Warning, very upsetting accident video

This is just horrific, but why did the truck start to sway?

Warning not for the faint of heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrk8eqqEi7o&feature=related

Holy cow! How many survived? And, why would you even get in the bed of that after the 20th person piled in.

Guess a distracted driver

You're not kidding.

If I had to guess it was overloaded or had a rear tire going down. Either way, it's a good thing it threw most of the people in the back clear of the rolling truck. It was bad, but could have been so much worse.

In reply to Toyman01:

Good guess I think, back on the farm years ago, we had a '57 Ford 1/2 ton truck. I was driving it way overloaded with hay on a paved road & it started swaying at only 20mph or so. Slowed down, recovered, no drama.

could have been anything.. that many people in the back, all it would have taken is a small correction by the driver to make everyone in the bed take a step to one side or the other.. and then it just builds up.

Just have to consider the people an unsecured load to see how it could happen

I spent a lot of time traveling in trucks like that in Central America and the Dominican Republic.

They were frightening enough when nothing went wrong. Many of them had high racks on that could more than double the number of people in them.

I'm trying to figure out why the camera work was so good. It even zooms in on the truck as it approaches. Was someone expecting this?

In reply to SVreX:

It almost looked like the beginning of a news story. Pro camera guy setting up and was in the right place at the right time. The camera was definitely on a tripod.

what is the safe rated cargo capacity of one of those trucks? probably too much weight in the back of a truck that probably wasn't exactly in the most mechanically sound condition..

looked like the right rear tire was off the bead as it rolled back on it's wheels

novaderrik wrote: what is the safe rated cargo capacity of one of those trucks? probably too much weight in the back of a truck that probably wasn't exactly in the most mechanically sound condition..

My experience in third world countries showed an enormous percentage of 4 door short bed 1 ton small trucks. I've never seen them in the states, but they were pretty standard fare there.

Of course, that doesn't change the fact that they were ALWAYS seriously overloaded.

20 people would run close to 4000 lbs.

I'm also very suspicious of why this was being filmed, and if it was actually staged.

That said, look closely at about the 20 second mark. Someone pops up on the bed of the truck, first on the right side, then a second person pops up on the left side. The swaying then starts. It really looks to me like they may have set the swaying in motion. Which could go along with the camera person being right there to record this.

So, what do you do as the driver when a truck, car or trailer starts to sway? You slow it way down, right now. Most crashes of a swaying type can be prevented, or at the very least greatly mitigated by slowing the rig down, right now. Don't try to control it at speed. Bring the speed down, immediately.

It's a pastime for them... the most people in the bed while drifting wins.

http://www.streetfire.net/video/overloaded-pickup-truck-crash_2283358.htm

I am now sufficiently disturbed now...The craziest thing ot me was all the crazy third world drivers in a huge hurry driving past a fatal looking accident.

byron12 wrote: I am now sufficiently disturbed now...The craziest thing ot me was all the crazy third world drivers in a huge hurry driving past a fatal looking accident.

Well, this next incident occurred in a even more inhumane, indifferent, 3rd world'ish place, called "Connecticut".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4zAh3-HEE

while it was not a hit and run.. I did watch something similar years ago. I was in Atlantic City driving a delivery truck as an elderly lady got off of the local bus (Jitney) and fell flat on her face on the sidewalk. The people getting off walked around her and the bos just drove off. I left my box truck in the middle of the road to make sure she was ok (She certainly wasn't moving until I went to help her up)

THankfullly all she had was some bruised hands and a split lip...and vastly wounded pride

Thanks for reminding me of some of the ways i WONT die.

The stuff with the people in the pickups is brutally obvious and there are multiple videos depicting that exact same kind of situation on the internet. Rare? Not exactly.

But hell, forget about when the truck is so overloaded/unsecured that things are CERTAIN to go wrong. I chide people for riding in the back of a pickup even if they're the only thing back there. And heaven forbid someone put a pet in the bed of a truck. That's even worse. A pet cant DECIDE to be stupid and ride in the back of a truck. Therefore when it dies of it, it's tragic because it's not its own fault. When humans die of it? Not really tragic. Just stupid.. Or, if you're lucky enough to have the excuse, just fatally ignorant.

I saw a Streefire video from the middle east where cars would come down the street drifting back and forth, and the idea was to run out and touch the car as it came by - at around 100 mph. Sure enough, someone ran out a bit too far and got clipped, and his body slide for about 100 ft before stopping. Sometimes I'm not sure we're smart enough to run this planet.

Streetfire gives the impression that the oil-producing countries in the middle east have far more money than brains. I am still waiting for a thank you on the money part.

or more people than needed.. darwin must work overtime there

The driver I doubt walked away. The guys in the back got real lucky. Wouldn't be surprised to see them all survive. I'm sure one or two of them landed on their heads though.