18-year-old survives fiery, head-on collision with semitruck

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Harrowing dashcam footage shows moment vehicle appears to veer into oncoming traffic, striking a semitruck and exploding into flames. An 18-year-old man is recovering at the hospital from injuries suffered in the head-on collision.

 

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ANGIEPANGIE2010 I love the ABC News description of this “It shows the moment a vehicle “appears” to veer into oncoming traffic. Like it could be an illusion or an optical illusion.

kimberly2919_5 Wow! Babe that’s pretty horrifying.

Cause he doing selfies? Snapping? One of those...I am sure.

Texting?

Hopefully he wasn’t Twitting while driving!!!

Take his license! Texting!

Lucky kid

Spectacular video

Lucky he’s alive.

What about the truck driver?

Wow 😱😱

This is horrible.. But why is the car behind him videoing? Best wishes for all involved in this horrific accident. Thanks to the men who so heroically saved his life ! Something in my gut feels texting is a counter part. Hope I'm wrong. Prayers for all involved.

SantillanKeith

Daddy always said: Mistakes cost you.

Looks like he passed out or fell asleep, or was on a cell phone!

Glad he is ok but was he texting when he crossed the line

Oh my word. What about the truck driver? Who has details

He is clearly on the wrong side of the road so was he asleep or texting? This accident was his fault. What happened to the truck driver?

Texting and driving

Did he have C-4 in his fender?

like_daw Recovering?

Appears to veer into oncoming traffic? Looks pretty clear to me. Cell phone distraction ? Hope everyone involved recovers.

Holy Cow😲😲😲😲❤️❤️✌️

He should always anticipat what if, not just blindly thinking nothing gonna happened

I still don’t get it? Why didn’t the minivan filming the accident stop prior to impact? There was plenty of time!

🙏🏻🙏🏻

Everyone saying he’s on his phone cause he’s 18. If you look at it, it looks like he was trying to pass the other car

NO TEXTING AND DRIVING....

How is no one dead?

My son drives a TT and I worry about him. Mom's always worry even when there all grown up. 💜

OMG🙀 sending prayers. 😔

Did he drive into the truck on purpose?

Weird, can’t really see any brake lights come on or any attempt at correction of the vehicle. Looks like he fell asleep at the wheel or using the phone.

On the phone?

What about the poor semi driver?

Is that him flying out of the car at the very end ?

Kids drive like shit.

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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What about the Truck driver? He wasn't at fault any word on him? I am sure he has family.

Looked like a scene from an action movie...mutants!

Well done. Not the story. The driver.

Distracted, need to check cellphone towers to establish why this happened. We need to cell phone technology to be blocked when vehicle is running. Move Government

That kid drove straight into that semi. Was he texting?

🙏 for all involved.

distracted driving vs dui.....il take the drunks all day

Wow glad to know they all walked away from that. But I will never buy a Jeep. That thing blew up like a bomb on impact 😱that is not good.

Truckers literally put their lives on the line just to deliver goods for you and your family. Give trucks a brake!

Cray-ZEEEE

Wow! Forced to work and forced to school I bet. One slick spot and one mishap. Leads to a thin line between death and a dream. Hope all are well.

Fell asleep or texting

Let’s keep showing this teen on fire in his wrecked car. Real journalism going on here. You people are sick!

Truckers have the most dangerous job on the road. Keep it on the road brother truckers. Been there done that.

Saw this on news earlier. I have no idea how either of them survived, especially the man in the truck. They both certainly had an angel on their shoulder.

Truckers have the most dangerous job on the road. Been there done that. Keep it on the road brother truckers

Am I the only one who thinks that explosion looks fake af?

That was a miracle

WOW 😲

I want to know how the poor person with the dash cam is doing too.

asleep at the wheel?

my guess: that kid was texting. Years ago if you saw a car weaving down the road, he was probably drunk, but today, its usually texting.

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Was he drunk or on drugs?

Anyone know what make of vehicle that the 18 yr old was driving?

Wow. 🤔

Y'all are all assuming he was texting and driving, but what if he had a medical emergency like a seizure? We have no details.

Poor trucker!

biblegateway BookOProverbs JoelOsteen prayers

How is the driver with the dash cam?!!

One Or Two Things. Either The 18 Year Old Wasn't Paying Attention? Or He Just Attempted Suicide.. Either Was? The Vehicle He Was Driving? Did A FANTASTIC JOB In Protecting The Occupants.. Jus Sayin.. Yep...

Was he texting?

What is coming out of the windshield

We did less and ignored humans in core families. Some clever said that humans are replacable. we need some small amount of selecteds just enough to deal with our robots. Isnt it?

Damn! Did the driver make it?

This crashed right into the person with the dashcam too!

DAMN !

How is the truck driver. The kid ran into him.

I’m assuming he was on his phone!!

DONT TEXT AND DRIVE!!!

cars only explode in movies

My GOD!!!!

He should get a ticket for texting while driving.

Was he on his phone?

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