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Trainman News
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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In Parleys Canyon, Utah, a semi-trailer truck crashed through a guardrail and sank in Mountain Dell Reservoir on U.S. 40, killing the trucker and his relief driver due to apparent brake failure. The site had seen a similar explosive truck incident last August, with numerous prior accidents reported.
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SALT LAKE CITY—A trucker and his relief driver were killed when their truck—a huge semi-trailer—crashed through a guard rail and sank in the Mountain Dell Reservoir on U. S. 40 in Parleys Canyon.
The truck sank in almost the exact location where an explosive-laden truck crashed the guard rail and sank last August.
Reports indicate that the brakes of the truck were apparently out of order.
A witness reports the truck "going faster than any truck I've ever seen. He looked as if he didn't have a brake in the world."
Tire marks stretched 300 feet in the roadway in front of the guard rail.
The accident was called to TRAINMAN NEWS attention by J. C. Mahoney, Lodge 941 local chairman. He reports that numerous accidents have happened at this location, and nearly all were trucks.
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Parleys Canyon, Utah
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trucker and relief driver killed; truck sank.
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A huge semi-trailer truck crashed through a guard rail and sank in the Mountain Dell Reservoir on U.S. 40. Brakes were apparently out of order. Witness saw truck going very fast without brakes. Tire marks stretched 300 feet. Similar to explosive-laden truck crash last August. Numerous accidents at this location, mostly trucks.