In Memory of Kevin Ford (December 30, 2023)

The Missouri State Highway Patrol update information the driver of the passenger car, Kevin Ford, 36, of Carl Junction, Mo. died Saturday morning following the Friday morning crash. . .

Maria Pardo, 56, of Miami Gardens, Florida, was eastbound on Baseline Blvd, operating a 2014 Volvo tractor-trailer. She pulled across the path of a car on Mo-43.

Kevin Ford, 36, of Carl Junction, Mo. was driving a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix, northbound on Mo-43, he crashed under the trailer, missing the wheels, coming out the other sideCar crashes under semi trailer, coming out the other side; Carl Junction man has now died

Note: The car’s windshield wiper appears to be hanging from the bottom of the trailer. Car crashes under semi trailer, coming out the other side

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 —frontside, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Kevin Ford, Precious One Gone Too Soon

AMERICA’S DANGEROUS TRUCKS (PBS/Frontline Underride Documentary)

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.)

How You Can Help

Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators with this User-Friendly TAKE ACTION online tool.

Please sign this petitionSecretary Pete, It’s Past Time To End Death By Underride!

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.

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