Apparently, two trucks and a car were involved in a collision this morning around 4:00AM.........the reports so far are that the first truck was stopped at the intersection of Lamar and Raines, was rear ended by a car and the second truck sandwiched the car between himself and the stopped truck.............the first truck exploded (eye witnesses reported) when it was hit by the car, and pretty much all that is left is a smoldering pile of the trailer.....

4 Dead, 3 sent to the hospital in critical condition and 1 released after treatment..........no word on the fate of the drivers and they haven't found the car yet....????

Lots of questions still to be answered...........right now Channel 5 is the only station giving any in-depth coverage........

DRIVERS BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. STAY ALERT TO WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU. IF YOU'RE GETTING FATIGUED.........PULL IT OFF THE ROAD.

Folks this happened at an intersection on Lamar that's pretty wide open in the early morning hours when the traffic is fairly light. No rain. No fog. No adverse conditions. There are still allot of questions to be answered, like what happened to the car, what of the drivers, if no car why were so many people in these trucks?

Folks today, already 4 families are going to get a phone call from the TNHP only to learn that a loved one has been killed in an accident.

DON'T LET YOUR FAMILY BE ADDED TO THE LIST. BE SAFE OUT THERE DRIVERS...........GOD BE WITH YOU TODAY AND EVERY DAY.

 

What was the first one carrying that the heat was enough to melt/burn the entire car???

 

hmm havent head anything yet.. will have to watch the news at 12noon to see if they say anything about it.. if so ill follow up with an update.

 

What was the FIRST truck carrying - in the trailer - that would explode from the impact of a CAR in the rear??? Spinach??

But, WHY couldn't the second truck, at surface road speeds, not stop in time to keep from crushing the car??

 

It said one of the trucks was hauling batteries....so thats probably what caused the explosion. One of the trucks involved was owned by Maines food and paper. I could be wrong but it looks like the Maines Food truck rear ended the trailer hauling batteries causing the explosion.

 

just got done watching the news. in just outside of memphis about 20 miles east. the truck was carrying batteries.. the didnt say what kinda i guess it was car batteries or something.... witnesses say there was a car involved but the police cannot find the car???......... this is a big mess and the road is still closed at this time 1209pm and this happened at 430am...... this is a MAJOR lane for trucks comming into the memphis area as well as a ALOT of warehouses in this area.... here is a link for the ch5 news ....

http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5495238

channel 3 news:

http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=5494652
this one has a video in the story that you can click onto and watch it gives vague details and tells the names of the compaines involved.


Will keeo the trhead posted as things unfold further today.

 

Don't know if the truck carrying batteries had new ones or used ones going in for recycling. One of the hazards from lead acid batteries is HYDROGEN gas. There have been people hurt pretty badly just from jumping a single car battery. Then, a whole truckload? There's a lot of room for gasses in a dryvan, if that's what it was. Then, the plastic cases from the batteries would burn. A little of the gas seeping out the back doors, and the slightest spark would ignite it. Had to be old batteries going in for recycling. I don't think new batteries would do that, or they would not ship new batteries in vans or enclosed trucks, like I've seen them do.

Come to think of it... I hauled a load of old batteries for recycling once. The shipper required that I had both vents open. The one in the upper front corner of the trailer, and the one in the right rear door. While the shipper didn't say why, venting off the hydrogen gas would make sense.

 

Still no evidence of a car................surely not all of these people were in the truck that burned..........?

4 dead, 3 in critical condition and 1 released........that would make 8 total......even if you split it between the trucks that would be 4 per truck......either way there are going to be law suits out the whaaazzzuuu.

 

As was seen on Mythbusters, there is no way to make a car disappear between 2 trucks that collide and sandwich the car in between. They should have found a car by now. May be possible that one was being driven by a Mexican who had his whole family in the truck. If you have seen how they pack into cars you know what I mean.

We had a wreck here about a year ago where 3 trucks ran into the back of one another, the 3rd in line ended up so far into the back of the 2nd trucks trailer that it looked like the 2nd truck was 100 feet long.

 

very strange story.....There is no way a car would just disappear.
The more stories I read about this accident the more confusing it gets.
I bet when all is said or done....the media will have it all wrong.
Either that or the USA truck driver had 7 people in his cab.
Hmmm...I wonder if this happened?....Im not sure if USA truck does orientation in memphis....but could it be that The USA truck was filled with newbies in orientation taking their road test. I believe I recall a driver once telling me that sometimes while taking a road test during orientation they fill up the cab with people. I could be wrong.