Deidreana Ariel Jasper, 28, and her son Noah Isiah Brown, 1, died in the wreck. . .
. . . “Preliminary Investigation indicates that a UPS truck pulling a trailer was travelling east on Moffett Rd. The UPS driver lost control, crossed over into the west bound lane and struck a Pontiac sedan travelling in the west bound left lane. A Ford F250 then struck the Pontiac from behind causing the Pontiac to collide with a Hyundai Sonata that was travelling west in the right lane.” Mobile police: Mother, infant killed in crash with UPS truck
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 —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.
Deidreana Jasper & Noah Brown, Precious Ones Gone Too Soon
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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 I think that underride should be investigated as a potential factor in truck crash injuries and deaths.
