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Zorro

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14. I just drove this stretch of I-40 west a week ago

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #13)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 02:56 PM

Sep 2018

It seemed almost 2/3 of the traffic were semis, and pretty much all were going the speed limit (75) or a little less.

We also passed a Texas Dept. of Transportation truck driving along picking up retread debris by the interstate.

Temps were all hovering around 100 degrees from Oklahoma to Arizona.

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Eight dead after Greyhound bus and truck crash head-on in New Mexico [View all] muriel_volestrangler Sep 2018 OP

It was a "tractor-trailer" (one common name used where I am) BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #1

Horrible get the red out Sep 2018 #2

Losing a driver could account for loss of directional control.. Maxheader Sep 2018 #6

It was a steering-axle blowout jmowreader Sep 2018 #9

Thanks for that update! BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #11

I went to Arizona for the first time this summer. blueinredohio Sep 2018 #3

In Jersey BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #4

The tire that blew in this incident was not a retread jmowreader Sep 2018 #12

I didn't say or suggest that it was a retread in this particular case BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #13

I just drove this stretch of I-40 west a week ago Zorro Sep 2018 #14

"We also passed a Texas Dept. of Transportation truck driving picking up retread debris" BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #15

More info, including good video here csziggy Sep 2018 #5

So sad Godsuki Sep 2018 #7

The post you responded to says there were. Yonnie3 Sep 2018 #8

Unbelievable shock to everyone involved. No one can ever be prepared for this. No one. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2018 #10