Semi through the ice!!

[DTro]

Just caught this on CNN.

Near Monticello:

One truck driver had quite a scare this morning.

John Nettifee, 35 of Anoka, was traveling eastbound on Interstate 94 near Monticello when he accidentally crossed the median and onto an icy pond where the truck broke through the ice.

[DTro]

Check out the video

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[DTro]

The live footage from the KARE chopper was crazy. He went a long way across that pond!

[BartmanMN]

What companies will do for free advertising these days.

[cavalierowner]

I'm glad the driver is OK.

He has GOT to stop watching Ice Road Truckers

[DTro]

Yeah I hate that when I "accidentally" cross a median.

It seems like every year some doughball has to be the first on the ice with a semi.

When will they learn??

[mr.z 1972]

I dive in through Monticell and saw the troopers and tow trucks on the other side but could not see what they were all looking at down in the ditch. There weren't any skid marks or anything. Very lucky for everyone else in that area at the time.

[PierBridge]

Pretty lucky nobody was hurt when you are driving a semi at 65 mph and you cross the medium and on-coming traffic on hwy 94 all the while keeping the Tractor trailer upright as it crashes into a pond and sinks a bit.

On a more serious note does anybody know if that slew holds bullheads 10"s or smaller?..

[Duffman]

On a more serious note does anybody know if that slew holds bullheads 10"s or smaller?..

[mrklean]

guess he wanted to be an ice road trucker

[mr.z 1972]

Pretty lucky nobody was hurt when you are driving a semi at 65 mph and you cross the medium and on-coming traffic on hwy 94 all the while keeping the Tractor trailer upright as it crashes into a pond and sinks a bit.

On a more serious note does anybody know if that slew holds bullheads 10"s or smaller?..

There is no way he was only doing 65. The speed limit is 70 there and if you're doing that you're getting run over. The only time these semi drivers do 65 is in white out conditions.

[PierBridge]

True.

How do you get that rig out of there? It's sunk at least 3 more feet into the mud from the intial plunge this morning when I first saw the pics!

I'm going with TEXTING as the cause of losing control of the 18 wheeler...

[IamZombie]

True.

How do you get that rig out of there? It's sunk at least 3 more feet into the mud from the intial plunge this morning when I first saw the pics!

I'm going with TEXTING as the cause of losing control of the 18 wheeler...

The live feed shows it up by shore now.

[Tracker55]

Wonder if he had a sticker on the thing reminding him to drain the live well and clean off the weeds?

[Jeremy airjer W]

If you ever wondered how long it takes a rig to stop in an ice covered pond.......

[BrandonJ]

Looks like theres going to be a clearance sale coming to target soon.

[ditchpickle6996]

Wonder if he had a sticker on the thing reminding him to drain the live well and clean off the weeds?

lol,,, good one!

[Iceboy]

I'm gonna run out there with my spinning rod for a little live-feed open water fishing!

[Down Deep]

What a way for Target to roll out thier new FishHouse line. They created a real "splash' with this ad.

[river rat316]

There is no way he was only doing 65. The speed limit is 70 there and if you're doing that you're getting run over. The only time these semi drivers do 65 is in white out conditions.

Since 90% of trucks are governed to 68 or under, especially Darts if he is on there lease its pretty safe to say that he was going 65, a truck weighing 40 tons has alot of momentum behind em and really doesn't slow down for much, especially weeds and 3-4" of snow, I saw a truck travel a 1/4 mile over a median and through a corn feild and only came to stop because there was a steep creak bed in its way, that driver had a heart attack and was likely dead before he hit the median. I won't speculate on what went wrong here, but in most cases the companies are just as much to blame with gps systems, computers, inflight log systems and company phones with pushy dispatchers wondering why you aren't early for your appointments that are constantly diverting the drivers attention. If you have ever spent a day in a truck your attitude towards them would do a 180 degree change

[mr.z 1972]

Since 90% of trucks are governed to 68 or under, especially Darts if he is on there lease its pretty safe to say that he was going 65, a truck weighing 40 tons has alot of momentum behind em and really doesn't slow down for much, especially weeds and 3-4" of snow, I saw a truck travel a 1/4 mile over a median and through a corn feild and only came to stop because there was a steep creak bed in its way, that driver had a heart attack and was likely dead before he hit the median. I won't speculate on what went wrong here, but in most cases the companies are just as much to blame with gps systems, computers, inflight log systems and company phones with pushy dispatchers wondering why you aren't early for your appointments that are constantly diverting the drivers attention. If you have ever spent a day in a truck your attitude towards them would do a 180 degree change

I have driven truck. I spent many years hauling rock driving a tandem axel dump truck. (15 tons per load) I have been driving this strech of 94 for over 13 years now and truck drivers are the main problem when it comes to weekday delays and hazards. They drive like they are in a car, switching lanes and driving too fast. (Second worst are the weekenders with their Bayliners and campers.) I also have the displeasure of dealing with truck drivers during the week that will call for directions and can't speak english.

[river rat316]

You must be driving different roads then the rest of the U.S. then here are some stats from the National traffic safety center, and considering the miles logged by truckers I think it is pretty good.

What are some facts about truck driving accidents?

Commercial trucks are involved in 2.4% of all car accidents.

Trucks are 3 times less likely to be in an accident than a regular motor vehicle.

Its also a fact that 80% of accidents involving commercial vehicles, the non commercial vehicle is to blame.

I can't help you on the non English speaking people, it has pretty much become a fact of life that everyone deals with daily in every profession.

And as far as the backups and slow downs go, did your truck have a governor? I am guessing not, if you have ever driven a truck with a governor you would know what a p.i.a. they make it to pass people, ex. Lets say you are at your governed limit of 68 in the right lane, you come up on a car in the right lane going 65, so you move over to pass, the car then see's you trying to pass and decides they don't want to be passed by the big truck so they speed up, your left hanging out in the fast lane while all of rush hour traffic thinks you are the Richard slowing things down, when in all reality its the guy in the car that has a fear of trucks or whatever his problem is that won't let you pass. By the time you get in back in the right lane you got 100 cars p.o.'d at you. SO your other alternative is to just stay in the right lane and go about 60 so you never have to move into the left lane, do that for long though and dispatch calls wondering why it is taking you 1.5 hours to go from St CLoud to Maple Grove, instead of the normal 1.25 hour turns.

And for those of you that don't think people actually speed up so the truck can't pass them, and then slow back down after the truck moves back over, about 70-80% of drivers do this

[mr.z 1972]

You win. I'm going fishing.

[IamZombie]

It almost looks like the rig stayed on top of the ice, and the trailer broke through. Then when it slowed down, the rig broke through.

[Lost Cause]

can only imagine how awful that'd be to go through, been driving for years and have had a trailer get squirrely on me a couple times during [PoorWordUsage] road conditions. Always managed to get it back before something awful happened though. All seriousness aside though, the wife works for target and was nice to give her a little ribbing about her driver.