Wednesday, February 1, 2012

One Seriously Overloaded Truck

This morning, the Washington Post reported:

Highway Patrol: 11th victim found inside burned pickup truck days after deadly I-75 pileup

By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, February 1, 7:04 AM

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The body of an eleventh person has been found in a pickup truck days after a deadly pileup on Interstate 75, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The victim was inside a Dodge pickup truck that crashed into a tractor trailer as it traveled south early Sunday, authorities determined Tuesday. The driver and another passenger in the pickup had not been identified early Wednesday.

You have to read all the way down to the third paragraph to learn that not all of the victims were in the same vehicle:

The Highway Patrol on Tuesday released the name of an eighth person killed in the crash. Vontavia Kiara Robinson, 22, of Williston, was the driver of a Pontiac Grand Prix that was involved in the southbound crash around 4 a.m. Sunday. The name of a passenger who died in her car has not been released.

Authorities closed the busy six-lane highway just after midnight Sunday because a mix of fog and smoke from a nearby brush fire made visibility difficult. The road was reopened about three hours later after the Highway Patrol determined conditions had improved. The first pileup occurred a short time later.

I complain a lot about intentionally misleading headlines.  In this case, I wonder if the false impression was the result of an intentional act, or just stupidity.

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