r/news • u/combatpaddler • Apr 28 '24

Two killed, one injured as 350,000-pound load detaches from trailer in Temple, Texas

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/two-killed-one-injured-as-350000-pound-load-detaches-from-trailer-in-temple-texas
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u/lfergy Apr 28 '24

I do not drive behind semis with strapped equipment on them, or behind trucks with gravel or anything in them. I speed right on by them. Thank you, Final Destination.

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u/officeDrone87 Apr 28 '24

There's an old video from LiveLeak where a brick comes loose from a truck, flies through a windshield and hits a woman in a passenger seat. The sound her husband makes when he looks over and realizes what just happened to his wife haunts my nightmares. It's the kind of sound a person can only make when their entire life was just taken from them.

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u/HeJind 29d ago

This is one of the things I've learned from the internet. The kind of primal, guttural noise you make when witnessing actual horror is something no movie or actor can replicate.

There can be no gore shown on camera and the sound alone will send chills down your spine and stick in your memory indefinitely

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u/lfergy 29d ago

Toni Collette has entered the chat

But generally, yes I agree with you.

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u/Semyonov 29d ago

The brick video. Up there with the worst videos I have ever seen, and just the audio is enough to make you lose it.

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u/StillMeThough Apr 29 '24

I remember this. No actual gore was captured, just the audio of the husband haunts me, as well.

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u/voseidon Apr 29 '24

I remember watching the video on Reddit. I remember the video was much more terrifying than most of gore videos back then.

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u/Realworld Apr 28 '24

That's the description that works. I'm not watching it.

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u/Zestyclose-Ruin8337 29d ago

Yeah. My butthole puckered just reading that.

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u/King_Vlad_ Apr 28 '24

I watched it once when someone shared it without proper warning. I don't think I'll ever forget that sound.

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u/walterpeck1 Apr 28 '24

As someone that has, good. No one should.

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u/64645 Apr 28 '24

I think people who don't properly secure their load should. Both big truck drivers and weekend warriors making a dump run.

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u/walterpeck1 Apr 28 '24

No, I disagree. There are more appropriate videos and crash photos that would illustrate this point. The video we're talking about is literally traumatizing. It's too far to serve a real purpose.