A 3-year old boy was killed Sunday when the minivan he was riding in was involved in a highway wreck on I-95 in McIntosh County, GA. Georgia State Police Sgt. Bruce DeLoach told KDKA-TV, “the boy was in a car seat, but the impact was so great in the rear of the van, everything went forward and the boy was crushed.” DeLoach said everyone in the mini-van was restrained and no one was ejected. The family was driving to Fort Meyers, FL for vacation at the time of the accident.
Their minivan was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler, which according to an eyewitness, was speeding at the time. The minivan was pushed off the highway. The two vehicles got entangled and plowed through trees and ended up in a swamp.
When an 80,000 pound speeding 18-wheeler crushes a passenger vehicle, the truck just has too much size and weight. The Motoring public beware, the trucking transport industry wants to increase 18-wheeler’s size and weight to 97,000 pounds across the country.
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
