South Texas teen arrested after 18-wheeler crashes into home, trucker dies

An 18-year-old man has been arrested for causing an accident in Mission, Texas, that resulted in an 18-wheeler leaving the roadway and crashing into a home, killing the big rig’s 51-year-old driver.

[chenlee]

that report leaves more questions then it answered.

[jeffreybryan]

Cannot really tell what happened. The clip starts too late.

[aaroncourchene]

Fiat 500 collides with 18 Wheeler, Fiat driver survives, semi driver dies!
How ironic 😑.

[Phil-wu]

I drove truck for forty five years you get cut off a lot when a car is about to miss their exit they will risk their life

[jdgill-us]

Stay away from big rigs and dump trucks. If you pass them, PASS them. Don't just camp out next to them playing on your cell phone.

[OldManMuskrat]

Dude out there trying to earn an honest living and some fool pulls a stunt like this

[BrigCommander]

"Jose Osvaldo Sanchez, 18, was arrested by Mission police on a charge of criminal negligent homicide."

He did not have a driver's license and the accident was completely his fault

[InTheGame]

Damn look at the brake marks so sad he tried to stop with all his might

[x-man]

Someone survives a rollover crash in a Fiat 500 is the real news here.

[writerconsidered]

We need the previous 5 or 10 seconds of the video to determine what happened.

[chrish]

Drove for 25 years and after looking at the video several times, I can't begin to comprehend how that truck driver driving a 40 to 80 thousand pound truck, totally lost it that bad after being hit by a Fiat??

[TexJester-noth]

From what I can see and based on how Texas sets up our freeways and frontage roads, it looks like the car was entering the freeway on a ramp and hit the right front of the truck (not the trailer), likely hitting the back part of the steer (front) tire, causing it to steer hard right and forcing the truck on its trajectory with destruction.

I'd be willing to bet the kid didn't look to see if the road was clear, or thought everyone would get out of the way - not realizing HE was required to yield to the freeway traffic.

[rgrimm]

Why dont you give more of the video, especially prior to the crash, as long as its within frame?

[andyarellanoChannel]

would be amazing if these idiots could give more details; SMH

[g-dcomplex]

Imagine looking at your doorbell cam, and an eighteen wheeler is barreling down towards your front door 😮

[diegojines-uspc]

5K he goes home, that didn't pay for the funeral.

[raidenout]

I guess i'm missing the part where they can prove that he was driving recklessly .

[Ramiel_Izreal]

Looked like he tried to drive under the trailer.

[bigbadchevy]

Seems more like....if the fiat hit the trailer that the trucker was trying to change lanes and didn't see the fiat. Being where the clip starts the fiat hit the center of the trailer.

[pacodelahoya]

Loggers, farmers, commercial fishing. Those are the top three most dangerous jobs in the US.
Truck drivers run about 6.
Police don't make the top ten and the dangerous part of their job is driving being in the road, not bad guys and shoot outs.