DRIVING A BIG RIG IS THE EQUIVALENT OF HOLDING A LETHAL WEAPON. YOU CANNOT TEXT, SPEED, TALK, EAT, DRINK, OVERCORRECT, FALL ASLEEP, BE TIRED, ETC WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING IT; OTHERWISE, DISASTER WILL STRIKE: Driver chokes on popcorn, big rig crashes into neighborhood.
February 5, 2015
REDDING,
CALIFORNIA:
A
tanker truck hauling apple juice ran off Interstate 5, through a fence, and
crashed into a tree in a nearby neighborhood Friday after the driver choked on
popcorn. This is not as outrageous as
the other incident we heard the other day about a truck driver who allegedly
pulled his own tooth while driving and ending up also crashing his rig.
Where do they find these people?
According
to the California Highway Patrol the tanker nearly avoided crashing into a home
on Helen Street near Bechelli Lane.
The
vehicle was stopped by a tree, only 10 feet from a bedroom occupied by two
children.
A
CHP officer on the scene said, the truck would have gone into the home if it
weren't for the tree.
According
to officers, the driver of the truck ran off the road after he blacked out from
choking on a piece of popcorn. The driver was up and walking around after the
crash but he was eventually taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Emergency
crews originally reported the tanker truck was transporting fuel but that was
not the case. The tanker truck was carrying apple juice.
