Truck towing overloaded kills, driver gets felony charges.

[Username Taken]

I have a good friend that had a similar boat moved from Louisville to Pittsburgh.

A Marinette??

 

[JasperFrank]

Looking at Google Earth, brings up more questions then it answers. This intersection of 50 and 395, appears to be the first Traffic Light after coming down Spooner Summit. If the driver had noticed any fading of brakes; there is a runaway truck ramp just before this light. There is also a "Prepare to stop when flashing" warning system before the intersection. From the photos, the boat is a dead ringer for a Riva Rivamare, 44 Foot, 31 to 37K pounds.

 

[4570Man]

When I'm given the make, model and length of the boat, we can talk. Until then, this is all BS guessing.

I hate hypotheticals, but if the jorno would have done its job and said, for instance, "A 44 foot Aquariva with a 12'9'' beam weighing in at 37,000 lbs" I would have been jumping up and down with the rest of you. String him up.

But they didn't. And since the weight of the boat was what DIRECTLY caused the accident, I believe the make, model and length of the boat are -- You know....... Relevant??

And since the jorno didn't bother with that information (too much bother, doncha know) I am not willing to lynch this guy in the Court of Public Opinion.

We have NO clue even what make the boat is. IF it's even a Riva. And Riva makes a BUTTLOAD of different boats that have very similar looks with very different displacements.

We'll find out if/when this goes to trial. Which I don't think it will. Maybe.

And after what I've seen from Cops and the media recently, I'm going to automatically assume everything they say is a lie.

If you do that, you'll be right about 90% of the time.

This will disappear down the memory, believe it.

If it turns out I was wrong, I will admit it. Sure won't be the first time. But I'm not going to kow-tow based on pure speculation.

The fact of the day without knowing any further information is too much boat not enough truck.

 

[4570Man]

I have a good friend that had a similar boat moved from Louisville to Pittsburgh. This required road permits and all that goes with it. If memory serves, a semi pulled it not a pickup.

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And that’s what it should’ve been hooked on. Even without trailer brakes a semi would have controlled that load.

 

[Username Taken]

The fact of the day without knowing any further information is too much boat not enough truck.

Or an operator that should not have been behind the wheel.

 

[timswi]

A Marinette??

Honestly don't remember. It was similar in size (based on the pictures here) was a dual 454 gasser. Believe it was as off-shore designed boat originally from Florida.

 

[deezler]

Looking at Google Earth, brings up more questions then it answers. This intersection of 50 and 395, appears to be the first Traffic Light after coming down Spooner Summit. If the driver had noticed any fading of brakes; there is a runaway truck ramp just before this light.

Damn. He surely was aware of the problem at that point. It's directly before the intersection, for good reason. Another view, for everyone else to see:

 

[4570Man]

Or an operator that should not have been behind the wheel.

The driver definitely makes a big difference but there’s absolutely no way to even half way safely tow that much with no trailer brakes behind an F-350.

 

[deezler]

The driver definitely makes a big difference but there’s absolutely no way to even half way safely tow that much with no trailer brakes behind an F-350.

Yeah, driver doesn't matter. You can't take that much load down a 2300 ft vertical descent with no brakes. It's straight downhill from lake tahoe.

 

[plowhog]

If the driver had noticed any fading of brakes; there is a runaway truck ramp just before this light. There is also a "Prepare to stop when flashing" warning system before the intersection.

That is only useful if you can know and understand what/why such a runaway truck ramp exists:

"Gonzalez is being charged with two felony counts of reckless driving resulting in death. He is also being charged with the following misdemeanor offenses: unsafe vehicle, obstruction of justice, failure to obey a traffic control device, failure to obey traffic light, inoperative/defective brakes, inspection/repair/maintenance, wheel fasteners loose or missing, required brakes missing on trailer, loose or unfastened tie-down, damaged vehicle structure and pressure points, no record of duty status, motor carrier permit required, no medical certificate, operating commercial vehicle without a commercial driver's license. Also, misdemeanor driver must be able to understand traffic signals, no fuel tax permit, IRO apportioned tagged/reg violation, no USDOT carrier named displayed and no commercial driver's license. He is being held at Carson City Jail with a $100,000 bondable bail."

NHP identifies truck and trailer owners in south Carson City fatal crash, more charges added - Carson Now

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified the truck owner and trailer owner and has added more charges to the driver involved in the Nov. 9 multi-vehicle crash that killed a Dayton couple and injured several others at the junction of I-580, South Carson street and Highway 50.

www.carsonnow.org