Another death from what must have been some kind of mechanical failure. Comments follow the article; I'm afraid someone got under my skin and I couldn't keep my hands off the keyboard. Don't know if that's an improvement over not being able to keep my mouth shut.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/highway-7-accident-1.3375680
Photos of the truck are here:
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/driver-killed-in-logging-truck-crash-on-lougheed-highway-1.2709297
You can see that everything's all still coupled, I'm thinking that the left trailer bunk cable might have let go. The front drive axle is also out of alignment; maybe something like a Pete 'air-spring' and the spring leaf broke?
It hit me hard, that someone can survive the logging roads in this country, and then buy it in the safety of the pavement on the way to the sort from some kind of failure. He is reputed to be an excellent driver. Just doesn't make sense somehow. It could have been me, but somehow wasn't.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/highway-7-accident-1.3375680
Photos of the truck are here:
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/driver-killed-in-logging-truck-crash-on-lougheed-highway-1.2709297
You can see that everything's all still coupled, I'm thinking that the left trailer bunk cable might have let go. The front drive axle is also out of alignment; maybe something like a Pete 'air-spring' and the spring leaf broke?
It hit me hard, that someone can survive the logging roads in this country, and then buy it in the safety of the pavement on the way to the sort from some kind of failure. He is reputed to be an excellent driver. Just doesn't make sense somehow. It could have been me, but somehow wasn't.