According to the Department of Public Safety, a big rig pulling a saltwater tank was turning onto Highway 21 from FM 1362 when a Dodge minivan hit the trailer. Both the driver and passenger in the minivan were pronounced dead on scene.
The driver has been identified as Leslie Rosenberg, 62, and the passenger as Sophie Rosenberg, 19. Both were from Austin. The driver of the big rig was not injured. Two people killed in early morning accident on Highway 21
Texas A&M University is mourning the loss of one of their own. 19 year-old Sophie Rosenberg and her mother, Leslie, were killed in a car crash early Monday morning when they were driving into College Station. Students, community remembering Aggie sophomore killed in car crash
Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.
See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or more information on this story or to add other underride crashes to be remembered, send an email to underridemap@gmail.com. Please use this Interactive Underride Crash Map Crash Location Input Form to provide us with accurate information . (Note: the map is currently not online; but we would keep the information for future updating and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)
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Note: In order to raise awareness and preserve the memories of underride victims — precious ones gone too soon — I have been writing memorial posts on what appear to me to be underride crashes. I am not a crash reconstructionist, and I do not have all the facts on these crashes; but underride should be investigated as a potential factor in truck crash injuries and deaths.
Their family has also started this petition.
