Here are the pictures from his accident. It happened on Highway 401 near Maitland, Ontario. A truck had gotten into a fender-bender (big truck) about 15-20 minutes beforehand, and instead of pulling over to the shoulder which is what he legally was supposed to do, he put his 4 way flashers on and stayed in the middle lane of highway 401.
For anyone who has driven or seen Highway 401, it is not a 2 lane highway. It is a superhighway, with anywhere between 4-20 lanes depending on how close to the GTA you are. Stopping in the middle of the lane was idiotic, and the driver should have been aressted. But I digress.
Mike was travelling through blistery conditions - not a blizzard, but snow was starting to fall and he wanted to get out of the storm before it got worse. As he was driving along the highway, it started to come down thicker and faster, and he realized he would have to pull over at the nearest truck stop and wait for it to pass. He didn't make it that far. Coming up onto the highway he suddenly saw the stopped transport truck and had no time to put on his brakes. He made the split second decision to turn the truck to the left and he knew he was going to hit.
The pictures below are somewhat difficult to look at. The red stuff is salsa sauce, the cargo he was carring, not blood as reported by earlier media. I tried to find archives of any stories, but I guess a 10 car pile up on the 401 isn't that important.
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This is Mike's truck, the roof came completely off and the only part not destroyed was the drivers side
Other vehicles involved in the pile up 
February 2006
A close up of Mike's truck after the accident
I'm very surprised someone wasn't seriously hurt
1 comments:
Holy Crap! I didn't know he was ever in an accident
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