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Subscribe to RSSNine people were hospitalized after a truck veered into a crowd outside of a California high school. KNBC-TV's Beverly White reports.
HEMET, Calif. - A high school student in a pickup truck ran into a group of teenagers who were crossing a street outside a California high school Wednesday, leaving nine people injured and backpacks and clothing strewn across an intersection, officials said.
The accident occurred shortly after school ended for the day at Hemet High School, Riverside County fire officials said in a statement.
Eight out of the nine people hospitalized were students, officials said.
The driver, a student at the school, named by police a David Carrillo,18, ran into a group of people who were in an intersection headed toward the student parking lot and the school's football stadium, principal Emily Shaw said.
"The kids were in the crosswalk doing everything right," Shaw said.
Three of those victims were in critical condition, including 15-year-old Helen Richardson, who was in a "conscious coma" and intubated, according to her mother Trisha Telezinski.
Read more at NBC4 Southern California
Witnesses reported hearing Carrillo yell out, "My brakes have gone out," Telezinski said.
Early reports indicated eight pedestrians were taken to the hospital, and at least five of the victims were students, according to CAL FIRE. California Highway Patrol later clarified that nine people were hospitalized, eight of them students at the high school, which had just let out at the time of the crash, according to NBCLosAngeles.com.
NBC4 News said highway patrol officials believe the truck may have had a mechanical problem and has been impounded for inspection.
Drugs and alcohol have been ruled out as a factor, officials said, adding that criminal charges against the driver, if any, will be determined after the evidence has been examined.
A statement released by California Highway Patrol Officer Darren Meyer said the truck was travelling "at a speed greater than the 25 MPH school zone speed limit.”
"The driver stopped immediately after the collision to assist the victims," Meyer said.
Parent Rick Chavez witnessed the accident while waiting at the red light just after picking up his son, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported.
“The guy went through the red light. …I saw the truck and started screaming out ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa!’” Chavez told the newspaper. “He plowed right into the kids. Two girls were really bad. I thought they were gone. I was in shock.”
NBC4's Olsen Ebright, Samantha Tata and Beverly White, msnbc.com's Alastair Jamieson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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He couldn't stop because his brakes went out but then he stopped to help after he hit them? Did his brakes suddenly start working again? It doesn't make sense...
Likely was finally able to stop by using the emergency brake.
Or rolled up against something. At least he stopped. We have at least one hit and run incident a week in FL.
I certainly hope that all of the kids and the one older woman that were injured are going to be OK and will recover fully and quickly. At least kids tend to be more resilient and heal faster than adults.
I also hope for the driver's sake that the highway patrol finds a mechanical problem with the car, otherwise there are going to be a lot of questions raised. I am sure they will look at how he managed to stop after the accident, whether it was with the emergency brake or from running up against a curb or off onto a soft shoulder. At least there were no drugs or alcohol involved, but the fact that he was apparently speeding is going to be an issue.
Emergency brake, or he put it into neutral and slowed, or turned off the engine...there are a number of ways to stop after you lose your brakes, but often it takes the experience to realize that.
Kevin C...that's what I was thinking Kevin...the kid was probably too young & inexperienced to react more quickly in a crisis ...very sad
The article states that the vehicle was traveling faster than the speed limit. However, some vehicles will travel faster then 25 mph at idle speed, especially if there is a slight grade. If there is indeed a mechanical problem, it should be labeled an accident and left at that. The young man obviously had no bad intent as evidenced by this stopping immediately to render aid.
That's what I was thinking too, just me. Thanks for clarifying everyone else!
I hope everyone injured recovers, and that it was just inexperience as a driver in the event of a failure that he was unable to stop before the cross walk.
If your brakes quit working, throw that badboy into park. Yes, you will lose your transmission, but I would think that would be a better alternative than hitting a bunch of kids or humans.
It's amazing how plowing through a bunch of bodies can slow your vehicle to a stop, eh? Must have rememberd the emergency brake after the fact.. Good luck to all.
Trust - The better thing to do would be shift into a lower gear, even on an automatic, and letting the engine slow you down before killing the engine and throwing it into park. Putting it into park immediately is much more dangerous, as it's likely to cause you to lose control of the vehicle, since all that torque from the locked up transmission has to go somewhere, with that somewhere being the body of the vehicle.
He could have been dragging 3 students underneath and that is what stopped him or he used the other brake
Rincewind--Cars are made so they don't go into park if you shift it there unless you are stopped that is why you here that loud clicking noise when it won't go into park. So lets say you were driving everyone here would say why didn't he do anything to stop. But in your mind you knew you put it into park and it did nothing. It's hard to second guess someone
Everyone in our neighborhood thinks all the people that drives through our neighborhood is speeding. Unless Posted the speed limit in city limits is 30 mph. When you see a car coming at 30mph down your street you just think they are speeding. At a school zone when the sign says when children are present means only the hours of when the children are entering or leaving the school during normal hours not lunch, after school or before school events. The only time you have to do 20mph is when children are along side the road or in a marked crosswalk. This is how it is written in illinois so the police can't give you a ticket anytime they want to
Investigators will make sense of it once their finished doing their thing--No one can "just" figure this out by the article or tying to second guess what the driver should have done or shouldn't have done.....Impossible.
Right, if he was able to use the Emergency Brake after the accident, why didn't he use them before?
He panicked.
"My brakes have gone out."
Bullflop. Baring intentional sobotage, the number of times this has actually happened in a modern vehicle is so low it wouldn't register on a cause-of-accident scale.
Much more likely is it's just another case of a driver hitting the gas by mistake instead of the brake.
(Before pointing out the "sudden acceleration" vehicle stories we have all heard of, those have revealed no problem with the vehicle and have been attributed to a driver inadvertantly hitting the gas.)
As an auto mechanic, I beg to differ. All vehicles, including new vehicles have a brake master cylinder which can and does fail on vehicles. When they fail, the brake pedal will go to the floor and you will not stop. The problem is easily repaired by pumping the brake pedal most of the time but when somebody panics they tend to push harder on the brake pedal which is already on the floor. I've had it happen and seen it happen.
I was going to say that Guido. Or, if he runs his truck the way it looks (two-toned) it might be old and with a lot of rust in it that the brake line rusted through. That has happened to me in my car before. Luckily I still had front brakes but there is no way I could stop in the same distance as normal.
I know just doesn't make sense how he can stop once he hit them. He could have swerved his truck and tried to miss the kids.
I've had my brakes unexpectedly fail (VW Bus) at a usually busy intersection, it was my great good fortune that no cars were crossing, but it scared the bejezus out of me. I stopped by coasting and scrapping against the curb.
My best wishes go to all the victims, and this young man.
Gizmo, his brakes may have only been gone partially so he couldn't stop as quickly as normal but was still able to stop. Most of the time, you don't realize the line is leaking until you try to stop suddenly. He would still be able to stop just a little longer to happen. And (I hate to mention it) hitting something (including people) will slow the truck.
Gizmo, I went to this school as well as all 3 of my children. There would have been no where for him to swerve, that he would not have hit people. That particular cross walk is completely full until the light changes. It is the main crosswalk when school lets out. It sounds to me like it was a very tragic accident. Our local paper has a pic of the driver, standing with his family and he is clearly distraught. Our prayers are with everyone touched by this tragedy.
"If the transmission was not designed with a reverse inhibit feature, engaging reverse while driving forward will, most likely, stall the engine," Renneker said. "The car won't lock-up or skid, but it will slow down a bit and act like the transmission is in neutral."
"conscious coma" and incubated?
Perhaps medically paralyzed and intubated would be a more correct description?
Regardless, here is hoping that everyone injured makes a complete recovery.
Good spot - she must have meant 'intubated'. Thank you.
Ok, that part makes sense now. Thank you.
my vesion of this article read "intubated"...
@ Sylvia: That's because it was fixed by the author from msnbc.com
Thankfully, the emergency medical personnel were more competent at their jobs than the writers (I think msnbc uses junior high interns.) No one killed - lucky victims and good medical care.
NBC4 News said highway patrol officials believe the truck may have had a mechanical problem and has been impounded for inspection.
Drugs and alcohol have been ruled out as a factor, officials said, adding that criminal charges against the driver, if any, will be determined after the evidence has been examined
This information leads me to believe that the truck was probably not maintained very well, even though they do not give the make, model, year and condition at the time of the accident. Either way, the driver should still be charged even after the evidence has been examined.
It was a teen's truck: How well do you expect it to be maintained. If the vehicle passed inspection, and therefore is on the road, why would he think the brakes might give out?
It sounds like it was simply an accident, and there is no need to charge him if the problem was mechanical.
Kevin, I can get any vehicle to pass inspection, one way or another, and it won't be safe to drive a week later.
Also, keep in mind that some states no longer require vehicle inspections. I lived in OK until last year, and they stopped doing inspections back in either '01 or '02. NE requires an inspection on all vehicles brought in from out of state. But, their inspection is only to verify the registration info, not the safety of the vehicle.
Not all states have the same rules on inspections. In CA, the car is inspected once at the time of sale. Emissions inspections are required every 2 years.
Most of us buy our kids old cars because we know they are going to get in some fender benders the first few years because kids think they are invincible And why have a new car wrecked and pay 3,000 a year for insurance. We just need to make sure they are safe. All cars after the early 60s have dual braking systems. If you lose the front like blown front brake hose you still have some braking in the rear. Only if the master cylinder goes bad do you lose everything but it warns you by slowly going to the floor and some people keep driving a while by pumping up the pedal to get pressure.
politics suck, >>> yusay he shud be charged anyyyyway/eitherway!!! WTH, ... mebbe Pancho or Pablo din have no pesos or dinero fer brake fluid ? <> IF he had a genuine problem - - - IT WILL BE A SIMPLE task, to find out (but NOT by the HOLLYWOOD/CHIPS) as this will take a real mechanic , who repairs/services brakes for a living. NOT TOO DIFFICULT and only will take a FEW minutes to check it out!
NEXT QUESTION tho and equally as important >>> DUS Pedro have insurance and his green card then? >>> Orrrr is that a - - - "politically incorrect question" ?
It is a mid to late 90's ford ranger or mazda b series, look at the picture. Age has nothing to do with condition. We have a saying in the auto parts industry, "new babies die too" meaning brand new doesn't equal quality or even functionality in all cases.
Charged with what? It is possible that once his brakes went he did everything right. He may have downshifted, he may have out it in neutral, he may have even killed the engine, none of those things will immediately stop a vehicle. At least he tried to warn them by yelling that he couldn't stop.
Tail-light design means '93 to '97. It appears to be a 2-wheel drive as evidenced by the lack of fender flares, but has been lifted since it looks like it's at a 4x4's ride height. And look at that box-side, how rippled it is. I bet he's off-roaded it and gotten some air. That frame must be tweaked. I wouldn't be surprised if they find that one or more flexible brake hose (from hard lines to calipers up front, or body to axle out back) is torn and ruptured.
And in my 2000 4x4, with 5-speed and 4.10 gears, I idle in 1st at about 15 to 20 mph.
Personally, I think all young drivers should have to learn to drive on a manual BEFORE they're ever allowed to drive an automatic. Learn vehicle control, then we'll give you the keys to the guided missile.
I think it should be automatic before manual. My parents believed in taking baby steps to teach how to drive. I first learned how to drive witht the cruise on so I would only have to worry about braking and not about speed control. Once they were comfortable with me handling the car, they wouldn't allow me to use the cruise control to teach me how to keep a constant speed in traffic. Then they taught me on a manual.
I think you are right on with the use of the truck could easily explain brake loss. I used to live on a dirt road and know first hand that if you don't make sure that the underbody of your car is clean, your lines would become caked in mud and rust through. It happened to my brake lines.
I still say manual first. All your extremities are focused on a particular task. There's no free hand to change the radio, or put on make-up, or text, or even pick your nose. It also keeps people from riding the brake. Left foot clutch, right foot gas/brake, left hand steering wheel/turn signals, right hand shifter, and finally, brain fully engaged.
I don't think the brake lines rusted. I think the flex hoses were stretched to their limit by an improperly installed lift kit (most require longer flex hoses, but are often not included). I think he took it off-roading, and during the course of beating the snot out of it, he did a Dukes of Hazzard jump, the axle dropped out, the flex line stretched and tore a small hole. He then had enough fluid to stop when he went to school, but had none left when he was leaving. But that's just me diagnosing the problems of a vehicle from a picture on a computer screen. I could be wrong.
So when learning a new task where you could injure yourself and others, you would rather push someone into it fully instead of working their way into it step by step. Sounds a lot like teaching a kid to swim by throwing him in the middle of a lake.
Your story is sound too. Either way, I'm sure the use and lack of care to it, which both can be seen by the pictures, can be said to attribute to the brake failure.
The usual procedure is for the police to impound the vehicle, take it to a certified garage, and have it inspected.
For you people that are going to say "they need a warrant"-wrong...Part of the police investigation and not allowing an unsafe vehicle back on the road.
The old "brakes failed" is the standard excuse in a case like this....
lawsuits will be on the radar in this one, and the police will have no choice but to do an indepth investigation.....At least my Department would.
I was a teenager driving a car where the brakes failed, due to poor maintenance. I didn't know enough about cars at the time to realize the danger. Luckily I was able to go up a hill and hit a telephone pole rather than running into anyone.
Laws require the owner/driver of any vehicle to maintain it in safe operating condition. Failure to provide safe and proper maintenance does not relieve one of any legal liability in the event of an accident. That is part of driver education and is in the manual given to learning drivers, at least in my state. And yes, at this point there are many unknown facts.
An excellent argument for FREE DRIVERS' EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE BEFORE BEING ISSUED A DRIVERS LICENSE, EVERYONE, regardless of age or immigration status. You should know how a car, including brakes, work before getting behind the wheel. You should also know to pay attention, not text, not talk on the phone, not drink, not use drugs. This would vastly cut down on 'accidents.'
Mary, Why should the instruction be free?? If one wants the privilege of driving, one can pay for lessons before one gets in the car and risks wiping out entire families. I would like to learn to ballroom dance. Want to pay for my lessons?
And when your brakes go out, most people don't go back through what they are trained to do. Just like in snow and they lose control, hardly no one remembers how to operate a car in the snow. You just kind of freak out. My favorite is when people swerve when a deer jumps out in front of them.
If he was driving a Chicago Police van this would have never been mentioned and not a single traffic violation.
it is always amazing the folks who want to roast the accused b4 all the facts come in...it sounds like the teen driver had what he felt was a malfunction, even apparently tried to shout out a warning. does not appear to have been in malice...why not just wait for all the facts, that is why there is an "investigation" then allow for "due process" b4 we all begin typing our uneducated guesses to what happened where we were not even eye witnesses. In the mean time let us just pray for all that were involved, may God heal them all with his firm loving hands, and guide all to his loving grace. amen.
How sad. After so many die, then the co's decide to recall. WE NEED regulations for all you repukes out there. (yes, many co's where people have died, have continued to stay open) THEY DO NO SELF REGULATE.
Wow, it tooks 3 hours to get the first political posting. Come on folks, we're losing our touch.
LOL, Rincewind, you beat me to the punch!
Laws recall for what?
And what makes you so sure this is something that should trigger a recall? Maybe he had a brake line that had been leaking for quite a while and he simply ignored it. Maybe his brakes had been squealing at him for months and he chose to ignore them and the pads finally gave out. Maybe the main brake cylinder went out as he tried to stop. Maybe the engine died for some reason and he was unable to depress the pedal without the power brakes. There are a ton of things that could have happened that would have absolutely nothing to do with a major vehicle malfunction to spur a recall.
For that matter, do you know for sure that there hasn't already been a recall that went unanswered?
Obviously, we need to ban trucks.
Or raise the driving age of trucks
Why? They are designed and manufactured with the intent of transportation. They aren't made to kill.
I guess MUGTECH, sam and gene really missed the joke!
Lighten up guys!
Trucks don't injure people....people driving trucks injure people
someone brightly said raise the age of drivers to a higher age
well in canada the powers to see want to raise the age of young drivers to 21 now suck on that for awhile will you
vehicles have a way of running over people when not driven properly
b dune, you beat me to it. I think I will make a shirt that says that.
b dune, you beat me to it. I think I will make a shirt that says that.
You have to be careful of what you have your kids driving. His parents probably thought it was a great idea to give him a run down truck for him to drive. Instead, it could've cost him his life and the lives of others.
Thank God that there were no fatalities. May God Bless the Injured and give them Quick Recovery and Healing. May the Injured recover fast and be back on their feet Again. God Bless them. GOD BLESS THE USA.
Kevin Valentine Moraes
Mira Road (Thane)
brakes went out, but he was able to immediatly stop after hitting those people? either he e-braked it(which he could have done before hitting 9 people), or he is a psycho who got off on plowing through 9 people walking through a crosswalk.
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Or he could have panicked before realizing he could use the e-brake, or throw it into neutral and roll to a stop, or throw it into park and lose his transmission.
Knowing how to do these things in a split second of panic takes driving experience, which most teens don't have enough of. It doesn't mean he purposely hit them just to render aid afterwards.
susan
"psycho who got off on plowing through 9 people"...
did it need to be 9.....would he have stopped if it were only 6 or 7?
Or maybe hitting 9 people slowed the truck and he went up against the curb to finish stopping. Or his ex girlfriend was in that group.
How many times do you have to be told they will not to go into park when moving
charger12:
A lot of modern automatic cars will not let you go futher than neutral while moving, some older cars let you do it. I've done it at a low speed in a 1998 Beetle. Not on purpose, mind you, but I did it.
Your car was probably defective. Mith busters tried auto and manual and could not shift into reverse with either and could not go into park
well out of my experience when my husband and i were in a crash, his breaks didn't work either, but yet he was stomping on them like a mad man, then threw on the emergency break which slowed us down slightly but it was too late by then and we collided with the other car... we couldn't understand why the breaks failed, but later on discussing it with my father-in-law he pointed out that on some older trucks and vehicles you have to slowly push (like a pumping action) on the break to build up the pressure to make the vehicle stop, where as if you are stomping on the break it doesn't have time to build up the pressure and the breaks fail... so maybe that is what happened in this case... nothing may be wrong with the vehicle, just the inexperience of the driver
Well, stomping on the breaks will never engage the brakes.
???? Sounds like there's air in the brake lines if you got to pump the brakes. Should the bakes engadge yet the pedel slowly goes to the floor board that indicates bad wheel cylinders, calipers, or a leaking piston in the master cylinder, or the master cylinder was allowed to run low on fluid allowing air in the system. The more the brake shoes, or pads wear the lower the fluid level will get in the master cylinder to make up for the wear in the linnings.
hmmm300, you do NOT no what yu are talking about regarding BRAKES !!! from a mechanic!!!
True denko95 the only time you pump the brake is when the master cylinder is bad and it will not pump up every time and there could possibly be no leak on the outside and the seals could be leaking on the inside of the master cylinder or by the fire wall. I wonder when he flushed the brake fluid last I do it every two years.
Hope everyone recovers from this incident, as a parent of teenagers i would hope that they would drive safely at all times and respect the laws of the road and be prepared for emergencys.
I live in the area. when I read in the newspaper and saw that the student had entered the turn lane, didn't slow down, his motor revved (according to witnesses), continued straight through a red light, my first reaction was he was trying to pass slower traffic on the right and/or was showing off for friends. With a manual transmission I can see the possibility of brake failure I guess and an inexperienced driver panicking. Praying for the victims, their families, and the driver.
That should be guess, not gusee. I don't know how to gusee.
With the engine revving angle, most definitely sounds like the old wrong pedal move or if a manual trans he could have downshifted to cause the rev. Hopefully for his sake they find a problem with the truck or he's gonna have some explaining to do.
Gene, Sorry I didn't make it clearer earlier. I simply made the connection that with a manual transmission and brake failure, the kid may have downshifted to slow the vehicle which would cause the racing of the engine.
But then again Gene, by your other posts, apologizing does no good because you are right about everything obviously. Some of us have the ability to problem solve through multiple steps to reach conclusions without having to point out every single step in the process. Others, well.... I can see where being older has helped you in life. Now you have an excuse to belittle others to make yourself feel better, more important, more intelligent. I bow down to your superiority while I can only rely on my 3 Master's degrees and three teaching credentials. I am no match for your wit or wisdom.
And if the brakes failed, that also explains why he entered the turn lane and didn't slow down. He was probably avoiding the cars that were stopped at the light.
From what you say they said in the newspaper it could be his foot got caught under the brake pedal and when he went to push on the brake he hit the gas. He then would have to pull his foot around the brake and reapply. This happened to me the first week I drove I pulled into a dog and suds and went to put the brakes on with my size 13 shoes and part of my foot was under the edge of the brake pedal and I knocked a picknik bench about 5 feet till I pulled my foot out and hit the brake
We do not know at this point what really took place but why, if it were indeed an accident, does the kid need charges brought against him? You remind me of one of those people that think anytime something bad happens, it's time to sue somebody no matter what the reason. Sometimes things just happen that nobody has control of. They are called accidents!!
This kid apparently realized he had a problem when he starting yelling that he had no brakes, but was just too inexperienced to know how to act and react in that situation. It's tragic, and I pray for the recovery of all, especially the girl in the coma and the elderly lady. I'd be willing to bet there is a line of lawyers waiting to pounce on this kid, regardless of what the investigation finds with respect to the condition of the truck. Contrary to popular belief, there truly are accidents and not everyone is out to injure, main or kill. If he has insurance, that is the way this should be handled.
Just another reminder of why pedestrians need to know what's going on around them. This may not have been the case here, but all too often I see pedestrians who just assume the drivers of oncoming vehicles have seen them. They're on their phone, they're texting, etc., and they seem oblivious to traffic. Look up, look side to side, and pay attention! Don't assume the driver of an oncoming vehicle sees you!
Control traffic you control crime. There would be no doubt what I would do. The big word here is sue the parents of the child driver. Everything here could have been prevented. The excuse the brakes failed is pure bull. I'm sure there was an Auto Shop Class. This kid was showing off period. If child under the age of 18 can't sign a contract then why are they allowed to drive? Arrest this child never happen he is underage. So why is he driving? I will tell you something else his auto insurance isn't going to cover everything. That is if he had any! Of course this is Hemet the land of pick up trucks and of course the right of passage.
Wow, with your being so positive of what happened, what need is there of an investigation? Thanks for your professional opinion.
Wonderful piece of nasty prose based purely on speculation Lyle.
Yes I know the child was 18 years of age. Still going to High School doesn't change anything. Just because of LOOK AT ME. This could have been pevented.
I hope you have to use the phrase "It was an accident" and see how far that flies with someone else like you. Let us know how that works out for you.
Lyle kellogg, yu soundz like yur a "Keystone Kopp" who nose-it-all. Bet yur kids are all Angels or mebbe "fer shore" , ... "GENIUSES", at the very least.
Lyle, you are a pyle. Gomer that is.
Lyle, you did not answer ´Gene´s question. How do you know the brakes did not fail? Did you perform mechanical inspection on a truck ?
right, because lyle was there sitting in the truck with the kid & "knows for sure" the kid was showing off. (eye roll)
Sorry LYLE most auto shop classes were stopped when Bush put us in this recession.If you watch the car programs on the weekend they found in one county in California only two auto shop classes are left and they are trying to teach the students with books from the 70s and 80s
Turn out it's a Chevy Colorado 2004 or newer
Except for offering our condolences and prayers, there is LITTLE or NOTHING to be accomplished here by all of these comments until AFTER the facts are known. So in keeping with the saying that encourages us to practice what we preach, I wish to express my sincerest condolences to the victims and their families, and to the young driver of the truck who must be feeling both miserable and scared at this point in time. My prayers go out to all involved.
It doesn't take much to stop a vehicle going about 30 mph (curb, pole).
Police said he was doing 25MPH
The brakes started working once he put his phone down.
really sad i hope everyone heals as fast as possible...but really dumb to bash young drivers...ive been driving for 5 years now and havent been in 1 accident,gotten a ticket or anything..and i've seen a fair number of adults driving like idiots even before i was driving!!!! Some young drivers and adults need driving lessons again!
Sad story. But look at the vehicle. Probably a teen fixer upper. Put new pads on during shop and forgot to pump the pedal before heading out. Yapping on phone, looks up hits breaks... nothing did not think of e-brake or to pump pedal and wham! Hope everyone come through including the girl that got put in the incubator...lmfao great editing msn.
Before you all crucify me. just guessing thats all
I had a '64 Plymouth Fury back in the day. My 2 little boys were in the back seat and I was driving behind a school bus. Stepped on my non existent brakes and freaked out. To keep from hitting the bus I swung into an apartment complex " exit only" driveway. I had no idea at the time what to do, but I did throw the car into Park. It may not have been correct but it worked. I was so frightened and shaking, but no one was hurt. Well, my feelings were hurt, because some guy hollered at me for going the wrong way into the complex!
Close one. I had a 70 fury 383 v-8 loved it. But yeah brakes were 4 wheel drum...non existent.
gene It won't see above posts. Also try tried a stick shift to put in reverse at 50 and were not able to until the car stopped or about stopped
I remember when my brakes went out on the morning to work coming off of the highway...I hit the emergency brake right before going through the light and hitting cars driving perpendicular to me. Thank God there wasn't a car in front of me. But as it turned out, the evening before, I was hit from behind by a pick up truck on the way home from work, no less...he ended up breaking my brake line (I think that is what it is called). Had I noticed fluid on my driveway prior to leaving for work that morning, I would have never driven the car...but I never thought of it. But the cop did tell me I should have pumped my brakes when I first realized they were not working...I had never heard of that before...we were taught to use the emergency brake.
Annie The truck did nothing to damage your brake line unless he pushed the back of your car up to your rear axle. If your brake line was broken and leaking before you left home your brake pedal would have gone to the floor when you put on the brake to shift into reverse. What happened is you went to stop and one of the hoses, wheel cylinders or rusty brake line broke