crash, boom, bang!

We made front page news in Idaho last week.
My drivers Dan and Omar were heading south bound, making their way towards Twin Falls after making deliveries in Sun Valley. There is two highways that connect. The one highway going East and West has a stop sign and the other that my drivers were on doesn't. The speed limit for over sized vehicles is 55mph and sure enough that is the speed they were traveling and just then the other truck pulled away from his stop sign and turned in front of my drivers. We hit the other truck on the passengers side whitch also is the same side of the fuel tank. Omar was in the sleeper and he flew forward hitting his head. Dan was driving and luckily he was wearing his seat belt. Our truck moved the other truck a good 20-30 feet from the force of impact. Dan jumped out of the truck and immediately ran over to see if the other driver was okay. The door was jammed and he said that he thought that the windows were tinted because he really couldn't see inside. The driver rolled the window down and smoke came billowing out and Dan yelled at him to get out of his truck, by this time it was on fire. Dan was worried that the truck would explode since he hit the fuel tank. Dan ran back to our truck to get the fire extinguisher and by the time he got back to make sure the driver got out of the truck the truck it was already up in flames. Dan and Omar were able to drag the guy out and across the highway. The fire department wasn't able to get there fast enough and the truck just burned to the ground. It got so hot that the tires were melted and the trailer ( which hauled grain but empty at the time ) had a conveyor belt made of rubber inside of it and that got so hot that the trailers sides made of metal melted. The driver of the other truck suffered a head injury and was bleeding and delirious. He thought that we ran thru a four way stop sign. It caused a massive fuel spill between both trucks, a small brush fire and a power outage. It also closed both highways for almost 2 hours. Jason was able to take a second truck of ours up to Idaho to rescue our drivers and haul them and our trailer back home.

We are very lucky that no one lost their life over this incident. We might suffer from a total loss on the truck. It was nice that everyone that my Sister called on the route was very understanding and very concerned over the drivers safety. Our trailer didn't suffer any damage and neither did the furniture that was on it. The report states that it was the other drivers fault and we are not responsible, boy do I feel bad for them and their insurance company.

I think that worst part of this whole thing is that when Dan called me to tell me that they had been in a head on and couldn't really talk and that he would have to call me back. Neither Jason and I could get a hold of them and didn't know what was going on for almost two hours. It was so nerve wracking!

I know that my Heavenly Father was watching over us and I am so thankful that this wasn't a tragic accident. We feel very blessed.