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In Memory of Aaron Donini (December 29, 2020)

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A 42-year-old man has died from his injuries after he rear-ended a semi truck on I-70 east Tuesday afternoon, state troopers said.

Aaron Donini, of Wheelersburg, Ohio was identified as state troopers as the victim of the crash.

Troopers said a separate rollover crash had occurred in the median of I-70 near U.S. 35 around 3 p.m. Tuesday and traffic was slowing at the crash site. Donini crashed the box truck he was driving into the back of a semi truck, investigators said. UPDATE: Southern Ohio man, 42, dies after I-70 crash in Preble County

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.

Aaron Donini, Precious One Gone Too Soon

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.)

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

How You Can Help

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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.

In Memory of Terrel Thomas & Brianna Baxter (December 7, 2020)

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Officials identified the driver of the SUV, a male, and his female passenger as 26-year-old Terrel Thomas of Mobile and 21-year-old Brianna Baxter of Summerdale. They both died at the scene.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the tractor trailer was experiencing mechanical issues causing the driver to pull over on the shoulder of the roadway. While the tractor trailer was disabled, the SUV left the roadway and struck the trailer and became lodged under the trailer. Two dead following crash on I-65 South near Airport Boulevard identified

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.

Terrel Thomas & Brianna Baxter, Precious Ones Gone Too Soon

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.)

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

How You Can Help

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

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.

In Memory of Leslie & Sophie Rosenberg (October 15, 2018)

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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.

Leslie & Sophie Rosenberg, Precious Ones Gone Too Soon

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.)

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

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

How You Can Help

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.

In Memory of Frank Orlando, Jr. (September 14, 2020)

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Frank Orlando Jr., 26, of Wantage, was headed west about 8:30 p.m. near milepost 46.3 in Parsippany-Troy Hills when he struck the rear of the stopped truck, according to New Jersey State Police.

Orlando died at the scene. His passenger, a 31-year-old woman from Newton, and the 57-year-old driver of the truck, both suffered injuries not considered life-threatening. . . N.J. man, 26, dies after his pickup slams into construction truck stopped on highway, cops say

Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Frank Orlando, Jr., Precious One Gone Too Soon

See underride tragedies at Underride Crash Memorials and #STOPunderrides. 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.)

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

Petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides

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.