TEMPLE, Texas — An oversized load detached from its trailer on April 27 in Temple Texas, pinning a vehicle underneath and killing two.
According to authorities, the accident happened at around 11:20 a.m. on State Highway 36.
The rig’s load weighed 350,000 pounds. Such loads are often referred to as “super loads” and require special permits for travel.
Police said two people in the crushed car suffered fatal injuries while a third person was extracted from the vehicle with life-threatening injuries. The extraction took several hours.
Police have not said what caused the crash but did report that multiple vehicles were involved.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and raised in East Texas, John Worthen returned to his home state to attend college in 1998 and decided to make his life in The Natural State. Worthen is a 20-year veteran of the journalism industry and has covered just about every topic there is. He has a passion for writing and telling stories. He has worked as a beat reporter and bureau chief for a statewide newspaper and as managing editor of a regional newspaper in Arkansas. Additionally, Worthen has been a prolific freelance journalist for two decades, and has been published in several travel magazines and on travel websites.
pickup drove pass the convoy support covering the back trying to get by the wide load. might of spooked the drive. 2 of 3 died in pickup. you don’t mess with those loads
NONE: you are oh so right, those types of loads dont happen often and people just odnt know how to drive, babd bad very bad combination there for sure, accident looking for a place to happen, with the crew that should have been up and around that LOAD, this should have never happened…..HUGE LAWSUIT, tons of lawyers i betcha trying to get this case for those families left behind of those that died! SUPERLOAD should be police escorted I think and say……THEY want to endanger us, let em pay for it!!!!!!
Stupid people in a hurry, always what causes wrecks. pilot car drivers should be treated with respect, they are trying to do there jobs this load had to be escorted by state police along with escorts. People dont respect law enforcement and they damn sure dont respect the pilot car trying to do there jobs. Seen it all over the country, people trying to pass without regard for anyone but themselves. God bless them they are not in a hurry any longer. They paid for there stupidity …with there lives.
@Donaldduck You cant blame the truck driver for this without knowing what happen .fourwheelers are very careless around trucks regardless of what there hauling .i pray for the families involved
Pilot vehicles were in place and doing their job. This section of the highway merges from 2 lanes to 1 and people are ALWAYS in a hurry to get around oversize loads. I’m not for sure where “multiple” vehicles came into play because our tow company was on scene with our heavy truck and our flatbed got the pickup truck. Reckless driving.
The driver may or may not have had enough time to predict the outcome. Then again, the police report and the insurance lawyers will have to weigh all details and videos that transpired.
My condolences to the two who lost their lives.