A mugshot of Joseph Paul Czeck from the Dakota County Sheriff's Office. (Dakota County Sheriff's Office)
Posted on 07/12/2018 4:43:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A mother and daughter from Minnesota were killed by a 600 to 800-pound boulder when the rock fell from a truck in front of their vehicle and crashed into their car.
Karen Jean Christiansen, 67, and her daughter Jena Helene Christiansen, 32, died while traveling in Rosemount, Minnesota on Monday around 4:40 p.m.
... According to Rosemount Police, it took more than four firemen to roll the boulder at the scene.
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After the crash, authorities used business security cameras to capture a picture of the truck, which was a commercial vehicle. The driver of the truck was identified as Joe P. Czeck.
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Unsecured load, he’ going to do more time than Strzok.
VERY local news for me.
Texting while tailgating?
The police are holding him for a bad Czech?
You know, if he just had one or two tattoos, he’d have women from all *over* sending him dirty love letters in jail.
The commercial vehicle probably makes this a felony.
Following to close may enter into this mix, ya think
I always follow FAR behind the vehicle in front of me. That prevents chips in the windshield from small rocks falling off trucks. So far, it has also prevented getting crushed by boulders falling off trucks.
One strap. Law is two minimum per load.
I’ve always had a fear of heavy objects falling out of the back of some vehicle I was following. It’s never happened to me but my mind envisions it and I find ways to avoid them.
I’m always fearful of the trucks carrying loads of cut trees. I can just see the straps coming loose and all of them rolling off the truck like pick up sticks.
Prayers up for all involved. What a sad story.
This is the sort of thing that reminds one that it is your time, you’re gonna go.
Did you get that fear after watching the movie Final Destination?
Down here there are many log trucks. I saw where one had just lost its load fifty years ago and have stayed way behind them or even changed my route ever since.
This happened a few years ago...
....a woman was impaled when logs slid off a truck and crashed into her windshield
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