Horrible news about a bronco owner just hit the news

[Mac2Night]

WARNING..... we have lost a Bronco brother in the Reedley,CA area according to this article and video I ran across just now:

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/fatal-accident-shuts-down-road-near-reedley/

Not certain if they are a member here, but sad, sad news regardless.

 

[suckerpunched]

10 miles from my house. my sister heard about it and called to check on me. sent me a couple pics. Not sure who it is but there are a few around these parts. Very sad outcome on this one for sure.

 

[AZ73]

OMG that's terrible. It was such a hard hit it looks like the frame buckled down in the middle. Anyone know the owner?

 

[tennessee toy]

Sad indeed. Praying for all involved

 

[ared77]

Very sad

 

[73azbronco]

Oh boy, that bronco or it's twin lives here in Scottsdale. He had his matching trailer stolen last year, hope its not him prayers to whom ever it is as well.

 

[Tiko433]

My prayers for that guy and his family.

 

[suckerpunched]

my sister just texted me. Driver was Gerald Richardson. local guy but I didn't know him.
Prayers go out to those who do.

 

[roundhouse]

Wow
That’s a hard collision
The EB was really moving to bow the frame in the middle

Looks like a Lot of open space around for the driver to swerve

Prayers for the family of the deceased,

 

[68Broncoz]

Sorry to hear, prayers out to his family

 

[cali_zuk]

I saw this last night, he was a customer of mine... so sad!

 

[taipeichris]

Oh no. This is such sad and terrible news. My prayers and thoughts go out to the family of the man who was driving.

 

[crawln68]

He was just in the parking lot of my work the other day. I was so impressed with his Bronco I went out and had to take a picture of it. So sad to see this. Prayers to him and his family.

 

[Bronco4x4]

R.I.P. EB Brother.

 

[rydog1130]

Man this is terrible, images like these make me soooo cautious about driving my bronco. I treat every intersection as if someone will blow through it. The lack of modern day safety features is a little unnerving. Condolences to all those involved....

 

[muskrat]

Reading stories about these fatal wrecks always makes me second guess my decision to drive a bronco as my fun car. Wrecks you would normally walk away from with modern cars, you don’t walk away from in a 40+ year old car with zero safety features. Honestly, it crosses my mind most of the times when I go for a ride.

Prayers to his family.


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[hyghlndr]

Reading stories about these fatal wrecks always makes me second guess my decision to drive a bronco as my fun car. Wrecks you would normally walk away from with modern cars, you don’t walk away from in a 40+ year old car with zero safety features. Honestly, it crosses my mind most of the times when I go for a ride.
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I know what you mean, then I think about people I know who unfortunately died way too early. Things like snowboarding, scooters, bicycles, skiing, ATV, and private planes have all taken people way too young. Then others who were the picture of health, who had their last moments on a treadmill, running or just driving to work. So I guess the question is where is the balance between living life and just trying to stay alive?

 

[elan]

How fast was this guy going on a two lane farm road? Lifted on giant tires (ya' that's real safe). I'm just shaking my head. I guess the old joke about box top Broncos is still relevent. Unsafe at any speed.

 

[AZ73]

How fast was this guy going on a two lane farm road? Lifted on giant tires (ya' that's real safe). I'm just shaking my head. I guess the old joke about box top Broncos is still relevent. Unsafe at any speed.

You do realize a Semi turned left in front of him and he hit just behind the cab, don't you? ANY car wouldn't have had time to stop from just about ANY speed. A Vehicle traveling 30 mph would take 60 feet to stop without counting reaction time. A typical reaction time for a driver is 1 second so add in another 44 feet. So over 100 feet. The weight of the vehicle and size of the tires don't matter, it's the coefficient of friction between the tires and street. Locked up (see skid marks and that means no ABS) it's 0.8 no matter the vehicle or weight. The Semi, turning at 10mph would need 36 feet to stop. A single lane road is 12 feet wide and the truck is at least double that -24 feet, If the semi slammed his brakes on as soon as he turned, that's about where he would have ended up. If he was still pulling through the turn, he'd be a lot further into the turn. As you can see the skid marks from the Bronco, my take is the Semi saw the Bronco coming too late and smashed his brakes on, and the Bronoc slammed his on as soon as he saw the Semi turn. I'm just shaking my head. Real smart comment.

 

[T-Bird]

Sad to read this.