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I had to drop off some report CDs at Hackensack University Medical Center today. Drove down the Palisades and headed towards Route 80W. Some of you may know the area in Teaneck, some won't.
There is a ramp off I-95 to get on I-80. There is a turn, not a bad one. Two lanes. Use right lane for local, left for express lanes. The marked speed for this curve to the left is 35mph.
I am not a slow driver nor am I insane. I took the turn at somewhere between 45 & 50mph.
Paying attention to the truck passing on my left that is going really fast. Not an 18 wheeler. One of those regular delivery type trucks. You know how you think to yourself...wow I wonder what the hurry is he must be going 60, 65mph...
as I am completing this thought something must have shifted in the cargo area because he came flying and tilting across both lanes of traffic, the truck lands on it's rightside, slams into the retaining wall, bounces back. Maybe 5 yards in front of me.
Hit the brakes and thank GOD everyone else did too. Gas starts spilling all over the road. Smoke starts coming off the back of the truck. Men are on cellphones. A driver of a service truck jumps out with a fire extinguisher.
They got him out and he appeared rather unharmed. I sat for 10 minutes thinking wow I came that close to being dead. Shaking like a leaf.
They said they did not need me to stay so I continued on my errand. Dropped off my records and stopped on my way home to visit my 2 angels that are buried in nearby Englewood....obviously I have things that still need to be finished here on this earth.
I'm still shaking. I think I will go to the bar in this forum now and ask for something strong.
ETA 1010wins bulletin : Bulletins (TEANECK) I-95 NORTHBOUND AT I-80 OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER . BLOCKS THE RAMP TO WB RT 80 LOCAL LANES..EXPRESS LANE RAMP HAS BEEN REOPENED
There is a ramp off I-95 to get on I-80. There is a turn, not a bad one. Two lanes. Use right lane for local, left for express lanes. The marked speed for this curve to the left is 35mph.
I am not a slow driver nor am I insane. I took the turn at somewhere between 45 & 50mph.
Paying attention to the truck passing on my left that is going really fast. Not an 18 wheeler. One of those regular delivery type trucks. You know how you think to yourself...wow I wonder what the hurry is he must be going 60, 65mph...
as I am completing this thought something must have shifted in the cargo area because he came flying and tilting across both lanes of traffic, the truck lands on it's rightside, slams into the retaining wall, bounces back. Maybe 5 yards in front of me.
Hit the brakes and thank GOD everyone else did too. Gas starts spilling all over the road. Smoke starts coming off the back of the truck. Men are on cellphones. A driver of a service truck jumps out with a fire extinguisher.
They got him out and he appeared rather unharmed. I sat for 10 minutes thinking wow I came that close to being dead. Shaking like a leaf.
They said they did not need me to stay so I continued on my errand. Dropped off my records and stopped on my way home to visit my 2 angels that are buried in nearby Englewood....obviously I have things that still need to be finished here on this earth.
I'm still shaking. I think I will go to the bar in this forum now and ask for something strong.
ETA 1010wins bulletin : Bulletins (TEANECK) I-95 NORTHBOUND AT I-80 OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER . BLOCKS THE RAMP TO WB RT 80 LOCAL LANES..EXPRESS LANE RAMP HAS BEEN REOPENED
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