Another Tractor & Truck Accident

Bird · Apr 7, 2012

A fatal accident when a pickup struck a tractor. So far no one knows why a westbound pickup would cross the center line to hit an eastbound tractor on the shoulder of the road.
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RoyJackson · Apr 7, 2012

Keep us posted on any updates, Bird...if you would, please.

jinman · Apr 7, 2012

That's a real head-scratcher. Gotta be driver distraction, but what are the odds it would happen just at the time the tractor was driving by on the opposite shoulder? They didn't say a lot about the tractor driver, but his view of how the truck manuevered in his direction (slowly, suddenly, erratically) seems to be an obvious question.

RoyJackson · Apr 7, 2012

jinman said:
That's a real head-scratcher. Gotta be driver distraction, but what are the odds it would happen just at the time the tractor was driving by on the opposite shoulder? They didn't say a lot about the tractor driver, but his view of how the truck manuevered in his direction (slowly, suddenly, erratically) seems to be an obvious question.

Heart attack, I think...or another medical problem.
That's why I asked Bird to keep us updated...

Bird · Apr 7, 2012

Yep, too many possibilities; suicide, drunk, picking up something he dropped in the floor, texting, unexpected blown tire, inattention, and several other possibilities. I hope the newspaper gives us more details later.

Bird · Apr 14, 2012

They still don't know, and may never know, why that young man crossed the center line and hit the tractor.
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RoyJackson · Apr 14, 2012

Bird said:
They still don't know, and may never know, why that young man crossed the center line and hit the tractor.
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Thanks for the update, Bird...

I didn't realize the pick up driver was so young...I'd assumed he was an older guy (60's or 70's).

The Haymaker · Apr 14, 2012

Bird said:
A fatal accident when a pickup struck a tractor. So far no one knows why a westbound pickup would cross the center line to hit an eastbound tractor on the shoulder of the road.
Wreck under investigation | Denton Local News - News for Denton, Texas - The Denton Record-Chronicle - Denton Record-Chronicle

Wrong place, wrong time.