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Dump Truck Slams Into GMC Sierra: Video

Even with heaps of modern technology and the latest safety features, cars and trucks are still at the mercy of their human pilots, and, as we all know, humans can occasionally make some very poor decisions. Unfortunately, the driver behind the wheel of this GMC Sierra pickup is one example of this, as evidenced in this brief video.

The video was captured by a dash cam on June 16th, 2020. It shows the front-facing view of a dump truck as it travels down a five-lane road in the rural town of Kalispell, Montana. Visibility is good and traffic is minimal.

As the truck cruises along in the lefthand lane, a black GMC Sierra is seen stopped in the left turn lane. The truck is signaling as it waits for a line of cars to pass by.

However, as soon as the line of cars is gone, the driver in the GMC Sierra decides to make its turn – right in front of the massive dump truck with the dash cam, as if the driver never saw the truck in the adjacent lane.

The driver of the dump truck has barely any time to react, but does manage to hit the brakes just moments before the front end crashes into the front of the GMC Sierra. The Sierra’s air bags deploy as a the passenger side of the pickup’s cab caves in from the impact.

“My dad was driving back to the yard for another load of gravel when the elderly gentleman pulled in from of him,” reads the YouTube video description. “My dad has been driving a truck for 22 years and this is his first accident. Everyone involved walked away. This was the elderly gentleman’s third accident he has caused in 2020.”

We’re happy everyone involved in this scary crash is okay, but it just goes to show how quickly a bad decision can make everything take a turn for the worse.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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Comments

  1. Hanging anything from the rear view mirror can block your vision. Covid strikes again.

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    1. i think its illegal to drive with a handicap card hanging from the mirror

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  2. And this is why senile drivers need to stay home.

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  3. One of the things that often happens with age is you lose your depth perception. You pass an eye test but you have no clear idea of how far away that truck is. That’s why elderly drivers driving cautiously get no speeding tickets buy get injured so often pulling out in front of others. Automated cars can’t come fast enough.

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  4. I wonder if the dump truck had DLR?
    The pick up truck looks like it was traveling into the
    sun. It’s still his fault but a couple of little things
    make accident.

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    1. The sun was nearly directly above as can be seen by the shadow under the front of the pick up in the first photo and the pedestrian sign in the fourth photo. More then likely this a result of the driver of the pick up subconsciously looking for “cars” and not “all” traffic, sometimes caused by distractions.

      There are allot of motorcyclists killed due to this very thing as they are even harder to see and sometimes traveling at higher speeds. This is one of the biggest reasons owners of Harley Davidson’s equip their bikes with loud exhausts.

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    2. I haul gas and diesel and ethanol..
      automated cars scare the hell out of me. The guy probably should not be driving anymore. But to say automated cars will take care of this. Ur nuts.

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  5. That driver being elderly or not should be examined for poor eye site OR a psych evaluation . That was border line a SUICIDE attempt ! He WAITED for the other cars to pass and he was attentive about using a turn signal . Just makes one wonder .

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  6. It wasn’t the Dump truck that slammed on the GMC ,it was the GMC that ruined that driver CDL…Irresponsible SOB’S ,you Stupid Moran’s needs to learn how appreciate and respect truck drivers.

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  7. Wow! Another sensationalized tag line to provoke and propagate fear of BIG BAD TRUCKS! The dump truck driver did nothing wrong. The tag line should be
    ” Another reckless 4 wheeler causes an accident with a BIG TRUCK! ” Who always gets blamed and what makes the news more “interesting”? The big bad trucks are out to kill everyone

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  8. Might to no what kind of speed dump truck was actually going. I also drive big dump trucks and ederly or not people always pull out in front of me.

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  9. Wow. Upsetting. How ironic I was in my 2020 GMC & 2 ppl hit me yesterday. Chain reaction. Someone texting & driving, hit the person behind me, then she slammed into me. What an impact. My trailer hitch save my truck from alot more damage… but its imprinted on front of her banged up car. Feeling sick just the bit of damage I do have. Middle car of course has the most damage. Yes, she will pay bc my entire back end will have to be replaced.

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  10. Only his 3rd accident this year, and still 6 months to go. I’m thinking his insurance company is gonna drop him.

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