[SEL] Last Ride of a Great Engine Truck

[Paul Maples]

The story according to two witnesses who followed them for five miles before 
the accident happened was that the passenger was reaching over and grabbing 
the steering wheel out of my grandson's hands. The witness said they had 
already went off the road once and she had told her husband that if these 
kids did not stop that playing around they were going to kill someone. She 
said that about that time she saw the passenger reach up again and grab the 
steering wheel and yank on it which sent the truck careening off of the road 
into a ditch and then they hit a culvert, went airborne, according to the 
witness about 50' in the air and the truck went end over end and landed 
upside down.

I talked to the state trooper at the scene and he said he could smell 
alcohol so they gave my grandson a breathalyzer test on the spot and it came 
up zero but the passenger, whom my grandson had just picked up was reeking 
of alcohol. I understand that the passenger got a public drunkenness ticket. 
My grandson got a ticket for no seat belts and Careless and Prohibitive 
Driving.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Last Ride of a Great Engine Truck


> Hi Paul,
>
> Lemmie guess...  Wet road, too fast, lost control, rollover through the
> weeds?  Am I close?  Looks like the kid was lucky.
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> PS - Guess #2.  They totaled your truck?
>
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Paul Maples wrote:
>
>> http://rides.webshots.com/photo/554121770/2192077580049103604kFKmAa
>> He survived with a concussion, the passenger survived with some back
>> pain other than this they walked away from it.
>
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