This ones a mystery so far. I haven't heard yet what happened. Unless a piece of heavy equipment falls off a cliff, or into a lake, they are never totaled and can be repaired pretty easily. There is no front end damage to the tractor, so that leaves out hitting anything. Trailers never bounce with that much weight on and the trailer deck and rear end appear to be alright. Where the neck connects to the deck appears to be intact.

1. Trailer deck riding too low on the front ( D-10 on a flat deck, no beam) and hit a pavement separation, chains broke and it came forward hitting the neck and flipping the jeep and tractor.

2. As digger said, someone "brake checked him" in the inside lane, he swerved severely to the right, then tried to recover.

Still can't figure how the Cat landed that far away sitting up on it's butt?

Will add more if I find out anything.

Further info: One of the driver's kids posted, supposedly "He dropped his glasses and reached for them out of reflex and lost control" Still seems fishy to me.

That wrecker crane lift of the D10 would make for an incredible diorama. It's amazing and thankful that nobody was injured. Thanks so much for sharing.

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