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[8] [9] Light trucks will roll over at lateral accelerations of 0.8 to 1.2 g. Large commercial trucks will roll at lateral accelerations as low as 0.2 g [10] Trucks are more likely to roll over than passenger cars because they usually have taller bodies and higher ground clearance. This raises the center of mass.
His roll bars failed to protect the roof and, as Phillips’ car was dragged along the catch fence, both the roll bars and the roof itself were sheared completely off the car, exposing the interior of the driver compartment and grinding Phillips and the compartment against the wall and fence. The two cars slid along the fence for about 100 feet ...
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Emergency services were called to a crash in State College after a car flipped on its roof. Crews were dispatched to a crash along South Atherton Street around 2:40 p ...
On the 58th lap of the 250-mile race, William Bourque glanced backwards momentarily when his Knox hit a rut, swerved into a ditch, flipped over and landed against the fence lining the outside of the frontstretch. Bourque was trapped under the car and his riding mechanic Harry Holcomb had struck a post with his head, being killed instantly.
Spizarny said the car went over the curb and flipped upside down near the railroad tracks between the parkway and Wayne Street. Spizarny and Deputy Erie County Coroner John Maloney confirmed that ...
The car flipped numerous times, throwing the driver from the vehicle, police said. The driver, who was not identified, was hospitalized with critical injuries. They have since been listed in ...
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His right-front tire contacted Bodine's left-front tire, catapulting Bodine into the catch-fence at a speed of nearly 190 miles per hour (310 km/h). [5] Upon impact, Bodine's fuel tank exploded and the truck flipped over nine times [ 6 ] extremely hard across the track before coming to rest on its roof in turn 1.