Officials identified a man and a woman who died Friday after police say their car crossed a median and collided with a tow truck in west Phoenix.
Fire crews responded to the scene at 6 p.m. Friday to find two adults trapped in the wreckage. . .
Firefighters arrived to find a passenger car on fire and worked to extinguish the flames.
Guadalupe Orosco, 25, and Amanda Ramirez, 35, were pronounced dead at the scene. . . Officials identify man and woman who died in tow truck crash in Phoenix
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.
Guadalupe Orosco & Amanda Ramirez, 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.
Guadalupe was my youngest son. When the police went to my to Guadalupe’s dad’s to talk to us. I couldn’t stand I fell. To lose your child is so hard . I still can’t take myself to the crash site. This has been very hard on all of us. Please don’t speed no one wants to lose their loved ones to speeding.
Yes, it is so hard to lose a child. Peace be unto you.