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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Prayers to whomever knows this woman.... 
The pictures are very graphic. The horse was thrown from the trailer and is pictured dead.
The woman survived long enough to be transported. She died after arriving at the Hospital. https://www.eastidahonews.com/2017/06/update-idaho-falls-woman-horse-killed-in-i-15-crash-man-charged-with-vehicular-manslaughter/
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | That is horrible. You wouldn't even be able to tell what kind of truck that was without them telling you. I am so scared of 18 wheelers. My dad and I were involved in a wreck with a big truck that left us both with lifelong injuries. It only takes one second of distraction to change the course of someone's life. |
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| I can't wrap my head around why you would go into oncoming traffic instead of taking the ditch. . . I understand you only have a split second to react....but what on earth. Makes me wonder if he is being truthful about why he ended up crossing lanes.
Prayers for her family. So incredibly tragic.
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| WrapN3MN - 2017-06-29 2:36 PM
I can't wrap my head around why you would go into oncoming traffic instead of taking the ditch. . . I understand you only have a split second to react....but what on earth. Makes me wonder if he is being truthful about why he ended up crossing lanes.
Prayers for her family. So incredibly tragic.
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| GLP - 2017-06-29 2:41 PM
WrapN3MN - 2017-06-29 2:36 PM
I can't wrap my head around why you would go into oncoming traffic instead of taking the ditch. . . I understand you only have a split second to react....but what on earth. Makes me wonder if he is being truthful about why he ended up crossing lanes.
Prayers for her family. So incredibly tragic.
I was wondering the same thing.
My guess is that he looked up/whatever and his split second reaction was to swerve, probably not even aware of what was going on in the oncoming lane. Very sad for everyone involved. |
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Location: on my horse | This wasn't very far from me, its plastered all over Facebook and I can't get the image out of my head. I'm heading out on the same freeway with my horses next week and can't even imagine  prayers for her family |
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| Good gosh, how fast was he going? Must have been running along at a pretty good clip to do that much damage, not much left of truck or trailer.
Many  Prayers for her family after this senseless accident!
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Location: Phoenix | He was just released with $1000 bail posted.
The pictures are sickening. There is literally one wall left of the horse trailer. :( |
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| hammer_time - 2017-06-29 3:14 PM
He was just released with $1000 bail posted.
The pictures are sickening. There is literally one wall left of the horse trailer. :(
One picture shows one of the trailer dividers sitting right in front of the semi. Heart breaking. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | The article mentioned this to be a construction lane and that traffic had slowed.
My guess is that he had just dropped a load and was headed home. Maybe on the phone, maybe traveling to fast, maybe even texting. Either way the police had enough to increminate him on manslaughter charges at the scene. That usually takes weeks after a crash. Maybe drunk/high? Makes me wonder if they will also charge him with anything animal cruelty related? Is that a thing? Can that be done?
The car that hit the semi from behind had to have seen it coming or was traveling at a safe distance from the pickup. The followers of the pick up are very lucky they weren't hit head on as well. This road looks very narrow... The pickup had no where to go....
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | IRunOnFaith - 2017-06-29 1:33 PM The article mentioned this to be a construction lane and that traffic had slowed.
My guess is that he had just dropped a load and was headed home. Maybe on the phone, maybe traveling to fast, maybe even texting. Either way the police had enough to increminate him on manslaughter charges at the scene. That usually takes weeks after a crash. Maybe drunk/high? Makes me wonder if they will also charge him with anything animal cruelty related? Is that a thing? Can that be done?
The car that hit the semi from behind had to have seen it coming or was traveling at a safe distance from the pickup. The followers of the pick up are very lucky they weren't hit head on as well. This road looks very narrow... The pickup had no where to go....
I would like to think that if he was texting, that the article would have mentioned it - ONLY from the stand point is its a HUGE fine to both the Driver and the Company if so. The Interstate through that construction zone is narrow and scarry to me - I drove it around a month ago. I'm sure that state patrol tested him for Drugs/Alcohol - it's mandated by law in this situation. Day Cab with a Belly Dump, more than likely the State Patrol will go over that truck/trailer (and any other vehicle owned by that company and additional records) with a fine tooth comb looking for mechanical failure or deficency of the company as a whole. If it's a multi-truck company, I feel bad for their office staff - DOT will be all over them, when it was a "lone wolf" Crazy, horrible and extremly sad situation, I know when I drive a Semi there's so much you have to pay attention too - I'm left wondering about the "rest of the story"  |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Lucylouwon - 2017-06-29 3:43 PM IRunOnFaith - 2017-06-29 1:33 PM The article mentioned this to be a construction lane and that traffic had slowed.
My guess is that he had just dropped a load and was headed home. Maybe on the phone, maybe traveling to fast, maybe even texting. Either way the police had enough to increminate him on manslaughter charges at the scene. That usually takes weeks after a crash. Maybe drunk/high? Makes me wonder if they will also charge him with anything animal cruelty related? Is that a thing? Can that be done?
The car that hit the semi from behind had to have seen it coming or was traveling at a safe distance from the pickup. The followers of the pick up are very lucky they weren't hit head on as well. This road looks very narrow... The pickup had no where to go.... I would like to think that if he was texting, that the article would have mentioned it - ONLY from the stand point is its a HUGE fine to both the Driver and the Company if so. The Interstate through that construction zone is narrow and scarry to me - I drove it around a month ago. I'm sure that state patrol tested him for Drugs/Alcohol - it's mandated by law in this situation. Day Cab with a Belly Dump, more than likely the State Patrol will go over that truck/trailer (and any other vehicle owned by that company and additional records) with a fine tooth comb looking for mechanical failure or deficency of the company as a whole. If it's a multi-truck company, I feel bad for their office staff - DOT will be all over them, when it was a "lone wolf" Crazy, horrible and extremly sad situation, I know when I drive a Semi there's so much you have to pay attention too - I'm left wondering about the "rest of the story"
Too google I go.
Found it: The vehicular manslaughter charge is a misdemeanor. (Title 18-4006 3(C)). According to Idaho Code, the charge alleges Johnson is responsible for unlawful killing of a human being in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony, without gross negligence.
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | He needs to be charged with more. Construction zones are marked way before people get to them. Numerous times and then in so many feet increments. Nobody pays attention to them. Especially if they think they are working on the other side of the road or no one is seen. Our men here at work have had to jump out of the way of these types of people. The advent of electronics and screens in vehicles is making it more dangerous.
Yes, the DOT will be on them. Yes, the driver was tested within a certain time frame for drugs and alcohol. Yes, they will go over the truck and the DOT will also show up at the companies door step for an audit. I have been through this when we owned 26 trucks. However, we were hit head on by a one ton carrying five men with no insurance in So FL. They all died. Thank God our man was able to kick out the windshield before he burnt up.
I feel sorry for the woman and her family. I feel sorry for the driver. Even if he was at fault.
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Location: California | We have so many semi trucks around here it makes me nervous to drive in general, let alone with horses in the back. I couldn't even imagine THAT. How horrific, I saw another picture on FB that gave a different angle, and is definitely more graphic.
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We had a family friend loose her high school stand out son to a one vehicle accident and some asshat posted the awful pictures before the older sisters' and brother could be notified. My SIL was one of them that did that. My daughter is best friend's with one of the sisters and had to ask her to take it down. The family didn't need to see that so soon.m Stepping off my soap box now. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | GLP - 2017-06-29 3:58 PM Leave it to someone on FB to put the most graphic picture up they could find. We had a family friend loose her high school stand out son to a one vehicle accident and some asshat posted the awful pictures before the older sisters' and brother could be notified. My SIL was one of them that did that. My daughter is best friend's with one of the sisters and had to ask her to take it down. The family didn't need to see that so soon.m Stepping off my soap box now.
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | 3canstorun - 2017-06-29 1:50 PM He needs to be charged with more. Construction zones are marked way before people get to them. Numerous times and then in so many feet increments. Nobody pays attention to them. Especially if they think they are working on the other side of the road or no one is seen. Our men here at work have had to jump out of the way of these types of people. The advent of electronics and screens in vehicles is making it more dangerous.
Yes, the DOT will be on them. Yes, the driver was tested within a certain time frame for drugs and alcohol. Yes, they will go over the truck and the DOT will also show up at the companies door step for an audit. I have been through this when we owned 26 trucks. However, we were hit head on by a one ton carrying five men with no insurance in So FL. They all died. Thank God our man was able to kick out the windshield before he burnt up.
I feel sorry for the woman and her family. I feel sorry for the driver. Even if he was at fault.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Hree is a link to the Idaho Public Records for Johnson. https://www.idcourts.us/repository/caseHistory.do?schema=BONNEVILLE&county=Bonneville&roaDetail=yes&partySequence=9068&displayName=Johnson%2C+Dirk+Glenn |
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Location: Arkansas | GLP - 2017-06-29 3:58 PM
Leave it to someone on FB to put the most graphic picture up they could find.
We had a family friend loose her high school stand out son to a one vehicle accident and some asshat posted the awful pictures before the older sisters' and brother could be notified. My SIL was one of them that did that. My daughter is best friend's with one of the sisters and had to ask her to take it down. The family didn't need to see that so soon.m Stepping off my soap box now.
There was a terrible wreck in Lake Village several weeks ago; the young woman was killed when she crossed the highway and hit an 18 wheeler head on. She was on the phone with her mother and was late for her daughter's year end school awards. Her mother told the police that the girl had just told her she was doing 110 mph---and then the wreck happened. . . . It was on FB within minutes almost---very graphic, showing the body literally in pieces. I don't FB, so I didn't see it and wouldn't want to. But to think that today's society has no consideration for what they put out there and how it will effect families, children especially, is beyond me.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Chandler's Mom - 2017-06-29 10:50 PM GLP - 2017-06-29 3:58 PM Leave it to someone on FB to put the most graphic picture up they could find. We had a family friend loose her high school stand out son to a one vehicle accident and some asshat posted the awful pictures before the older sisters' and brother could be notified. My SIL was one of them that did that. My daughter is best friend's with one of the sisters and had to ask her to take it down. The family didn't need to see that so soon.m Stepping off my soap box now. There was a terrible wreck in Lake Village several weeks ago; the young woman was killed when she crossed the highway and hit an 18 wheeler head on. She was on the phone with her mother and was late for her daughter's year end school awards. Her mother told the police that the girl had just told her she was doing 110 mph---and then the wreck happened. . . . It was on FB within minutes almost---very graphic, showing the body literally in pieces. I don't FB, so I didn't see it and wouldn't want to. But to think that today's society has no consideration for what they put out there and how it will effect families, children especially, is beyond me. Many prayers for the woman's family and friends (in the original post ). Probably just me, but I wish they could also add on charges of some kind for the poor horse. . . .
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | This is tragic in so many ways. Yes the commercial driver should be charged and was responsible for causing the accident. But despite that, it's tragic that he most likely did not wake up that morning and think to himself that he was going to kill somebody. People don't take time to consider just how many people will be affected by their choices. A family lost their loved one, and the person responsible has family that will also be paying a price.
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This may have nothing to do with either accident, but people need to put their phones down when they are driving and not pick them up again till they are where they are going. We drove for years without being in constant contact. Yes we had accidents, but every time we go town now we see people driving crazy because they are looking at their darn phone. I want a paint gun because every time I see some one texting and driving I want to shoot their window. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | If you type her name in to face book it will bring up alot of info and posts. She was 65, a break away roper, her and her horse "Angel" were very well known and loved in Idaho circles. So incredably sad. |
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Location: Phoenix | The other photo shows how much room he had to swerve right onto the shoulder and only take out a barbed wire fence. Why would you swerve INTO traffic? I know those rigs are big and harder to control and we are all human but MAN.... |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | hammer_time - 2017-07-01 9:24 AM The other photo shows how much room he had to swerve right onto the shoulder and only take out a barbed wire fence. Why would you swerve INTO traffic? I know those rigs are big and harder to control and we are all human but MAN....
The only thing I could think of is he traveled that highway a lot and where he was is usually 2 lanes going in the same direction...People react and don't have time to think what they are going to do.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Here is Shirley and Her Horse. I smiled when I saw this picture. She looks so determined.
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Location: Sweet Home Alabama | IRunOnFaith - 2017-07-03 2:28 PM
Here is Shirley and Her Horse. I smiled when I saw this picture. She looks so determined.
It's nice to put a face with the name.
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Location: OH. IO | IRunOnFaith - 2017-07-03 3:28 PM
Here is Shirley and Her Horse. I smiled when I saw this picture. She looks so determined.
It's nice to put a face with the name.
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Location: Arkansas | IRunOnFaith - 2017-07-03 2:28 PM
Here is Shirley and Her Horse. I smiled when I saw this picture. She looks so determined.
It's nice to put a face with the name.
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | Shirley was a friend of mine. Roped with her many times. This has hit our roping community very hard. Great lady, always had a smile for you. She will be missed. Be careful out there...too many wrecks and close calls this summer. |
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| luvropin - 2017-07-06 10:59 AM
Shirley was a friend of mine. Roped with her many times. This has hit our roping community very hard. Great lady, always had a smile for you. She will be missed. Be careful out there...too many wrecks and close calls this summer.
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Location: OH. IO | Im very sorry you and luvropin lost such a good friend:( May you think of and remember all the good times.I pray your hearts heal with happiness of remembering her. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | So sad and such a senseless loss, I knew of a lady that was killed when hit by a TractorTrailer truck while riding her horse, She and her horse were killed on the spot, was a horrible horrible thing to happen.. It was two Tractor Trailer trucks going down the road one started to blowing his horn at her for the heck of it spooked her horse she lost control of it had no where to go because of a fence and the horse took off and ran in front of the second truck. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Southtxponygirl - 2017-07-07 9:31 AM So sad and such a senseless loss, I knew of a lady that was killed when hit by a TractorTrailer truck while riding her horse, She and her horse were killed on the spot, was a horrible horrible thing to happen.. It was two Tractor Trailer trucks going down the road one started to blowing his horn at her for the heck of it spooked her horse she lost control of it had no where to go because of a fence and the horse took off and ran in front of the second truck.
I hope the first truck was held responsible for being a jack wagon.....
Did you know in Europe that horses and riders have more right to the road than cars? That cars are supposed to pass with a certian amount of feet between the rider and horse? They have a set speed in which to pass. They have to yield right of way to riders. That if the cars don't abide by the rules the riders can call them in and they'll be held responsible for reckless driving/endangerment? I wonder what Texas law has to say about rights to the road for horses and riders?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | IRunOnFaith - 2017-07-07 10:15 AM Southtxponygirl - 2017-07-07 9:31 AM So sad and such a senseless loss, I knew of a lady that was killed when hit by a TractorTrailer truck while riding her horse, She and her horse were killed on the spot, was a horrible horrible thing to happen.. It was two Tractor Trailer trucks going down the road one started to blowing his horn at her for the heck of it spooked her horse she lost control of it had no where to go because of a fence and the horse took off and ran in front of the second truck. I hope the first truck was held responsible for being a jack wagon.....
Did you know in Europe that horses and riders have more right to the road than cars? That cars are supposed to pass with a certian amount of feet between the rider and horse? They have a set speed in which to pass. They have to yield right of way to riders. That if the cars don't abide by the rules the riders can call them in and they'll be held responsible for reckless driving/endangerment? I wonder what Texas law has to say about rights to the road for horses and riders?
Just so sad that theres no respect for riders and here in Texas its pretty bad. I dont think riders have any rights, but since I've gotton older I dont ride on any roads are highways, just not worth the risk.. Many prayers for the lady that you posted about just so senseless for accidents like these. |
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