Wow First Time Seeing This Happen In Person And Probably Wont Be The Last

Today in Indiana on 74 westbound was bumper to bumper i came to where it was right as the traffic was starting to slow down and there it hapoened. An 18 wheeler slammed into the back of an suv sending it way of the right shoulder. I immediately got on the cb yelling break check break check break check westbound mile marker 117. Wow I pray everyone was ok

My goodness. Prayers for the ones involved. I haven't stepped foot in a semi,let alone touch even a head light & I know to have Safe distance embedded in my head. Gotta keep that thought of your driving an almost 80k machine. Just one sneeze could put you or others in jeopardy. And yes, sadly it will most likely not be your last of seeing things like this.

Also I'm definitely not saying driver was following to close. Anything could have happened leading up to that like a medical emergency or just not paying attention while driving. But again prayers to all involved.

It's hard to watch ain't it...lol. I was on the Long Island Expressway in New York a while back and traffic was coming to a slow crawl. The lane to my right a loaded dump truck came to a complete stop, the Boars Head box truck coming up behind him didn't. The dump truck barely moved, the Boars Head truck flattened its front end with steam blowing everywhere from his radiator.

Saw the same thing in about the same place last summer. I was E/B I-74 on the west bound side, in the single lane jersey barrier divided construction zone. I was moving along at the speed limit marveling at the pace that 18 in front of me was running, continuing to pull away. All of the sudden every light on his trailer blasted red, and big clouds of smoke billowed from his trailer sets. Then, i see a pickup truck with utility trailer bouncing out of traffic in front of the 18 into the median, and three of four cars in front of me went into e-brake mode... Already braking at the trailer lights, so Jakebrake took care of me -(seems all the super-truckers hate when you go the speed limit and maintain a follow distance in the construction areas, but a sure payoff sometimes). Turns out he clipped the back corner of the utility trailer and buried his left steer into the Jersey. Indiana Highway Patrol were not pleased, less so when the dude in the beater Taurus drove around everyone and passed us in the median... they ended up hooking him up about 1/2 mile up the road - great theater for us stopped by the mess.. Fortunately, injury to the pickup driver were not severe. Had a brief chat with the trooper on scene, thanked him for doing what he was doing. Total time down, about 1.5 hours... got my sleeper berth time in tho... ready for another 8!