by themselves . "thinking" it possible that he became depressed.

[Rocky]

Jesus that's scary, when you know it's real. Especially in your own city no less.

[eglove]

wow, that is unbelievable.

[BenC]

that is straight horrible.
thankfully nothing happened, i can only imagine what could have happened

[01RedDX]

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[Canmorite]

Luckily he didn't take anyone else with him.

[slick2404]

wtf

[Kloubek]

Truckers speculate the driver went "too far when driving erratic."

Ya think?

[jumperman8]

holy fuck that is unreal

[ctruo]

lol shit, check out the baby, didn't even notice what was going on

[eur0.doll.]

:eek:

[Dj_Stylz]

Wow thats the kind of stuff you see in movies.

[jhmed]

That would be a horribly painful way to die... for a few seconds anyways....

[dizzle]

Originally posted by Dj_Stylz
Wow thats the kind of stuff you see in movies.

thats what i was thinking.. wow.

[Antonito]

Originally posted by Dj_Stylz
Wow thats the kind of stuff you see in movies.

No kidding, an explosion and everything. Crazy

[m3_powered]

I wouldn't be surprised if this ended up on Real TV, Max Exposure or alike....wow

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Wow, that was one helluva fireball.

[forkdork]

Originally posted by m3_powered
I wouldn't be surprised if this ended up on Real TV, Max Exposure or alike....wow

"Check out this dude whos driving this truck. Obviously this dude has lost his mind dude otherwise he wouldn't be driving down the wrong side of the highway trying to hit other dudes!"

I want to stab the announcers of those shows.

[euro_racer]

could there be a possibility of the breaking system faliure? :dunno:

eather way just like a movie indeed :eek:

[randedge]

I read the news stories posted above and saw the Global Edm video.

UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING, it seems to me as though all we know so far is that a Semi travelled for 20 km on the opposite side of the road, and then finished off that journey by riding a median, falling down into an underpass/railroad tracks, and exploding into a fiery ball.

And then... what? Somebody's concluding this??


This was someone in desperate need of help! Depression at its worst! Why people want to take other lives is just plain crazy!

Ok, so perhaps it was suggested by Global News when they included that one other trucker's speculations. That in my opinion is poor journalism. The news writers were too chicken to come up with that conclusion, yet they were thinking it.. so their solution was that have someone say it as a sound bite.

Police are still quiet about it, yet everyone's already reached their own individual conclusions?

Willful intent to cause harm and then self terminate in an EPIC manner would have been my conclusion too.

..but I wouldn't suggest that if I were a newsman. This is why Global Fails.

Cool of them to have a video though.

[Rat Fink]

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[civicman]

Well I have to say that is crazy I drive truck for a living and drive a set of turnpikes "2" 53 foot Trls from Calgary to Edmonton and this is on my route I turn of 170th street . But then again I have been driveing this Hiway now for 5 years and I have seen some crazy things last year I had a truck come at me head on on the Qe2 I just stood my ground and he verd off thank god. I just about crapped my pants . I have seen worse. I hate to say it but what was this person thinkin.....Just glad it was his life was taken and no one elses..... But I have to say It does get lonely out there and If you listen to a cb radio it's amazing some of the stories you here and The divorces some of these guys go through. so who knows what was going through this persons mind at the time......

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by Canmorite
Luckily he didn't take anyone else with him.

:werd: exactly... and it does get boring on the road that you do "think" a lot of life, money, universe, etc...

[Eleanor]

:eek: Holy shit, glad no one else was hurt!

[403Gemini]

I was in edmonton a week ago, 1 thing i noticed - nobody looks happy...

This guy must have lived in edmonton his whole life and just had enough... Cant say i blame him, after 2 days i wanted to eat a gun, what a dirty, ugly city.

[heavyD]

Originally posted by 403Gemini
This guy must have lived in edmonton his whole life and just had enough... Cant say i blame him, after 2 days i wanted to eat a gun, what a dirty, ugly city.

Yeah it's a pretty crappy city as far as Canada is concerned but you obviously haven't been to Cleveland and surrounding Ohio areas.

Pretty crazy though. I'm interested to see if the driver lost it or was it a case of intoxication, etc.

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by 403Gemini
I was in edmonton a week ago, 1 thing i noticed - nobody looks happy...

This guy must have lived in edmonton his whole life and just had enough... Cant say i blame him, after 2 days i wanted to eat a gun, what a dirty, ugly city.

Hey, no need to be mean ;)

Give it a month and everybody will be happy again. It's the post-snow-everything-is-brown-and-it's-still-fucking-cold mood.

[Hakkola]

Wow, that is a crazy vid, I did not expect it to explode like that. :eek:

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by 97'Scort


Hey, no need to be mean ;)

Give it a month and everybody will be happy again. It's the post-snow-everything-is-brown-and-it's-still-fucking-cold mood.

Haha I know i'm just bugging... or am i? ;)

[im2fst4u]

Just seen on the news that the driver suffered from diabetes and was having an hypoglycemia attack. I based my earlier statement on the media and how they said he was "aiming" for motorists.

RIP

[civicman]

Ya i seen that on the edmonton news.....its really sad how we all base an opinion on the first thing we all see. Its sad...but does anyone know if you can feel an attack coming on? And would or could he have been able to stop before it was that far in to it? Im sad for his young family, it didnt have to end that way.

[97'Scort]

The news reported that the guy suffered from frequent diabetic shock episodes. Witnesses were reporting that he did not appear to be fully conscious behind the wheel and was kind of slumped over. So for all we know, he was not lucid enough to know what he was doing that entire time.

[/////AMG]

^But for 40KM?

Obviously we don't know anything about this but I'm just glad no one else was hurt.

[403Gemini]

Video was removed, it up anywhere else?

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by civicman
Ya i seen that on the edmonton news.....its really sad how we all base an opinion on the first thing we all see. Its sad...but does anyone know if you can feel an attack coming on? And would or could he have been able to stop before it was that far in to it? Im sad for his young family, it didnt have to end that way.

He should not have been driving, if the family knew he had these episodes, what was he doing with a license, let alone driving a semi. :banghead:

[Wildcat]

He finally came to terms that the Oilers were not going to make the playoffs, despite their 12 game winning skid. So he decided to just end it and go down in flames. Ironically the Oilers were beat out by the flames last night. Kind of a poetic death actually. ;) lol jk

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by /////AMG
^But for 40KM?

Obviously we don't know anything about this but I'm just glad no one else was hurt.

I think it was more like 14 km. Speed in that section is 100 km/hr, so he blanked out for like 10 minutes, give or take.

[chadnixon]

Originally posted by euro_racer
could there be a possibility of the breaking system faliure? :dunno:

eather way just like a movie indeed :eek:

As a truck mechanic myself, I highly doubt that. These trucks are air brakes, and in the event of a complete air loss the brakes are applied unlike a car's brake system, if you loose oil, you loose brakes. And if some freak happening caused the air loss, and all 4 60ton spings broke at the same time leaving the driver with no brakes there is still multiple ways to slow a vehicle down without brakes. As most of you guys drive 5 speed transmissions you know that you can almost bring a car to a stop just by down shifting. A loaded simi might take longer, but can still accomplish this the same as a car. There are also other methods such as engine brakes, or trailer brakes which are on a seperate system altogether.

On the news it states that the vehicle slowed down, and sped up multiple times beore crashing over a 15km distance. This indicates to me he was well aware of what was happening and was fully in control. Others have speculated possiable black out's of medical reasons, but common, this guy stayed between the lines, although heading in the wrong direction, for 15k. Had he of been passed out behind the wheel this truck would of hit the ditch miles ago.

lets all be glad no innocent people were hurt. Cars are replacable, life is not.

[Jay911]

As someone who has treated people who are diabetic and have been in medically-related stupors in the past, I can completely believe that the poor guy was not "fully in control". Even someone who has been so tired they're falling asleep at the wheel can still keep it between the lines for a great distance, yet still fuck up bad enough to really ruin someone's day.

He very well could have been aware he was in serious trouble and rather than pull over and call for help, decided he needed to get just that last "short" distance (to a trucker, 40km is peanuts) to whereever he needed to be, and get help there. He could have thought he was in the right lanes, and only been partially cognizant of his surroundings.

Unless there's proof that he had murderous intent, I'm content to keep believing that he had a medical emergency, and be saddened that he lost his life - yet thankful that no one else was hurt in the process.

Hopefully people who encounter this story will have it reinforced to them that if they are not able to focus on their driving, be it because of a medical problem, fatigue, drunkenness, etc., that they get off the road and let someone else deal with it.

[2002civic]

anyone have this video? it's down now...

[civicman]

so i do have a video but dont know how to get it on here:dunno:

[Jay911]

You morbid folks could type "edmonton semi crash" into youtube and get at least 10 hits.