Popular Post 1958 F.W.D. Posted January 12, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2016 Hey I just got a message from Ben....They were on the Pa Greenstamp headed home from the Pa Farm Expo in Harrisburg and were involved in that nasty pileup at the 106 yard stick. Ben and Dad are ok, mom and sisters went to local hospital just to get checked out but appear to be OK. He sent me one pic of the converted school bus and it doesn't look good. Just glad they are all OK. Ben and Dad are at the scene right now waiting for them to get it cleared up and to see whats gonna happen. Keep them in your thoughts. 5 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 I just called OtherDog because I knew he had to deliver in Pittsburgh today to see how he made out......Seems that he's stuck in the service plaza at Bedford because of a pileup at the 106 yardstick........ Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I hope all turns out well , good people there. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2016/01/12/Multiple-vehicle-accident-tying-up-traffic-on-Pa-Turnpike-near-Somerset/stories/201601120191 http://abc27.com/2016/01/12/crash-closes-86-miles-of-pa-turnpike/ Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Glad to hear all appears ok for them. The bus-not so much Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 FedEx involved. Imagine that. Wherever there's trouble there seems to be a FedEx in the middle of it.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Keep everyone in your thoughts Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Glad everyone is okay, the bus took quite a hit. The pike was opened at Breezewood just as I was passing through heading east, right around midnight. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Ouch. Glad everyone is okay. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Ben posted on Facebook late last night that they were holed up in a hotel and were going to regroup this morning.They were stopped for the wreck, and were rear-ended by a truck, which pushed them into the truck they were stopped behind. Ben says bus is toast. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I wish them an easy turn out.Doesn't sound nice at all. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JumperAndSon Posted January 14, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2016 Hey guys! All is well in the Jumper camp tonight. Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers, we truly appreciate it.State Trooper told us that during the whiteout, a super trucker hauling 2 coils of steel ran into an accident at about 60. The car carrier and the car that was stopped then began to burn. As the car driver was crossing the pike, the FedEx guy hit the car hauler and another semi hit the FedEx truck to keep from hitting the guy. We were following another semi at about 30 mph and he slid hard toward the median. I figured that there was something on the road so I did the same and we both stopped near the median, I was about 35 or 40 feet from the trailer. I told everyone to hold on because we were in a really bad spot. A caravan came to stop off to outr right and an oversize load right at 80k came in and pitched it into the guardrail, you couldn't have fit a matchpack between him and the caravan. I saw a green shaker getting way too big way too fast out of the snow and told them to brace. The next thing I know, I was on the floor over the armrest of my Bostrum and then under the dash. The semi started to jackknife and hit us with the front drive axle on out right tailight. I think that he was doing at least 35 when he hit us. We both carried forward and I hit the box trailer squarish and rolled the protection bar under. I'm pretty sure that my front bumper hit the trailer wheels because the engine and trans of the bus were dumped to the rear and down. The cowl and both windshields were smashed by my hood. I smelled gas and shut the key off and waited to see if we were going to get hit again. There were a couple of wrecks behind us and gave us a "safe" pocket in the wreckage. I got the wife and kids out and we grabbed a few things and stood out of the snow in a horse trailer that had wrecked on the other side of the truck that hit us. The fire got to be huge, with a constant pop of truck tires and the new vans tires burning on the car carrier. The fire burned for about a half hour before they could get a fire truck to it. The wind was blowing the fire towards us but they got it out before it spread ton he next row of trucks. It was so hot that it melted some of the coil trucks trailer.The ambulance was coincidentally behind us by about 10 rows of junk. Those guys were great, checked everyone involved out, helped my wife and kids greatly. I wasn't wearing my seat belt due to a broken #9 rib on my right side but everyone else was. All but Ben have seatbelt bruises but way better than the alternative. My oldest daughter had a concussion about a year ago and her seat took the brunt of the hit as the bus folded, but aside from a small bump on her head, she is fine. Wife has some pulled muscles and bruises but is ok. The 2 other girls are a little beat up but ok as well. They got an ambulance ride to Somerset hospital, while Ben and I stayed at the accident scene until stuff was sorted out. We were in the accident around 3, the State Trooper rode us to meet the rest at the hospital around 8:30. We stayed with a box truck driver to keep warm while we waited, he was a hoot! His truck was untouched. The miracle was that there were no major injuries at all in a situation where there should have been many fatalities. It was a perfect storm of luck in a bad situation. If either of the semis would've hit the caravan it would've been curtains for them, I'm glad it was us instead of them, the bus was built well. The horse in the trailer was unharmed, the dually pulling it mashed a new Ford into the oversize load and the pregnant woman and fetus were both unharmed. The guy crossing the road was unscathed as well as the semi drivers whose trucks burned. Behind us, a semi hit the back of another's trailer and knocked the cab almost off but he was unharmed. Everyone was ok, that's all that we could ask for.Now the fun with insurance begins. Thanks again for the thoughts and prayers, it really means a lot. I'll get Ben to post pics later. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Sounds like you were damn lucky,glad all are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADDOG93 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Glad you guys are all ok .Hope to see you in Myrtle Beach this march and have a drink to your health and toast the bus that you built right because it gave its all to save your family. Angelo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Glad everyone can talk about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Whew,just your description sends shivers up my spine! Glad you guys are alright. Al Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFormula Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I had seen the post on FB with the pictures. Pretty scary stuff but you are lucky no one was seriously hurt. Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Woah! Glad to hear that everyone is ok. Thoughts and prayers sent your way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 great to hear every one walked away!..........sounds like a few should have been much less lucky....... glad it worked out!good luck with the insurance company's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted January 16, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2016 People just drive too fast in those conditions. Too many of those "super-truckers" out there that watch too much tv or something too, I don't know what's wrong with them. It doesn't matter how good of a driver you are, when you can't see, you can't see, and when it's slick, it's slick. I slowed down as soon as I hit the white-out, and pulled right into the service plaza. If it hadn't been there I would have pulled into the next wide spot I got to to get off the road.I was talking to nocluejoe66 on the phone and he was talking about a facebook post he'd seen that was basically saying something like "for those of you that can't drive, get off the road and out of the way of those of us who can, because we've got to go". So that's what I do, get out of those super truckers way- i've never had a load in 37 years that was that important. 7 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Glad everyone is okay, the bus took quite a hit. The pike was opened at Breezewood just as I was passing through heading east, right around midnight.I was at the westbound Bedford service plaza when you went by...you didn't even wave. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1958 F.W.D. Posted January 16, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2016 I was at the westbound Bedford service plaza when you went by...you didn't even wave.What a prick. He should have led you to a diner and got breffist. 3 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 i've never had a load in 37 years that was that important.That. Right there. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I was at the westbound Bedford service plaza when you went by...you didn't even wave. As you can see, my response time is a bit slow. I saw you in Bedford but was almost to Breezewood by the time I waved. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 What a prick. He should have led you to a diner and got breffist. I saw him and knew he was probably hungry, cold, and broke, but I didn't have time to stop. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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