Three people were killed after a dump truck and an SUV collided head-on Monday afternoon in Parrish, troopers said.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 71-year-old man driving the SUV, as well as the 71-year-old and 80-year-old female passengers, all died at the scene on County Road 675 and Jim Davis Road. . .
That’s when the dump truck driver drifted onto the north shoulder and over corrected to the left, crossing the road in front of the SUV, according to FHP.
The SUV’s driver tried to avoid, but the dump truck hit the front of the SUV, trooper said. 3 killed in head-on crash involving dump truck in Parrish, troopers say
Randy and Jill Scott and Judy Cook were all killed in a head-on crash in Parrish Monday. Three killed in dump truck crash in Parrish played integral roles in the Strawberry Festival
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.
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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 could potentially 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.
We are asking that people send us crash reports for collisions with trucks which they suspect involved underride. Send them to marianne@annaleahmary.com. We will submit these as complaints to USDOT. Read more here: Launching a Campaign To Flood NHTSA With Underride Complaint Reports.
