Cement truck overturned on Morse/466a

[kittygilchrist]

Heavens, my heart is pounding. There are at least a dozen vehicles trying to clear the road where a cement truck has overturned on Morse just south of 466 a. I hope no one was hurt, but it looks horrible. Morse road is blocked but 466 – a is clear.

[spk7951]

We were over at Colony around 3:30pm and saw the mess. Could not tell what happened but it now explains why two heavy wreckers were there.

[dirtbanker]

Somebody took the corner too fast with a top heavy truck, LOL.

[graciegirl]

somebody took the corner too fast with a top heavy truck, lol.


lol?

[kittygilchrist]

A crane uprighted the truck. Use BVB to get S. Of 466a.

[applesoffh]

Somebody took the corner too fast with a top heavy truck, LOL.

That's exactly what it looked like had happened. Hope the driver wasn't seriously injured. Nothing funny there...

[kittygilchrist]

That's exactly what it looked like had happened. Hope the driver wasn't seriously injured. Nothing funny there...

Not funny at all. Vehicle appeared to have rolled onto its left side.

[mrsyarbie]

My husband and I watched the cement truck being up righted. We wondered if another vehicle cut off the driver as he was trying to make the turn.. I have seen that happen several times and the driver does his best to avoid an accident and ends up the victim..
But then maybe not ..

[Warren Kiefer]

Heavens, my heart is pounding. There are at least a dozen vehicles trying to clear the road where a cement truck has overturned on Morse just south of 466 a. I hope no one was hurt, but it looks horrible. Morse road is blocked but 466 – a is clear.

Actually it is concrete the truck was hauling.. Cement is the bonding agent that holds the sand and stones together. Sorry, but a retired highway engineer cannot let this go uncorrected.

[kittygilchrist]

Thanks, War, I thought cement was the formative stuff. I made a consciously ignorant choice NOT to call it concrete...
K.

[DougB]

Heavens, my heart is pounding. There are at least a dozen vehicles trying to clear the road where a cement truck has overturned on Morse just south of 466 a. I hope no one was hurt, but it looks horrible. Morse road is blocked but 466 – a is clear.

Do you have any concrete evidence of this?

[tommy steam]

I live south of 466a . There is a huge amount of construction work being done in that area. What I have noticed often is that these big trucks, cement, framing and dump trucks drive thru this area a bit fast.

[getdul981]

Actually it is concrete the truck was hauling.. Cement is the bonding agent that holds the sand and stones together. Sorry, but a retired highway engineer cannot let this go uncorrected.

Correct! I have always thought of it as cement is the dry stuff and concrete is what you have after you add all the other ingredients. Hope the driver was not injured in this mishsp.

[Halibut]

So is it a cement mixer? Or CEE-ment? :)

[GaryW]

Driver is in hospital in Ocala. Possible head injury. Not sure what caused the accident. Part of the truck broke during the turn.
And yes, It is called concrete after it is all mixed, but that is the last thing we are worried about the correct terminology when a accident has happened.

Kitty thanks for the post. I was going to post lastnight, but we were at the accident with our truck.

[graciegirl]

Driver is in hospital in Ocala. Possible head injury. Not sure what caused the accident. Part of the truck broke during the turn.
And yes, It is called concrete after it is all mixed, but that is the last thing we are worried about the correct terminology when a accident has happened.

Kitty thanks for the post. I was going to post lastnight, but we were at the accident with our truck.

Thank you GaryW. We will be praying for him and hoping he will be o.k. When I see your name, I know you will give us valid and reasonable information.

[jblum315]

OOps. I will have to change my childhood song from "Cement mixer putty putty" to "concrete mixer putty putty."

[dirtbanker]

lol?

Sort of like the "Americas Funniest Videos" laughing...

"possible explanation for the humor is the detachment most people feel from the person injured on TV or in an Internet video. In addition to a person they probably don't know personally, the detachment can stem from the situation where the person gets hurt, which is often somewhat outlandish -- like an absurd skateboarding stunt."

In the 40 years I have been involved in residential and commercial construction; I have seen a handful of trucks turn over and nobody has been seriously hurt (well except their pride, usually due to the error they made that caused the truck to turn over).

[Cloud Nine]

My husband and I witnessed it happen. We were sitting at the light on 466A west to turn left onto Morse, the cement truck was coming east on 466A.

It appeared the driver was either coming too fast to make the right hand turn onto Morse or he clipped the right side curb as he turned and tipped the truck in that manner. It all happened so quickly it was hard to tell.

All I can say is , it went over like it was a toy. I do hope the driver is okay. It was a scary sight to see.

As an aside note, we called 911 but could not get through, I think they must have been flooded with calls from people in the immediate area.