From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sun Mar 28 2004 - 21:56:08 PST
Inattention........sleeping at the wheel......who knows......
How many cars were rear ended today by cars and trucks?
Glad you are OK......but you could have had a strobe on the back of the
thing and it would have made no difference.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Strangfeld" <curlyjoe98@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: [MV] me and my M35 took a hit from a semi today
> Not too long ago someone posted the sad story about
> two guys that got killed after getting rearended by a
> semi truck. This story has been on my mind a lot
> lately as I drive mine on the Interstate often.
>
> Tonight around 7:30 I was headed westbound on I-94
> (just south of Eau Claire, WI) with my M35 and was
> rearended by a tractor trailer. Nobody was injured.
> I was alone in the truck and the trucker is fine also.
> The fact that everything turned out as good as it did
> makes me very grateful. I was going about 50-52 mph
> and looked in my mirror maybe 5 seconds before impact.
> Of those 5 seconds it took a couple to process the
> fact that he wasn't stopping. After that there wasn't
> much to do except hold on. He hit me in the drivers
> rear and pushed me for 2-3 seconds. I was at an angle
> and on the shoulder before regaining control and
> brought her to a stop safely and the other driver did
> the same. The truck, a T-600 Kenworth, has a trashed
> radiator. The hood also is smashed and was pushed
> into the windshield. My truck is driveable with
> tailights operational but tommorrow I will inspect it
> thoroughly. I will keep everyone posted as to what
> happens legally when I am able to disclose it.
>
> As far as night driving on the Interstate, I will
> rethink it completely. I suggest everyone else think
> about it also. The worst part is the bad publicity
> this provides for the rest of the MV'ers. The last
> thing we need is another M151 fiasco with the M35's
> etc. etc.
>
> Counting my blessings
>
> Marc Strangfeld
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