060624 18 WHEELER CRASHES INTO REAR OF 18 WHEELER DRIVER CRITICAL-NEW CANEY, TX
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- At midnight EMC Fire was dispatched to a major accident on I-69 Southbound just north of FM 1485 in New Caney. Units arrived on the scene to find a disabled 18-wheeler that experienced a transmission failure parked in the moving lane of freeway traffic in an unlit area of the freeway. He was loaded with cartons of DEF Fluid for diesel engines. A second 18-wheeler was loaded with cardboard did not see the disabled truck and slammed into the rear of it without even applying brakes. The cab of the truck went inside the trailer load of DEF. Firefighters spent 20-minutes cutting the driver out. He was then transported to Kingwood Hospital in critical condition. As wreckers tried to separate the two trucks the one that slammed into the trailer burst into flames. It was quickly extinguished by the wrecker driver and DPS. EEMC fire responded back to the scene to complete the task.
SOUTHBOUND 59 REMAINS CLOSED AT ROMAN FOREST AND WILL BE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR AS HAZMAT TEAMS CLER FLUIDS AND THE TRUCKS ARE REMOVED FROM THE FREEWAY.
Back in the day you had to actually know how to drive a truck! Now days they let anyone get behind the wheel! Just another profession that is going to hell
Yes sir. Put an automatic transmission in. Make a brand new driver a trainer in a few months. The new driver has lived in Florida his or her entire life. Has only seen snow and mountains on television. Starts his new job in June. Drives all summer long. In November the company makes him or her a trainer. They send this driver with a brand new driver. This driver is from Georgia. They get a load going from Chicago to Portland Oregon. It’s snowing in Wyoming and it’s windy. Now we have two brand new drivers who have never even seen snow. This is a disaster waiting to happen. Put manual transmission back in trucks. Make driver training much longer. Don’t allow anyone to train another driver until they have had a minimum of 5 full years of experience. Drivers can’t even backup anymore. I see more and more drivers on their phones. I see drivers with the black out curtains closed covering both the driver and passenger side windows. I see drivers driving with their feet up on the dash. It’s terrifying.
Back in the day when professional drivers was on the road ,companies didn't appreciate them at all , big turn over rates and buying new trucks and trailers !! it karma now !! 😮
I stepped away from trucking back in February 2005 . SWIFT was wrecking rigs left and right back then.
Doesn’t look like much has changed.
Crazy thing .. I swapped over to heavy recovery work , the semi wrecks were like this one… unbelievable.
I’m completely out of the game now, I miss it until I see stuff like this.
The driver in the blue truck was a foreign driver & I as a truck driver of at least 15 years am seeing a flood of foreign drivers out here the problem with these guys I see it everyday when they pass me is Texting and Driving people in cars as well
So I wanna bet that’s what this driver was doing when he barreled into the Knight truck
truckers now days dont know crap
Let me guess another foreign national truck driver not paying attention they crash here all the time
I see a LOT of terrible drivers in these rigs anymore; impatient and cannot stay in a lane or anticipate traffic ahead to save their lives. 😠
The truck drivers we have today are the bottom of the bottom of the barrel.
How can you not see a parked semi. Even though it shouldn't have been stopped there... No attempt to brake, seriously? Didn't see it until after crashing. Managed to 7/10 that trailer perfectly though.
... and they are all on their phones.
These comments have nothing to do with the problem. The driver was broke down in the travel lane. Could have just happened. Of course, a Swift truck ran into him. Probably distracted. @GizmoBeach has nothing to do with changing lanes or being impatient. Distracted driving. Probably sleepy.
People in Cars are the same way
This will be on ..... BONEHEAD TRUCKERS .... another Swifty Swift driver.
Wasn't a swift driver. 3rd party driver pulling swift trailer. Says KG Star right on the truck.
@@jimjoe9945 Poor cupcake, still driving for Swifty Swift. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Bonehead Truckers! What a joke Ike is. Fake accent, same tired old nicknames. I tuned him out a few years ago because he’s so irritating. Swifty Swift…sodee water…gawd his schtick has gotten old.
I already emailed bonehead truckers and sent it
No jokes guys. Disgusting.
What's amazing is Swift and Knight merged in 2017.
And again on a warm summer night.
SEPARATE INSURENCE
They merged right here too!
@@baker93304 👍🤣🤣🤣😁
@@ericsmith-sx8xi 😂😂
some swift drivers qualcomm : "YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A LOAD. ARE YOU AVAILABLE Y/N"
Wasn’t a swift truck, 3rd party pulling a swift trailer and swift stopped using Qualcomm 2 years ago
Thank GOD, for 1st responders.. they are life savers....
100% attention avoids this. Dark area or not he should have head lights and aware of the road in front.
The swift was probably following another one too close and it swerved around the knight leaving swifty no reaction time.
@@juliogonzo2718 Or they were on their phone like every other driver on the road these days.
Fortunate that the initial impact didn't cause the truck to immediately go up in flames. Prayers for a full recovery for the critically injured driver.
he hit it hard,, looks like the front semi went up the road with the impact like around 60 feet ,, the blue cab got some mashing ,, its amazing how the driver got out at all and was not killed in such a wreck im sure he is badly hurt , had the truck gone on fire with the impact and the wiring shorting out ,, it would be a totally different story with all the material that could ignite and burn quickly ,, hope the drivers will be ok after this ordeal
I don’t know about Texas, but a lot of those Swift drivers are maniacs here on Ohio roads. I used to work off shift and they would drive like bats out of hell, cut you off, ride your ass going 70. It was scary!
They allow Mad-Max drivers here too. The scariest situation is being on the flip side of them jumping curbs with one side of the trailer.
Somalian truckers couldn't give a rat's ass about safety.
With so many accidents, one would have to wonder how they can afford insurance or maybe that's why my insurance keeps going up.
@@billybrown7953 - I think most of the mega-carriers are self-insured.
It was a third party contractor pulling the Swift box. Many carriers use them, and most of those are not the cream of the crop operators.
Prayers 🙏 for the drivers of both these trucks.
Yes,that sure will help those drivers
towing company was definitely psyched to get that trailer full of bluedef in their yard suddenly half a pallet is missing because it "was damaged"😂😂
Can't BELIEVE the Swift driver is still alive. There's bound to be one hell of a court battle between the two companies pointing fingers at each other.
They're the same company: Knight-Swift Transportation.
Nope, Knight bought swift years ago and they are self insured
Swift trailer...3rd party tractor
it was not a swift driver. It was contractor. swift and knight had merged together.
Actually knight and Swift merged a while back
45 years of driving. Damn I’m glad that I was able to spend most of my years respecting and being respected by my fellow brothers and sisters of the open road. You four wheelers beware of the new driver. Their just not fortunate enough to have the proper training like it was done back then. All I can say to the new drivers is to just slow down and pay attention and y’all will be fine after you get some miles of self disciplining. May the good lord be your co pilot.
Damm is a swift driver no wonder newbies rookies not paying attention left alone behind the wheel after few days
Genius it’s not a Swift driver!! Use your eyes and brain. It’s a outside carrier that’s power only pulling the swift trailer
This is so sad...... ones life could have ended, but his way of life has for sure
How awful! Prayers to the driver. That cab is messed up!
Trucking industry will hire anyone, no experience needed.
Oh, it's the Knight Swift merger. This is one way of looking at it.
California loves the def fluid another tax
Prayers for all involved!!! Including drivers and emergency workers . . .
Yes sir. Put an automatic transmission in. Make a brand new driver a trainer in a few months. The new driver has lived in Florida his or her entire life. Has only seen snow and mountains on television. Starts his new job in June. Drives all summer long. In November the company makes him or her a trainer. They send this driver with a brand new driver. This driver is from Georgia. They get a load going from Chicago to Portland Oregon. It’s snowing in Wyoming and it’s windy. Now we have two brand new drivers who have never even seen snow. This is a disaster waiting to happen. Put manual transmission back in trucks. Make driver training much longer. Don’t allow anyone to train another driver until they have had a minimum of 5 full years of experience. Drivers can’t even backup anymore. I see more and more drivers on their phones. I see drivers with the black out curtains closed covering both the driver and passenger side windows. I see drivers driving with their feet up on the dash. It’s terrifying.
New driver here and I agree, I was baffled when I learned I could be a trainer with in a year, my father is a trucker I have much respect for trucking
I have 30 years of truck driving experience. Never once have i pulled onto the shoulder unless i was broke down. If you are broke down, the law states you have to place safety triangles within 10 minutes. These new drivers have a SERIOUS deficit in the common sense and safety category. They pull on the shoulder at the drop of a hat for everything except an emergency. Many times within sight of an exit ramp or rest area. As many times i have seen this in the past few years, i NEVER see law enforcement giving citations for parking on the shoulder. Then you have the whole deal of these morons trying to merge back into 75 mph traffic from a complete stop, regardless of if traffic can evade or not. Remember this the next time some politician or education beurocrat claims they need another 10 or 15 billion dollar increase in the "education " budget.
My aren't these new electronic marvels wonderful! Stupid trucks are built these days so that if any of the computers decide they're not happy, they just shut the freaking truck down regardless of what's going on.
Obviously could be driver error involved in this particular crash, but to hear the transmission threw a hissy and shut the truck down is not surprising in the least.
you know the transmission is what actually makes the truck move right? So if it breaks the truck is going to stop.
🧑🎓🧑🎓
I heard that Knight & Swift were gonna merge but this is taking it to extremes.
The fact that Knight truck was hauling DEF is almost as Ironic as it being Swift who slammed into it.
Swift owns Knight Transportation now - this was a Swift on Swift wreck.
@@permaquilter9111 You have that backwards. Knight owns Swift.
@@gregoryhodge9452 - You're right, I got it backwards. Mega eats mega, makes even bigger mega and with numbers like that, the percentage of accidents goes up accordingly and makes it seem like every other wreck is a Swift truck. 🙂
@@permaquilter9111 either way it obviously happened very swiftly
@@permaquilter9111no it wasn’t genius. It’s a power openly carrier that hauls trailers for multiple carriers. The side of the truck clearly shows the carriers name and it’s not swift, regardless of the trailer hauled
I quit Knight after nine months. My truck was an international and the number was 332380. That Knight truck is out of Indianapolis, IN.
If you knew the transmission was going out, wouldn't you pull over to the far right emergency lane, then get out and put emergency reflectors behind the semi-trailer, instead of staying in a driving lane.
Has it entered your brain that he may not have been able to. I’m very sure the driver knew how important it was to get his rig out of the moving lane of traffic.
Are you trying to be a homeless-peaceful-protester, we working out here.
@@nathanurick8320thank you 👍🇺🇲
@nathanurick8320 I doubt it, these drivers today are dumb as a box of rocks
I drive for swift. Broke down in chicago a week and a half ago. Truck shut itself off with me in a land during rush hour on i 90
Even truckers were honking and mad and absolutely nothing i could do.
Swift stands for see what I f up today
Sure Wish I'd Finished Trainings!🤣
Swing wide it’s a fucking trailer
😂stop wasting instructors f--ing time
@@teecope488 😆😆😆
There’s no jokes for this !! Poor guy hope he has a speedy recovery!!
Please drivers It's a highway construction season, And school kids practice, So it will be a lot of school bus and motorcycle,Please slow down at construction sites, And always put your four-way lights, To warn other drivers behind you , Drive safely everyone, And May GOD bless and protect us all
Those firemen need to stand clear of those cables . They can break so easy!!! God bless both drivers
Blue tractor it’s not from swift Transportation, just the trailer.
NEWSFLASH: Both drivers were wearing flip-flops, red turban's, and both had female passengers who had mustaches and red dots on their foreheads. Driver of truck number one was over heard stating "These trucks hold up much better in a crash than a magic carpet". He further stated "There will be no meeting of 72 virgins tonight".
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Was the hauler of the Swift trailer using his cell phone at the time of the crash? Something to check!
Its not a swift driver. At end of vid you see a different company name on the tractor.
Was pulling a swift trailer.
@@DonFonzarelli-uq9yx Fixed! I didn't see a different name.
😮😮😮The fiberglass cabs get obliterated these days compared to the older steel made cabs back in the day. The look of this tractor cab is a miracle the driver has survived. Prayers for the injured.
The disabled truck was in a traffic lane, or was he pushed there? To stop on the highway is the worst thing one can do. Pull off, even if you have to coast or whatever, driving at 65-70 distances close incredibly fast. Hopefully the injured person will recover soon.
If watching the road, and not a phone, a parked truck can be seen for at least 10 seconds at 65-70 mph. Sometimes stuff happens and equipment gets stuck in a traffic lane. It's the duty of the drivers behind to see and react to any obstacles in front of them. Following drivers should NEVER go faster and/or follow closer than they can stop. There are very few valid excuses for crashing into vehicles ahead.
God bless you in your recovery ✝️🕊️🇺🇸
I knew swift & knight wanted to merge but damn!🤯🎉
He was driving for Swift transportation, he was critical when he got into the truck. The only thing dumber than him is the tow truck crew that didn't cut the battery cables before they started yanking that mess apart and then stood around watching it burn for 3 or 4 minutes before they tried to extinguish
God watch over our truckers.
May He watch only the ones that watch out for each other...not the ones watching TV on their phone while driving down the interstate.
Must be mating season. I retired after 31 years without a scratch on a truck. No cargo claims either. DEF & Automatic Transmissions. There's TWO of the things trucks don't need.
it's not an automatic ...automated gearbox and yes you can keep your 300 B.C. eaton/fuller crap
Drove for Swift over three years they just Fired me two days ago (wednesday) over a miner truckstop bump but look who they kept I fell vindacated
Sir , had same situation with swift few years ago .
That's a contractor truck but, your situation is BS I agree.
Yea that's horseshit, over a small bump. I mean, if you damaged something that's a whole diffrent story, but barely touching or grazing something with no damage at all... they did you a favor.
Isn’t swift and knight one company? Prayers to the driver 🙏🏼
Well, that's one way to top up the DEF!
How crazy is that...The same company trucks in an accident.And wewonder why everyone pokes at swift...SMDH
Same company but a contractor on the swiftless,that is going to be half million on the wreck, hospital bills are another story and I bet no insurance for the contractor.
Freight shaker will lock the brakes up if a rabbit crosses the road or if a bridge is lower than 14 ft but it obviously didn’t apply the brakes here. Shocker. Buzzers, safety gadgets everywhere and you still have to drive the truck.
I see this so often I drive truck cross country and most of the time it’s drivers stopping on side of the road to take 30 minute break. The law needs to crackdown on drivers doing this, truly they need to get rid of the 30 minute break it’s very very stupid law.
Of course Swift is involved. Incompetent drivers and un-maintenanced equipment are a bad combo.
No it’s not swift and your incompetent to read it’s a outside carrier pulling their trailer smh
Enjoy the replacement workers
What happens when an automated transmission "fails?" Is there warning; does it disengage and you can coast to the shoulder? Does it lock up? Is it more likely a mechanical gear problem, or a computer fail?
What would an experienced driver be aware of in this situation, and what would he/she do? And, in particular, on a grade? (Asking drivers.)
Swift and knight united they are talking about merging I guess it's true yep just put anyone behind the wheel the way mega carriers operate
Talking about merging? Knight acquired Swift several years ago. 😊
It’s a power only carrier pulling the trailer and regardless of the trailer pulled, it’s not knight or swift driving
Swift and Knight liked merging so much they decided to try it a different way this time.
What a shocker that another swift Truck is in an accident!! haven’t seen that about 10,000 times before
It’s not a Swift truck genius. It’s a power only company that pulls multiple carrier trailers. It clearly shows the name of the carrier on the side, especially near the end
2 fatal accidents in 24 months. Foreigner ran company. The blue truck . That dot number is 2 or more years old.
oh snap, he was driving too swiftly at knight time.
How fast was the Knight driver going when he crashed into the Swift truck? No skid marks on the pavement.
He didn’t crash genius he had broke down. Also that’s not a Swift truck. It’s a power only carrier that shows its name on the side of the truck that pulls Swift, JB Hunt, and other carrier trailers smh
Free rounds of BlueDef for everybody!
Insert the SWIFT driver joke here...
Not funny right now, considering the circumstances in the description section...but very true.
Drivers of swift give a whole new meaning to the word swift.
This episode brought to you by BONEHEAD TRUCKERS. Where half of the 18 wheeler drivers can't speak ENGLISH.
Its NOT a swift driver. Look towards end of vid. Has a different company name on the truck. It is either a contractor leased onto swift, or another carrier hauling a swift trailer
@@DonFonzarelli-uq9yx ITS STILL A SWIFT TRAILER BEING PULLED BY SOMEONE THATS PAYED BY THE SWIFT COMPANY. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
How in the heck does Swift Schneider and all these other bad trucking companies stay in business I only thing I can think of is somebody in Washington DC owns these companies instead of private owners a private owner could not stay in business with those mini accidents disease companies have no insurance company
Would ensure these idiots except the government themselves
I wonder why he didn't see the front truck. Since he was broken down did his lights go out?
This is not what they meant when they announced a swift knight merger.
2:30 Officers like dam it stinks like armpits and curry powder! 😅
Carrying hazmat material in the cab ? Where is permit for flammable mater in the sleeper birth to be legal to haul that.
This one time you can say he was glad he was driving a swift truck, if that had been a large car with triple digit numbers that could have been a lot worse
wow that was a swift impact for sure
Ole swifty swift. Their insurance must be the sky high with all the crashes they seem to have
They have their own,otherwise they probably wouldn't be able to keep any
Swift the best in class! You got that right!
A dozen firefighters standing around and the wrecker crew puts out the fire initially
Who is delivering that load after this!? Thats the most important question!!! Nevermind that injury, get my freight delivered!!
I hope both driver's are okay and we got to stay alert
Scene that once in Oklahoma going into Texas in front of that casino. Cab went into the box as well.
Nothing has changed except that there is 3 times more trucks on the road. Now hear and see these accidents because of social media and all the nosy people.
Good morning Scott.
The irony of a knight driver getting rear ended by swift.
Didn’t get rear ended by Swift genius . If you watched the video, clearly you wouod see the name of the carrier on the side of the truck. It’s a powe only company that’s not swift
Ain't Swift and Knight the same company lol. They literally merged with this one lol.
No they didn’t genius, it’s a outside carrier that’s power only that pulled the Swift trailer
I guess nobody reads anymore. Always have all of these retired drivers criticizing the new drivers. Research the accidents during your time. There's less now. And who are you going to blame when trucks are autonomous trucks. This was an accident and a fellow driver is fighting for their life. Post your accident reconstruction certification on your page.
speedy recovery to both drivers. i wonder how a lawsuit would come into play in this situation considering swift and knight transportation are owned by the same people and operated by the same authority.
It appears to be a contractor truck pulling the Swift trl., not a company truck, so...
Are they Chinese owned!?👎
That will be an interesting insurance payout. Lol!
Fire dept leave????
What's going on with all off these 18 wheeler pulling over on The shoulder when they time out, DOT needs to come up with a safer way.
Poor truck driver. God bless and prayers 🙏
Of course it was a swift driver
Of course it wasn’t a Swift driver genius. If you had watched the video and had eyes, it clearly shows the power only company name on the side of the truck
As bad as I want to make a swift joke right now I can't that is a horrible crash
Who would, if not swift, picture says it all
Seriously bad drivers. Unbelievable
I'll keep driving my old 78 W900 no steer axle brakes no computers to screw things up all mechanical
kinda odd both truck are in the Same Company
Thats not a swift driver. It is a contractor. Someone leased onto swift.
no !
Probably not leased to Swift, but rather an independent third party operator utilizing a “power only” movement.
So this is Knight Transport and Swift in the company Merger
Knight driver didn't leave their hazard on while leaving the shoulder band swift wasn't paying attention 😮😮😮😮😮
The Knight Swift MERGER.
At least he kept it in the family
47 years just retired new bread of driver speed is all they think there is to driving out there watch out public.
Ho Nou !! Two Big companies again
Swift should had paid attention. But goes to show Manual transmission is the only way to go. Surprisingly it hasn't happened more.
Is anyone not surprised to see that Swift is involved?
Probably broken down due to a lack of def fluid and was hauling a full load, when transmission goes out it's not usually moving down the freeway, either way he could have rolled off the road
Was that the planned Swift/Knight merger?