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7 die in head-on collision on I-10 near Phoenix
East Valley Tribune, ^ | July 29, 2012 | Associated Press

Posted on 07/29/2012 8:00:32 PM PDT by skully

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To: skully

Good Lord. That is still west of Buckeye.


21 posted on 07/29/2012 8:57:08 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: cableguymn
The driver and his wife, who were hauling cases of soda, fled the cab of the truck after the vehicles were propelled off the roadway down a six-foot embankment before the van and cab burst into flames, said Carrick R. Cook, Department of Public Safety public information officer."

Sodas Kill?

22 posted on 07/29/2012 8:58:28 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Defeat Obama. Everything else is secondary)
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To: cableguymn

Doubtful at 60mi west, Maricopa will respond anyway.


23 posted on 07/29/2012 8:59:51 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: cableguymn
A different, horrible head-on collision
24 posted on 07/29/2012 9:01:31 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Defeat Obama. Everything else is secondary)
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To: 2111USMC

“...they’ve started erecting cable “catch” fences in the median.”

You ought to see what the cable fences do to a motorcyclist. It’s like going through a cheese slicer.


25 posted on 07/29/2012 9:03:48 PM PDT by beelzepug ("Blind obedience to arbitrary rules is a sign of mental illness")
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To: beelzepug
A motorcyclist doesn't have much of a chance in just about any situation.

That's one of the reasons I gave up riding years ago.

26 posted on 07/29/2012 9:14:38 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small, Miss Small)
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To: Emperor Palpatine; InvisibleChurch

5 years or so ago there were reported in AZ, monthly crashes of overloaded vehicles with UDAs dead, injured, or fled the scene, not so much now, although one in TX last week.

This seems to be a tired trucker hitting a Western AZ family or group heading to the big city for shopping, a ball game, family, or some such.


27 posted on 07/29/2012 9:28:42 PM PDT by anathemized (cursed by some, blessed in Jesus)
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To: HotHunt
How did a semi-tractor trailer cross the wide no-man’s-land median between the divided highways?

Local coverage shows the tracks and other shots near the scene in the video segment.

28 posted on 07/29/2012 9:31:35 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: skully

In my neck of the woods west of palm springs in the pass area. I10 has been closed down to one lane for miles every night. I had to shoot across three lanes from my on ramp to merge in the open lane and pray a semi didn’t hit me. That was the return trip going west. Half hour earlier heading east the lanes merged to one so quickly I was hugging the closed lane by the cones while semi’s screamed past. There was finally a gap in traffic so I could gun it and merge. Kinda unnerving to say the least. I am amazed no one has been killed or injured.


29 posted on 07/29/2012 10:01:26 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: 2111USMC

Those catch fences sound like a good idea. I hope it catches on here. People are too distracted these days while driving and this stuff is happening too often.


30 posted on 07/29/2012 10:14:37 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The NRA did not create James "The Joker" Holmes. Harvey Weinstein's Hollywood did.)
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To: sixgunjer
If I remember right that's a long stretch of straight road out in the desert.
31 posted on 07/29/2012 10:53:50 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
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To: Loud Mime

Ask Bloomberg.


32 posted on 07/30/2012 6:16:22 AM PDT by Straight8
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To: SandRat

No, but I’ve ben offline for a coupla days...

60 miles west is in the Tonopah area. That’s a desolate stretch and I can easily see a trucker falling asleep...or having a medical episode. This is truly sad.


33 posted on 07/30/2012 10:13:37 AM PDT by HiJinx (He who controls the water, controls life.)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

That is an insensitive statement!! It happens to be a mother of 5 children & her mother from a small town that I’m from. They were Native Americans!! Should know your facts before you make a statement like that.


34 posted on 07/30/2012 9:54:58 PM PDT by Bittersweet
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skully: that message was for you not Emperor. Sorry about that. I didn’t care for that comment about legals.


35 posted on 07/30/2012 10:00:03 PM PDT by Bittersweet
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