[Unknown dashcam] Dump truck driver not paying attention

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[Unknown dashcam] Dump truck driver not paying attention

[Unknown dashcam] Dump truck driver not paying attention

So this is the dash cam footage from my car wreck that happened a couple years ago. My husband and I had just picked his car up from the mechanic (he was the silver Toyota). I was in front of him in the navy Chevy sedan.

The speed limit on this section of road is 55. There's several stop lights and we had actually just come from a full stop right before this. We had come to a stop because as you will see, other people had stopped in the middle of the road. I do remember checking and thinking that it wasn't safe to merge into the other lane, so I instead slowed down and stopped. Also at the time, I thought a wreck or something had happened because this area is notorious for that. We found out later that the people you see in the median had stopped because they failed to secure their mattress and it flew off their car.

My husband walked away with a glorified bruise on his shin. I was fine at first but I went on to have back surgery, with possibly 1-2 more future surgeries (my doctors believe this accelerated some previous injuries). The dump truck driver was found to be at fault and we do know that he was let go from his job. Aside from my lingering issues, all has been settled finally.

submitted by /u/mira1231 to r/Dashcam
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