I was probably 6-8 years old when this happened. My dad was a friend of Warner and helped with the filming of this episode driving the semi as it approached the accident during the filming. I remember it so well sitting on the hillside with my family watching them launch the trucks (3 if i remember right) off the side of the road, lighting them on fire and flight for life landing. Warren was a good man and a good friend to my father.
Witnessed a truck flip over on a bad hairpin turn where I used to live a few years ago. Little did I know it was a friend of mine who flipped. I ran as hard as I could with a fire extinguisher in hand across 2 acres to reach where he was thrown from out of his seatbelt and landed in a pool of hot oil and glass and fuel.. thankfully he survived with a few bad cuts and a broken arm. From that day on, I have always kept a fire extinguisher in my car and truck, you never know when you or someone else will need it. I would risk my life to save anyone in an accident.
I have always been and always will be the type to get involved. I have been a Paramedic for over 20 years now and I hate when cowards stand there with camera's and phones instead of helping people.
Same here, because wooden clogs is my favorite type of shoe, and I own a pair. Wood have really missed wearing them 😭😭.Then again, I probably would have a special prosthetic leg made so that I could wear my clogs again 😂😂
I know this happened more than 30 years ago but the people who didn't help and just stood there and watched should be ashamed of themselves. And also telling those men to give up and let that guy burn inside his truck...no words. I can't imagine how angry that guy's parents must have felt knowing that bystanders just stood there without helping and watched their son potentially burn to death.
Goodness, this happened 32 years ago when I was seven years old so Darrel is 20 years older than me. This happened on a Saturday. When I saw Darrel’s truck getting engulfed in flames, I was terrified because I didn’t know if he was going to die or not. I am sure that he will always hold a place in his heart for those who saved his life. Today he’s 59 and is a great husband with a dog.
@@PrincessEli82 He was sentence to the jail for drunk driving one men died and guy that grunk driving when the police open the car door and his beer all fall out
It’s been 34 years since Daryl’s accident so he’s 61 now. When I saw his car crash and catch fire, I was terrified. This happened on a Saturday and nine days before Labor Day. I’m sure Daryl said “Thank you” to those who helped him out and can’t do it enough. I was living in Fountain Hills, Arizona. If no one came to Daryl’s rescue, he wouldn’t be here today. Daryl didn’t come out of his coma until the first Saturday in October and he missed Labor Day.
Did Daryl say that people complain that they don't have Reeboks? I'd tell them "Hey, there are people who are worse off than you,." and in this case, there is.
He really shouldn't be driving if he's tired or drowsy - didn't even pay attention to the road. This is an accident that could easily have been avoided.
they couldn't he was trapped with legs stuck and pinned against the steering wheel. They did the best they could when they knew they couldn't get him out
@@TheHeadlessHorseman I believe in the same area where the accident happened on highway 287 near Ted’s place if you know the area. Highway 287 and highway 14 to be exact.
@@crosleyman50 Thanks I am looking on google earth for the area but can't seem to find any spot that matches what they show where he heading southeast on 287 and rounds a sharp right curve where they is a drop off on the other side. Every right curve I see appears to either have an up hill area or flat area that doesn't seem to match what they show. Maybe it was further away from teds place then I am looking. I will keep checking, thanks
@@TheHeadlessHorseman look just north of the highway 14 intersection you’ll see the curve that’s where it happened at. The fire station that took the call is on S Bryan Ave just a little north of W Mulberry St in Fort Collins
I went to Fort Collins Colorado in July, because I was attending my cousin Dominique’s wedding, which was going to take place in Loveland. My family and I rented a house there for our vacation. It was a great house. It was the greatest home away from home I’ve ever been to.
People were se good and caring back then... It's like a whole different world. Greatful a had at least 20-21 years of that old world. It all changed September 2001.
Thank Both of You Gentlemen for doing Your best to Help the Young Man. To the IDIOTS that were up on the road, that said, let him go. How would they act if it happened to them? KARMA!
He was delivering new trucks, and in that era few trucks had factory-installed CB radios. As to why each truck didn't have a fire extinguisher inside, I don't know.
Out of all the episodes, this one made me so angry to see those bystanders or should I say those COWARDS just standing there, not even helping the only two men get the poor guy out of the burning vehicle and for them to tell them to get out and LEAVE him there! How dare they do that! I absolutely hate people like that, especially how things are nowadays with people not stepping in to help other people in trouble, but instead they take out their phones and record and they claim themselves to be the so called heroes to get their fifteen minutes of fame.
At the time this happened I was just starting first grade and my brother Andrew was 19 days away from his fifth birthday and started his last year of preschool. I was attending McDowell Mountain Elementary School.
The question must be asked: what caused him to become unconscious? He wasn’t drunk there was no signs or mentions of alcohol or any other drug or substance. Is he diabetic?
I watched the filming of this as a child from the hill across the street and knew Warner. I believe Darrel had fallen asleep at the wheel after a long day or weekend. There were no drugs or alcohol involved.
lol no more dangerous than all of the idiots last year filling multiple gas cans and cramming them into the middle & back of their minivans , or the Darwin Award runner ups that lined pickup truck beds with plastic and filled the whole bed with gasoline- because they weren't told fuel tanker trucks could easily source and deliver fuel from other locations to the gas stations...
@@kstanni87 it’s a 65 mile drive from where he picked up the fireworks to where he crashed. That’s probably why he had them in the truck so he didn’t loose any.
Warner was my neighbor in Denver years ago. Very good man, not surprised he went above and beyond like this.
Thunder 720, the 2 guys and the policeman, and the EMT’s were all incredible!!!!
I hope he's ok
@@songbirdserenade6897 he lost his leg the victim so
That's cool he was your neighbor he did an awesome job
@@TheGrave66digger He would be baked head to toe so its not the worst case of scenario.
Those two men are heros. They gave Darrel a chance to live his life, to be a husband and a father.
I was probably 6-8 years old when this happened. My dad was a friend of Warner and helped with the filming of this episode driving the semi as it approached the accident during the filming. I remember it so well sitting on the hillside with my family watching them launch the trucks (3 if i remember right) off the side of the road, lighting them on fire and flight for life landing. Warren was a good man and a good friend to my father.
😎awesome
Fort Collins, Colorado United States August 26th, 1989
Witnessed a truck flip over on a bad hairpin turn where I used to live a few years ago. Little did I know it was a friend of mine who flipped. I ran as hard as I could with a fire extinguisher in hand across 2 acres to reach where he was thrown from out of his seatbelt and landed in a pool of hot oil and glass and fuel.. thankfully he survived with a few bad cuts and a broken arm. From that day on, I have always kept a fire extinguisher in my car and truck, you never know when you or someone else will need it. I would risk my life to save anyone in an accident.
it makes me angry that out of all the people who stopped only Warren and 1 other person tried to help Daryl from the burning truck.
TTBurger88 I agree, WTF is wrong with people???
Those people were selfish and unhelpful!
Yes, and not only did they refuse to do anything to help but they wanted to stay there and gawk for entertainment.
Losers. Now days, they're Losers making VIDEOS,To See What Happens' LIVID, Best Description.
Not only that, but the bystanders were SCREAMING at the only people trying to help?? That pissed me off!
I have always been and always will be the type to get involved. I have been a Paramedic for over 20 years now and I hate when cowards stand there with camera's and phones instead of helping people.
Call 911
It must be awful losing your leg. I would be heartbroken if I lost one of my legs.
Same here, because wooden clogs is my favorite type of shoe, and I own a pair. Wood have really missed wearing them 😭😭.Then again, I probably would have a special prosthetic leg made so that I could wear my clogs again 😂😂
@@staceyking7911 Maybe you should.
I know this happened more than 30 years ago but the people who didn't help and just stood there and watched should be ashamed of themselves. And also telling those men to give up and let that guy burn inside his truck...no words. I can't imagine how angry that guy's parents must have felt knowing that bystanders just stood there without helping and watched their son potentially burn to death.
Goodness, this happened 32 years ago when I was seven years old so Darrel is 20 years older than me. This happened on a Saturday. When I saw Darrel’s truck getting engulfed in flames, I was terrified because I didn’t know if he was going to die or not. I am sure that he will always hold a place in his heart for those who saved his life. Today he’s 59 and is a great husband with a dog.
They help this guy or he would of been dead and alive and be all that bad 😳😵
@@suzyra1212 I agree. I’m sure he said “Thank you” to those who saved him and can never give them enough thanks.
@@PrincessEli82 Did you watch one guy that got drunk and got accident with two couple in their car and got car crush together 😳😵
@@suzyra1212 I don’t think I did. Why do you ask? Do you know the name of it? I wonder if it was the one that took place in Powhatan, Virginia.
@@PrincessEli82 He was sentence to the jail for drunk driving one men died and guy that grunk driving when the police open the car door and his beer all fall out
So glad they gpt him out safely.
It’s been 34 years since Daryl’s accident so he’s 61 now. When I saw his car crash and catch fire, I was terrified. This happened on a Saturday and nine days before Labor Day. I’m sure Daryl said “Thank you” to those who helped him out and can’t do it enough. I was living in Fountain Hills, Arizona. If no one came to Daryl’s rescue, he wouldn’t be here today. Daryl didn’t come out of his coma until the first Saturday in October and he missed Labor Day.
The accident occurred in Fort Collins, Colorado on Saturday, August 26th, 1989
i want to personally thank all persons that helped, and police ambulance, fire, and the chopper pilot
Did Daryl say that people complain that they don't have Reeboks? I'd tell them "Hey, there are people who are worse off than you,." and in this case, there is.
That was his point!
In other words, he was implying that they have both their legs.
Hope Daryl is doing well today
He really shouldn't be driving if he's tired or drowsy - didn't even pay attention to the road. This is an accident that could easily have been avoided.
Hell yeah if he's feeling tired
It's a RE ENACTMENT!??
Cost him his leg.
@@csmith563 yeah, of something that actually happened..
He was tired
What a bunch of cowards the other people were.
This guy fell asleep at the wheel the truck blew up hope he be alright .
I would just try to get the guy out as quickly as possible...the fire isn't going away!!!
they couldn't he was trapped with legs stuck and pinned against the steering wheel. They did the best they could when they knew they couldn't get him out
And that's what saved his life.
I remember watching this one. They shot the scene of the fire truck leaving at city park station. I lived near the station.
do you remember where they shot the accident at?
@@TheHeadlessHorseman I believe in the same area where the accident happened on highway 287 near Ted’s place if you know the area. Highway 287 and highway 14 to be exact.
@@crosleyman50 Thanks I am looking on google earth for the area but can't seem to find any spot that matches what they show where he heading southeast on 287 and rounds a sharp right curve where they is a drop off on the other side. Every right curve I see appears to either have an up hill area or flat area that doesn't seem to match what they show. Maybe it was further away from teds place then I am looking. I will keep checking, thanks
@@TheHeadlessHorseman look just north of the highway 14 intersection you’ll see the curve that’s where it happened at. The fire station that took the call is on S Bryan Ave just a little north of W Mulberry St in Fort Collins
@@crosleyman50 thanks
The driver that crashed was lucky the semi driver stopped to investigate. Other drivers didn't notice that it was a vehicle that was burning.
This car is gonna go boom boom!!???😱
I went to Fort Collins Colorado in July, because I was attending my cousin Dominique’s wedding, which was going to take place in Loveland. My family and I rented a house there for our vacation. It was a great house. It was the greatest home away from home I’ve ever been to.
People were se good and caring back then... It's like a whole different world. Greatful a had at least 20-21 years of that old world. It all changed September 2001.
Thanks to the paramedics and Air Life of Greely flown him to the hospital. The people stood there and did nothing God will deal with them.
Thank Both of You Gentlemen for doing Your best to Help the Young Man.
To the IDIOTS that were up on the road, that said, let him go.
How would they act if it happened to them?
KARMA!
Thank you Jesus Christ he survived.,🙏❤️
What is wrong with the other people? Why aren't they helping him more? Cowards.😠
Had fire works in the truck and the ones that didn’t help were scared that the truck would blow up
The bystander effect is awful
Colorado in the 80s was ESPECIALLY Libertarian.
Rescue 911/ Fireworks Truck Crash
I thought the trucker would have a fire extinguisher.
And a radio to call for help.
He was delivering new trucks, and in that era few trucks had factory-installed CB radios. As to why each truck didn't have a fire extinguisher inside, I don't know.
Sounds like scary Harry Potter music to me. LOL! Nobody enjoys getting trapped in a 🚗 crash. 🎆and dudes don't mix.
I’ve never seen a pickup truck fire before
Out of all the episodes, this one made me so angry to see those bystanders or should I say those COWARDS just standing there, not even helping the only two men get the poor guy out of the burning vehicle and for them to tell them to get out and LEAVE him there! How dare they do that! I absolutely hate people like that, especially how things are nowadays with people not stepping in to help other people in trouble, but instead they take out their phones and record and they claim themselves to be the so called heroes to get their fifteen minutes of fame.
At the time this happened I was just starting first grade and my brother Andrew was 19 days away from his fifth birthday and started his last year of preschool. I was attending McDowell Mountain Elementary School.
The question must be asked: what caused him to become unconscious? He wasn’t drunk there was no signs or mentions of alcohol or any other drug or substance. Is he diabetic?
Probably fatigue, seeing how it was quite late when the incident happened.
I watched the filming of this as a child from the hill across the street and knew Warner. I believe Darrel had fallen asleep at the wheel after a long day or weekend. There were no drugs or alcohol involved.
Fatigue is common with drivers
How many of these videos are real footage vs recreation?
That truck is has fireworks
Was he intoxicated or tired? What made him go off the road?
Exhaustion.
becarefull
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He's lucky someone just happened to I nthe area or he would of been dead and it would of been hours before he would of been found
5:18 BOOM!!!
How long ago was this?
8-26-1989
I remember when I was in 1 grade
Truck on fire
I don't know why he had fireworks in the car, that's not safe idea at all
They need to be transported somehow?
lol no more dangerous than all of the idiots last year filling multiple gas cans and cramming them into the middle & back of their minivans , or the Darwin Award runner ups that lined pickup truck beds with plastic and filled the whole bed with gasoline- because they weren't told fuel tanker trucks could easily source and deliver fuel from other locations to the gas stations...
Fireworks are illegal in Colorado so a lot of people use that road or I-25 to go to Wyoming to buy them.
It was one of those smaller pick-up trucks. He should've put it in the bed. Not in the passengers seat.
@@kstanni87 it’s a 65 mile drive from where he picked up the fireworks to where he crashed. That’s probably why he had them in the truck so he didn’t loose any.
They should of pulled the driver out and did CPR
The steering column, and wheel was wedged against him, they couldn't open the doors, and I believe his leg/s were trapped. You ain't pulling him out.
1] he was pinned in the vehicle, and 2] you never do CPR on someone who still has a viable heartbeat!
They were doing all they could. Unfortunately the guy was trapped in his vehicle and they were unable to get him out right away.
They needed the jaws of life.
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Anyone know the music in the beginning there?
7:46
datsun 720?
He’s got better balance then I do with one leg 🦵
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It is not safe for him to drive
It's a mercy those fireworks didn't explode & do worse damage.
They would have it only needs one sparks
They did explode, but yeah they could have caused more injury to the driver and/or injured his rescuers.
@@erikbunty2016 I think she means full blown
Lol even after the crash he was still asleep
Not only did he fall asleep, it would seem that once he crashed, *he was knocked out by crashing.*
/Sarcasm
why does this say fireworks?
I see now
There were fireworks in the truck.
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I see this I just drove on and mine my own binennss and don't worry about others
People should carry a fire extinguisher 🧯 in their cars. Just for situations like this
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