"NickDavisGB" (NickDavisGB)
10/06/2013 at 07:41 • Filed to: Monster Trucks, Chihuahua, Mexico
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"NickDavisGB" (NickDavisGB)
10/06/2013 at 07:41 • Filed to: Monster Trucks, Chihuahua, Mexico | 0
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At least six people were killed and 47 injured after a "monster truck" ran over spectators during the "Extremo Aeroshow" in Chihuahua, Mexico, according to the Mexican state news agency Notimex.
Pic: Reuters. Video: LiveLeak.
Dakotacowboy
> NickDavisGB
10/06/2013 at 10:29 |
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Throttle hung open. You can hear the engine is still way above idle even after the truck is stopped. My heart goes out to all of the victims and their families as well as the driver and his crew. There was nothing the driver could have done to prevent this.
Don Jamrisko
> Dakotacowboy
10/06/2013 at 12:05 |
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Nothing he could do, except NOT JUMP CARS IN THE DIRECTION OF SPECTATORS!!!!!
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Dakotacowboy
> Don Jamrisko
10/06/2013 at 12:31 |
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I was trying to say there was nothing he could have done AFTER THE THROTTLE HUNG. I have since learned that he had his helmet knocked off when the truck landed so he may have been unconscious. Either way, the entire blame goes to the promoter. There should have been more room between the crowd and the truck. They should have been using an RII, and there should have been at least some jersey barriers between the crowd and trucks.
worldojeff
> Dakotacowboy
10/06/2013 at 12:34 |
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Because we haven't invented the kill switch yet?
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Dakotacowboy
> worldojeff
10/06/2013 at 12:54 |
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He did have his helmet knocked off. He was either dazed or unconscious as he was going through the crowd. It does take a few seconds to get your bearings after a hit like that even if you are just dazed. If the truck had an RII, remote ignition interrupter, someone else could have shut it down as soon as it got close to the crowd.