BERYL, Utah — Six vehicles were involved in an accident apparently sparked by efforts to see Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 as it passed through this small town near St. George, Utah, on Saturday. The cars collided on a narrow frontage road nea…
“Still trying to figure out how it happened”, eh?
Mr. Harrier and others predicted this. Only the detail specifics are novel. Now we get to see the shenanigans as various denizens of plaintiff’s bar try to shovel some percentage of ultimately very-deep-pockets liability onto Union Pacific. Rats.
What I see from the early pictures is that it occurred on a gravel frontage road. With a large pickup truck at the back of a string of accordioned vehicles. I have a suspicion this is a combination of target-fixation distraction and relative failure of antilock-braking effectiveness…
If this was the only Big Boy chase-related car crash, I’d be very surprised.