Wow

"facw" (facw) 01/20/2018 at 01:12 • Filed to: Crash, US-59

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Looking at Google Earth I came across this:

which I thought was kind of amazing. Sadly just to the south, there’s a car that looks pretty much obliterated, this was probably a fatal accident. There’s several other vehicles that look like they may have been involved as well (including a truck that is blocking all the southbound traffic), though none of them have obvious damage. Terrifying to think of what it must have been like to have that cargo come loose at speed. Looks like the farthest pole/log/tree trunk/whatever ended up around 900ft from the spot of the initial accident.

Dusty Ventures > facw 01/20/2018 at 01:43

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Where is this?

facw > Dusty Ventures 01/20/2018 at 01:49

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Just north of Shepherd, TX on US 59. https://www.google.com/maps/place/30°31'51.4"N+94°58'32.1"W/@30.5308449

pip bip - choose Corrour > facw 01/20/2018 at 01:53

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Someone had a very bad day

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > facw 01/20/2018 at 02:44

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Those coordinates are in the ocean just of the coast of Ghana

Dusty Ventures > facw 01/20/2018 at 02:50

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Can’t find any news articles on it. Wish I knew what year the image was from

facw > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/20/2018 at 02:53

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That’s weird. Let’s try that again: https://www.google.com/maps/place/30%C2%B031'51.4%22N+94%C2%B058'32.1%22W

facw > Dusty Ventures 01/20/2018 at 02:55

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Google Earth said 4/2/2017, though I don’t think those dates are always accurate. I couldn’t find any stories on it when I looked.

Ash78, voting early and often > facw 01/20/2018 at 08:19

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If logging trucks aren’t dribbling sap all over your car on the highway, they’re spilling guant shrapnel all over the place. They scare me more than any other vehicle on the road because the loads have almost zero security.