![]() ![]() The records reveal a remarkable and disturbing hidden history, a case study of government inaction in the face of an obvious threat to public wellbeing. Reporters for ProPublica and FRONTLINE obtained thousands of pages of government documents on underride crashes - technical research reports, meeting notes, memoranda and correspondence - dating back to the 1960s. The federal government has been aware of the problem for at least five decades. And they happen all the time: Each year hundreds of Americans die in this type of collision. Collisions in which a passenger vehicle such as a car, SUV or pickup truck slides beneath a large commercial truck are called underride crashes in the jargon of the transportation industry. Ricardo Marcos and Irma Orive in 2009, first image, and in 2011, second image. The impact ripped the top half of the car apart. Traveling at more than 40 mph, Marcos’s Hyundai slammed violently into the larger vehicle and became wedged beneath it. Video shows what happened next on that night in 2017. CDT on PBS stations ( check local listings) and will be available to stream on YouTube, the PBS App and FRONTLINE’s website. The documentary premieres Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10 p.m. “ America’s Dangerous Trucks” is part of a collaborative investigation from FRONTLINE and ProPublica. It was as if someone had erected a big steel wall. The truck edged out of a driveway and began, slowly, to turn left onto the road, blocking traffic in both directions. His wife, Irma Orive, was waiting for him.īig commercial trucks are ubiquitous in this part of the world, an endless stream of massive diesel-powered vehicles ferrying goods across the border, and on his drive home, Marcos encountered a large truck pulling a 53-foot trailer. ![]() Route 281, a long swath of asphalt that runs parallel to the Rio Grande in this part of Texas. Marcos had spent a long day toiling as mechanic at a trucking company in McAllen, Texas, a sunbaked city nestled right on the U.S.-Mexico border. and Ricardo Marcos was rolling through the darkness in his gray Hyundai Elantra. ![]()
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