My town had a pretty rough weekend, truck fire fatality
Mar 6, 2023 15:07:22 GMT
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Post by casii on Mar 6, 2023 15:07:22 GMT
Saturday there was an accident in town that claimed the life of a Sheetz gas truck driver, displaced a family from their home and damaged other homes. Several witnesses saw a car cut him off and didn't have time to react. My DDs and I were driving home from DC and could see the smoke from miles away.
Please folks, if you're in a hurry, do not forget that the weight of a truck cannot stop on a dime. Right of weight on the road. I hope he didn't suffer long. My DS who works for a trucking traffic control company in Seattle said news like this ripples through them all.
Here's a article from USA today on it: Gas truck explosion
There was another small gas fire that day at another Sheetz that was customer error filling their tank and quickly contained, but it brought out the tin foil hat club on Next Door and social media. sigh
To top it off, there was a fatal shooting where police attempted to serve a warrant, the person apparently approached the officers with a knife and 2 other officers shot him. JUST this last week, our local officers have started wearing body cameras, so this will be investigated. This too has brought out the chaos in the community with one side cheering on his death and the other side asking why shoot someone with a knife. I hope the full story comes to light and everyone can simmer down. Fatal shooting
Anyway, we're all shell shocked, mourning, can't drive through town because the rubbernecking of the accident scene continues to cause standstill traffic. There is a meal train for the family of the truck driver that people can donate to, so I think we'll donate funds rather than a meal. I feel like maybe a meal from strangers would feel odd.
Please folks, if you're in a hurry, do not forget that the weight of a truck cannot stop on a dime. Right of weight on the road. I hope he didn't suffer long. My DS who works for a trucking traffic control company in Seattle said news like this ripples through them all.
Here's a article from USA today on it: Gas truck explosion
There was another small gas fire that day at another Sheetz that was customer error filling their tank and quickly contained, but it brought out the tin foil hat club on Next Door and social media. sigh
To top it off, there was a fatal shooting where police attempted to serve a warrant, the person apparently approached the officers with a knife and 2 other officers shot him. JUST this last week, our local officers have started wearing body cameras, so this will be investigated. This too has brought out the chaos in the community with one side cheering on his death and the other side asking why shoot someone with a knife. I hope the full story comes to light and everyone can simmer down. Fatal shooting
Anyway, we're all shell shocked, mourning, can't drive through town because the rubbernecking of the accident scene continues to cause standstill traffic. There is a meal train for the family of the truck driver that people can donate to, so I think we'll donate funds rather than a meal. I feel like maybe a meal from strangers would feel odd.
