Truck driver's medical clearance expired day after triple-fatal crash outside Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Video the 8 News Now Investigators obtained shows a truck driver on the wrong side of the road for nearly half a minute before colliding with a group of motorcyclists, killing three - in a crash state police once believed involved impairment but appears not to at all.

[@alanlewisIslandchemical]

He was falling asleep duh

[@Joe_Brown99]

Yep

[@L.Ron.Hoyabembe]

The rumble strips are there to alert you, including in cases of drowsiness. He drove over and across them for 25 seconds.

[@SalimAbdallah-ek7jq]

WHAT ?!?!?! This is nothing more than a tragic accident caused by huge wind gusts ! you can see he was struggling to get it back on the correct side. Hope this man is released soon ..

[@joesmith7412]

@@SalimAbdallah-ek7jq Looks like terrorism to me.

[@What.The.Fluff.]

​​@@SalimAbdallah-ek7jq Wind gusts, BS! Why wasn't the vehicle hauling the hay bales affected by any wind?!

[@jdacosta443]

I’m a biker and if the wind was that bad the bikers wouldn’t wouldn’t be on the road

[@bobdadnaila7708]

I see bikers doing stupid shit ALL THE TIME.... So, that metric won't work.

[@robertheinkel6225]

@@bobdadnaila7708you are obviously not a rider. With winds high enough to blow the truck into oncoming traffic, would also blow the motorcyclist off the road. The bikes were having no issues with wind.

[@rayray4192]

@@bobdadnaila7708he’s a liar and not qualified to push a wheelbarrow across a Flying J parking lot

[@freedomrings1420]

Did you notice the name of the truck driver? Could he even speak ENGLISH, sounds like a middle eastern name.

[@bobdadnaila7708]

@robertheinkel6225 And you are obviously not a truck driver. 10-15 mph winds/gusts are all it takes to move the trailer out of alignment with the tractor(as the trailer usually presents a HUGE surface area to any crosswinds, relative to a motorcycle).

[@damirzanne]

His medical card was valid at the time of the accident, expired the next day … has nothing to do with the accident… he fell a sleep, that’s what happened

[@mike4402]

They are going this angle for a payout or future lawsuit against the medical companies. It's obviously distracted or falling astleep.

[@jdrancho1864]

@@mike4402 The families of the deceased will go after the liability insurance company.

[@bigdaddy1115]

he was hittin that meth pipe,lighter was trippin...

[@neilkurzman4907]

Well, that would depend on if he actually had a medical condition and that’s why he didn’t submit the documentation.

[@tonyt8805]

@damirzanne 🎯 🎯 💯 🎯 🎯

[@Arizona_Vineyard]

I’m a trucker and a biker. The trucker fell asleep or was under the influence of something that caused his judgment to be off. Sad he has a lawyer who stood against the truth

[@NosebergEatzbugsVonShekelstein]

He wasn't impaired and his DOT medical card was still good, so..... just an unfortunate accident.

[@Mogul20478]

well considering the test came back negative, no, he wasn't under the influence of something.

[@67marlins]

​@Mogul20478 They said his regular medication was in his system, but didn't say what that was. Is it possible he was on something that could have impaired him if taking too much? Did you catch what his regular medication was?

[@michaelcarr3037]

Ya I think he nodded out I had a codriver fall a sleep and drive us off the road he was allways hitting the rumble strip but this time it was prolonged lucky for us it was in a sweeping left turn so the truck went to right onto a wide grass shoulder but back in those days of driving team so many codrivers are just sloppy and on that rumble strip so theyr mind is conditiond to not react in an emergency allso to note and IV allso ben riding motorcycles since the 80s the lead rider made the right move by straighting out the right turn and maneuvering to the outside and you can tell by the gap between the two rider's the young less experienced rider hit his brake and try to turn even harder into the turn but ya that sucks I ride duel sport now and if I'm with friends I spread way out riding in groups is dangerous and to old to be picking my ass off the ground do enough a that on the trail

[@slicksnewonenow]

​@@michaelcarr3037AGREED 👍

[@MH_6160]

Probably dozed off, no way was it wind.. that ram with the hay would be been blowing all over the place.

[@Nonexistanthuman]

Also it would be more common for truckers to say the wind pushed me. I agree with you

[@suzannen.6403]

how do you know? are you a scientist? have you drove in those conditions? oh i forgot, you are a dude on YT that says so

[@rsinclair689]

I have to agree. The drivers' reactions would have been different. The driver likely was fatigued. I have no idea why his expired medical cert was brought up.

[@619ambitious]

@@rsinclair689that means fit to drive.. CDL drivers must stay current on their medical certificate when driving commercially 😢

[@Rocketman0407]

@@suzannen.6403the fact that the motorcycles did fine shows the wind was not bad. If it was wind why is he not fighting back steering the other way?

[@LamarA-bq1zz]

Yes wind can push an empty freight truck but I believe he was falling asleep behind the wheel. Just based on the dashcam, he didn't even try to avoid them.

[@culcune]

I got the impression that he was not legally drunk. However, it was briefly mentioned that they found prescribed medication in his system. So, were they the type of meds that made him DUI, or was DUI ruled out? I wish this report cleared that up one way or the other!

[@freedomrings1420]

LOL 😂, obviously you can't see that the truck stays right on a long curved road. If he was falling asleep, he would have crashed off the road.

[@trexmidnite]

He was out to kill

[@WrenchS13]

@@culcune they amended the charges to not include DUI so I assume his prescribed meds were not the type to cause any loss of function

[@BartSparrow123]

He also run over 2 sets of rumble strips...If he was just distracted he would have immediately turned back into his own lane when hitting those, I agree he was dozing off and probably on some drugs or other substance.

[@pete35901]

So basically they're saying he was driving with a valid license at the time of the crash.

[@lancenorton1117]

Well YES, it's like if you buy something with a Credit Card that expires tomorrow. Good today, not tomorrow.

[@TrainerAQ]

Pretty much yea

[@thestevezx7]

He was awake enough to move away from the oncoming car, then moved back, guilty as hell to me he knew what he was doing.

[@OTRTrader]

I'm an OTR truck driver, and I'm seeing more and more reckless individuals on the road driving semi trucks today, and instead of shutting them down like they should, the government is actually encouraging them to come out here in droves. You know who these people are, and they are not real truckers.

[@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST]

Yes we know who they are we see them blocking the fuel islands all day every day the same ones

[@teaches2010]

I'm a truck driver too. The things I see out here on a daily basis terrify me! I'm guessing he's Somalian. There has been a huge influx around the Midwest. Most are in trucks with Minnesota plates. I'm not sure the reason, but it's very obvious.

[@davidfasano7210]

​@teaches2010 ....Ask Omar my Friend😢

[@OTRTrader]

@@teaches2010 It's the FMCSA and Congress, allowing these people to come here in droves and get into a truck with absolutely zero vetting of any kind whatsoever.

[@TerryHausenn]

Immigrant drivers come here and drive like they would in their home countries. This guy looks fresh off the boat

[@Positevil]

The dude that evaded the semi . . .

[@russcatt5952]

I know he feels sick right now

[@Cmon-Man]

Yikes!

[@donduv4332]

He wanted to live 😢

[@ThatOpalGuy]

5 riders*

[@rjames80]

Your comment is so awesome!

[@JackJohnson1970]

Driver: Claude Rafiki, an illegal immigrant who doesn't speak English.

[@FynnOliverEmonSill]

Where does it say he’s illegal?

[@JackJohnson1970]

@FynnOliverEmonSill Google this case and read the facts for yourself, you 🤡

[@JackJohnson1970]

@@FynnOliverEmonSill 🤡

[@chengkue1011]

After 18 years of trucking that’s not the wind that caused him to drift to the opposite direction, 100% he dozed off zzz while his truck slowly driven into oncoming traffic. Check log books I’m sure if he was that tired, it’s probably was tampered giving him more hours to drive or a fresh new 11 hour. Company getting shut down and suspended business license 3 years by DOT if a driver involved caused accidents killing someone on the road

[@tommymorano7254]

No way the wind caused that, that’s bull, he fell asleep or wasn’t paying attention.

[@Koreanarmygirl]

@@user-bq3es2zc7wExactly, why is it always a foreigner who causes these fatal accidents driving a semi trucks?

[@freedomrings1420]

He wasn't paying attention or it was deliberate.

[@tyronetrump1612]

@@user-bq3es2zc7w only thing they ever drove in their country was a donkey and cart chewing khat - 6 months later they are driving a 53' rig for SWIFT See What I Fukedup Today

[@WrenchS13]

try searching the tube here for big rig wind roll overs. it doesn't take as much as you would think to flip one on its side. there's a LOT of surface area there just acting like a big sail

[@freedomrings1420]

@@WrenchS13 Hi NOT SO BRIGHT, a truck driver isn't going to continue traveling in the wrong lane because the wind is keeping him there, he would have slowed down and got in his lane. You can slow a truck down in less than 15 seconds. He could just hold his truck in his lane. It's amazing the excuses that people make for this guy.

[@rickdumont6752]

Someone can be impaired on prescription meds too. DUI doesn't always mean alcohol.

[@ajcastellon5903]

😂 Holy cow. Duhhh. Influence. That's what that means.

[@timg2973]

The drugs he was on probably do not have listed side-effects that cause impairment.

[@culcune]

@@timg2973 It would have been nice if this report clarified that. I got the impression that alcohol was ruled out. However, a mention of him being found with meds in his system should have clarified the final findings on that little tidbit in this news report: was he actually DUI or not?

[@L.Ron.Hoyabembe]

​@@ajcastellon5903 His comment is because the video mentioned alcohol. Please watch the video. Thanks.

[@ajcastellon5903]

@L.Ron.Hoyabembe Right. Everyone always thinks it's alcohol. It's like people have an inability to do critical thinking. It doesn't surprise me the news jumped straight to that and most people do. Cricitical thinking, who needs it. 🤣

[@EverythingsRegular]

That's wild man, Rest In peace to those riders 🙏

[@ASAL2022]

Unbelievable! Give him prison time

[@3jimp]

Wind my ass the bikers would’ve flown off the road before the truck would

[@andresd4464]

No it wouldn't truck and trailer acts like a sail

[@user-gt8hc2bp4v]

@@andresd4464not that bad dude lol

[@Joe_Brown99]

@@andresd4464 Yep

[@oldman-zr2ru]

@@user-gt8hc2bp4v Oh yes it does, I've watched it happen. Those trucks are like sails in the wind when the wind is high enough. But if that was the case he failed to slow down or pull over until the wind died down.

[@redtra236]

I agree it was not the wind but the wind effects trucks especially with box trailers way worse than bikes

[@shadowbrucelee]

Life sentence for triple vehicular homicide

[@ZA-lc4zi]

thats manslaughter. learn the law.

[@shadowbrucelee]

@@ZA-lc4zi It is murder with a vehicle due to negligence of the driver. Hence that’s why it’s called vehicular homicide. Did you learn the law?

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

@@ZA-lc4zi yet you think chauvin was guilty of murder lol. learn the law and stop being a hypocrite

[@dudeDOGn]

​@@cagneybillingsley2165 ha ha that pig is getting his rear end stretched out right now as we speak 🤣

[@slhs1992]

Not a chance. 5 years at most.

[@stevejump9630]

As a truck driver with 40 years of OTR experience I’m getting sick and tired of companies hiring anyone with a pulse. Just to put a warm body in a truck. And that lawyer wants nothing to do with the TRUTH.

[@Halfdead211]

Don’t know what state your in but in Northern California SF/Sacramento areas all Indians driving 85mph in and out of traffic with these tractors

[@douglasfoster6065]

Do you actually expect a lawyer to have a conscious?

[@kuyaa93]

no way I wind did that the sorry ass was falling asleep!!

[@deborahcabot3100]

If it was that windy, the motorcyclists would not be able to ride, that truck driver feel asleep. Condolences to the family and friends of those riders.

[@catsbyondrepair]

Lol i ride in wind all the time nothing to it

[@deborahcabot3100]

@@catsbyondrepair So do I, however if the wind is strong enough to blow a fully load tractor trailer over into another for more than 25 seconds a biker would be blow over too.

[@distilledfreedom1840]

Un fing believable. The nerve of RAFIKI claiming it was the wind. Kills a bunch of people and lies about it. Sorry excuse for a human.

[@richfranks9161]

Biden’s man right there.

[@philpalmer4877]

He should've just said Hoax or election interference! 🤣

[@jdrancho1864]

It's his defense counsel. Prosecution's job is to negate the claim, and show the judge that it is not a valid defense. Watch some old Matlock and see how these things work.

[@stevejump9630]

You got that right driver. Bet he’s not from this country.

[@douglasfoster6065]

He's a foreigner. Are you surprised? Probably here illegally.

[@ohioken1]

That first rider was very aware of his surroundings and took immediate evasive action, the other riders unfortunately were not prepared as well and hesitated. I have been caught off guard but luckily not in such a dire situation. Poor riders RIP

[@LIL_APO]

They allow more immigrants then us citizens to get truck licenses for semi box trucks and other CDL vehicles

[@davidhathcox573]

100 percent fact it's way easier for them than it is us

[@dickensanthony]

This is the Whyte American version of we wuz kangz

[@handibode]

Why is lack of sleep not even mentioned here?

[@KevinSanchez-nt3wd]

Even if he fell asleep (he was not), it's still 100% his responsibility. It was his fault he fell asleep! ;) It doesn't change anything

[@el-hp1lj]

fuckkk thats brutal cant even imagine what those bikers felt during that 2 seconds of panic

[@ysl23addidasq]

I know right . They actually tried to move out of the way .

[@catsbyondrepair]

Oh fuck we are fucked and screwed

[@ronl9357]

I've watched the full version. Brain matter and blood all over the windshield. RiP

[@handymatt1970]

that cube truck blocked their view & reaction time

[@moment-of-glory]

“I’m dead” *dies* RIP

[@codychickadee5095]

Dude was on his phone guaranteed. Wind. What a damn joke.

[@jiml9692]

He should not be a truck drive if the winds blows your truck to the wrong side of the road. Thats just bs. I drove for 25 years never had a problem with the wind.

[@VictorVictor-oq6dh]

If wind was that bad, he shouldn’t have been driving

[@sandasturner9529]

Can't see wind gusts and you can't always predict them, but you can always check the weather radio during the trip, before the trope and after the trip.

[@SerenityES]

Gusts can come outta nowhere

[@aisaxonawiat6484]

Is he claiming wind gust as a defense? I'm a driver, that's totally absurd no matter how bad the wind gusts. He had to be totally impaired or have a death wish to be over in the other lane.

[@aisaxonawiat6484]

@@SerenityES .... that's a lame defense, no wind gust is going to put him over there, he would be blown over before that happened.

[@user-gt8hc2bp4v]

No way there was that much wind

[@greggreg2263]

What a total jerk reckless driving and three people had to pay with their lives. Unacceptable.😢😢😢

[@Vmaxfodder]

And the true jerks that hired him!

[@theroofingchannel4231]

How come they don't have barriers or cables to stop head on?

[@greggreg2263]

@@theroofingchannel4231 it would be nice to have the cable barriers everywhere but they are super expensive now and they also need quit a few repairs because they get hit a lot of times in a year so they’re expensive😢

[@davidaustin7697]

When you don’t pay Americans enough to drive and you get people from other countries who don’t know our laws or language

[@mikesilver2283]

Driving rules same all across the world. Shame you do not know that.

[@OgamiItto70]

@@mikesilver2283 You're either ignorant or a liar. Rectify yourself.

[@pardonmyfrench4760]

Drivers get paid enough. All they do is drive. Self driving machines will soon replace all truck drivers, learn a marketable skill

[@Halfdead211]

@@mikesilver2283wrong

[@Halfdead211]

💯

[@micclay]

Michigan is 100% responsible for this. DOT regulations require CDL holders speak and read in English. The families need to sue.

[@larrylipshitz9430]

I know someone who came over from The Balkans and went to Detroit got a commercial driver’s license in one weekend! The federal and state governments are very aware of this, money and greed trump lives!

[@animusadvertere3371]

Did they check his cell phone records? Looks like distracted driving to me.

[@jeffc7486]

Bingo!

[@FurryWrecker911]

Unlikely. I don't care how good your cell phone pron is. You're gonna feel/hear/see it when you cross over a pair of rumble strips 3 times. Texters panic and throw themselves back into their lane the moment they feel a road imperfection. DUI drivers only push more.

[@neilkurzman4907]

He was on his cell phone, avoided the one car and then went back to go on his cell phone without looking for 15 seconds. Sure that sounds plausible not.

[@neilkurzman4907]

@@jeffc7486 If somebody’s on their cell phone, they can check the records and see. Everything is time stamped

[@hillslide]

Get these forigners out of the damn trucks

[@richfranks9161]

I came up on an accident that killed newly weds. There was about 5 towels driving this rig that was hauling a shipping container, the two back axles came off and ended up tearing the roof off the couple’s car. Those towels were outside of the rig pouring out numerous piss jugs and weren’t even concerned about the people they just killed.

[@hillslide]

@richfranks9161 holy $**t that's horrible

[@bb9480]

Trump 2024!!!

[@jo2832]

I think he's American born n raised.

[@rickreese5794]

Get the illegals out now😊

[@3sons66]

The drifting points 100% to him falling asleep. Watch other videos of truckers falling asleep.

[@dominick1lucero]

He needs a court translator because he doesn’t even know freaking English! That’s a requirement for CDL driving. So many drivers out there can speak one sentence of English.

[@josephhodges9819]

His license being downgraded means nothing. His license was valid the day of the crash so most of this clip means nothing. Impairment means different things to different people. Lack of sleep impairs a driver and with blood shot eyes I would suspect that is one of the issues. Too much time without sleep can make you hallucinate.

[@teaches2010]

Exactly. His license was valid at the time of the incident.

[@user-bi8rv6te7z]

@@teaches2010 Doesn't exempt him of criminal charges!

[@mojogustavo336]

Hallucinating from sleep deprivation while driving is so scary

[@Yosetime]

Not hallucinating. Sleeping. This is not the type of deprived sleep scenario that would make one hallucinate. That takes much, much longer to induce and doesn't look like that. The guy was really, really, tired and he should have pulled over. It was still his fault. He should have made better decisions way before this happened. No truck load of 'stuff' is worth sleeping at the wheel. He was so very tired that he went over those rumble strips like he didn't notice them and had just enough consciousness to slightly move over to avoid the first car. And then he was gone. They are going to have to look at his logbook, his hours of rest/work, quality of rest and where he rested (did he have a sleeper cab and decent chance at sleep?), and whether or not there were outside influences like a work culture that either normalized this kind of driving while tired or one that threatened his job if he didn't keep going. We just don't know yet why he was so tired. But he definitely fell asleep. Anyone who has been driving long enough and for long distances knows exactly what that looks like and feels like.

[@JohnSmith-xx9th]

The hallucination comment reminds of that trucker movie back in the late 90s “Black Dog”

[@clickityclackity75]

If it expired the day after, it’s irrelevant!

[@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST]

It's mostly irrelevant but not entirely. I've been doing this almost 15 years and nobody civilized whatever let their medical card get that close to expiring.

[@martyjoseph9507]

​@@MAXIMUSMINIMALISTwhat?!! I do it every two years for the last 38. Once I went in just as they were closing and said I'll be illegal after midnight...

[@heavenleigh111]

Yeah I know when every card in my wallet is going to expire, especially the ones that I almost never pull out and look at. Nope never forgotten to get them renewed on time. Not even once in over thirty years of driving a truck. Not even the time I was checked by the DOT with less than 2 weeks left until it expired and he didn't mention to me it either. HAHAHA y'all are some special people if you've never forgotten to get your DOT physical on time. I guess you've never forgotten your car's inspection sticker or tags either? Never forgot to pay a bill? Wow I'm impressed with your memory then

[@jdrancho1864]

@@heavenleigh111 CalDMV sends out reminder letters weeks before the physical expires. Also my employer reminds me. They sure as hades don't want to have the problem of a driver needing to be rescued because he got shut down because of an expired -physical. Keeping your job credentials updated is just part of being a professional.

[@AccountInactive]

​@@MAXIMUSMINIMALISTbullshit. Life happens. I renewed mine last year 2 days before expiration.

[@IrishBlueBear]

It's obvious that was intentional.. he swerved to miss the car then steered into the bikers...

[@williamweiss6128]

More than just this guy driving with medical issues among us. Be careful out there.

[@danor6812]

I drive truck. Yeah the wind can push you into the oncoming lanes is you're not paying attention and counter steering right away. Driving a big truck in high winds is not fun. The next morning you do feel it in your arms. But he should of had control of that truck. The only way the wind will blow a truck across lanes like that is if he was empty. Loaded he will feel it push him but won't be strong enough to push him that much for that long. His medical expiring the day after has nothing to do with his driving that day. If it was legal that day, then he was driving legally. People may not like this comment. But if you watch, he needs a translator in court. We have too many foreign drivers on the roads that don't care about other people. because where they came from. Nobody cares about other people.

[@burchified]

speaking english is a requirement for a CDL in all 50 states. i report drivers to the fmcsa constantly at work because of their failure to read simple signs.

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

The thing I'm wondering about is why he didn't submit his medical. They mentioned that he only had his prescribed medications in his system. Were his prescribed meds the reason he couldn't submit his medical paperwork to keep his license?

[@SlickArmor]

​@@Shadow_Banned_Conservativehe was prescribed Ritalin or something stronger. 😅😅

[@christinamcdaniel5071]

💯 I drive a truck out of Noth Dakota. The wind is h3ll there. If empty with 55+ mph, DO NOT drive. It's basic common sense. The Fed regs need to be enforced. It well stop a lot of accidents like this.

[@SlickArmor]

@@christinamcdaniel5071 This was 💯 not wind related.

[@kylefinken2372]

Wind won't keep you steady in the opposite travel lane for that long there's no sign he tried to get back in his lane.

[@joshprestigiacamo7551]

He did that on purpose. He should be charged with 3 count's of murder.

[@MurakamiTenshi]

He can't even speak english, how was he still allowed to drive? Even being on prescribed meds can make you impaired. justice for the deceased...

[@eutha6]

falling asleep is what it looks like to me-

[@SPVBaseball]

He was making the curves. If he was asleep, he would have driven straight through the covers instead of going with them.

[@bjorn1583]

@@SPVBaseball falling asleep and being asleep are 2 different things

[@SPVBaseball]

@@bjorn1583 You being moronic or stupid is the same thing.

[@user-gt8hc2bp4v]

He needs like 30 years in prison

[@donnieray9447]

Oh yea definitely

[@Gregknows-uj8gg]

​@@TruckingTendenciesthere have been cases of truckers choosing too gamble in the casinos rather then sleep and still trying too make their appointments.

[@Iamkitkatbar]

30 per person

[@mammothammo7357]

Life in prison!

[@kanakafarian]

Life!!

[@BaphoMedia]

Man. No more American truck driver. Come here and drive and get your green card !

[@NotchNate]

This guy was nodding off, I work for a distribution center that uses these low ball outfits that hire immigrants to run cheap freight and they’re all like this. They can’t drive, the backing is terrible, they have no regard for anyone but themselves. Just take a look at the guy in the video, he demeanor shows he could care less that he just killed 3 people.

[@xkcarso01x]

Why does he need a translator?!?

[@richfranks9161]

Because he’s a Biden fan.

[@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST]

Democrats

[@jdrancho1864]

'Cause English is not his primary language, so a court will provide him with one. Standard procedure.

[@jdwilk5023]

@@jdrancho1864 How did he get a license? How is he reading directions and road signs? He should never be driving.

[@Yosetime]

Don't even go there. Do you need a translator? You seem confused.

[@Sdukes001]

Bull$h!t the wind had nothing to do with it just bad driving. He was either not paying attention or falling asleep.

[@reyray7184]

Won't say that he's black or a foreigner? That's not reporting.

[@humanitiestheproblem]

I take it you didnt watch the whole thing? Right to the comments huh. It showed the guy goofy 😂

[@reyray7184]

@@humanitiestheproblem I did watch the whole thing and they showed the guy but did not mention that he's a foreigner or that's he's black. Had he been white it would have been all they could talk about but yeah go ahead and try to act like there's not an anti white agenda happening around the world. Want to see goofy? Go look in a mirror ydmf.

[@villagewolf8871]

@@humanitiestheproblem See the funny thing is if it'd been a white guy, the news would've made sure to say that at LEAST five times. ESPECIALLY if there was a black victim. Then they'd be selling the whole story on that point.

[@stevejump9630]

I agree

[@karlepaul6632]

I'd get the foreigner thing...but what would his being black have to do with anything though?

[@YanesVids]

He wasn’t wearing his good luck flip flops that day 😂😂😂😂😂. ONLY REAL TRUCKERS WILL UNDERSTAND 😂😂😂😂😂😢😢

[@MegaFreightshaker]

Thats not wind that caused that crash. He slowly crossed two sets of rumble strips, corrects briefly to miss a car then proceeds back into oncoming traffic and hits the bikers. If it wasn't medical,DUI, it was probably deliberate.

[@StonerKitchen]

Or most likely dozing off

[@MegaFreightshaker]

@@StonerKitchen I personally don’t think he was dozing off. This looks like something else.

[@muckle8]

@MegaFreightshaker something else definately I’d say . Demons in that freaks head .

[@jonathantaylor6926]

@@StonerKitchen "Im about to kill people and spend the rest of my life in jail" usually wakes people up real quick.

[@williamzander9708]

He had prescribed medication in his system he’s from Africa so he will skip out he needs a translator.Mega carrier hire cheap help they don’t care .

[@AxelZara]

And since he is from Africa, he will get a get-out-jail free card.

[@justinphillip5868]

My company hired a lot of Africans from overseas. I believe they are getting paid really cheap too. Cheap A** company really don't care.

[@blaingunter]

Any idea who this mega carrier is that basically committed murder and treason by hiring him?

[@williamzander9708]

@@blaingunter they said he was from Detroit so it might have been a company out Wisconsin I bet . They had cameras in there trucks so it was a mega carrier with high insurance rates . This guy should of never been behind the wheel . If you would of been in the sleeper they would have that on your driving record to . He’s in the left lane and still crossed over . He had no experience.

[@jdrancho1864]

@@blaingunter How so?? If he has a license, a medical card, and a clean driving record there is no reason a carrier, big or small, would not hire him. He's met all the requirements.

[@jasonviola1880]

It was the wind!? The lawyer should do time for that.

[@nasimwehbe8410]

Wind my behind!! Im a truck driver and I've been through Wyoming and other places with some crazy wind. You slow down and get off the highway asap! He was either falling asleep or those meds he was on had him impared. Lock him up. My thoughts and prayers to the ones who lost their lives and the families. My deepest condolences.

[@L.Ron.Hoyabembe]

He didn't feel and hear the rumble strips?

[@nuclearbum9858]

Dude was dozing off ...if it was wind you slow down and find your lane quickly

[@jebby16]

Falling asleep? Nah, he dodged a truck returning back toward his lane.

[@Steve-dy1wf]

I can’t smoke a joint on my couch on my time off but I could load up on prescriptions, drink a 12 pack of beer, and report to my truck driving job first thing in the morning.

[@Lee-tt2yb]

No mention of what prescribed medication he was on.

[@j.l.salayao8055]

Sleepy joe b yours truly.

[@shawnhuff3920]

I'm a truck driver from Utah i go to Texas and back every week this driver fell asleep 😴 at the wheel he was up probably over 14 hours without sleep 😊

[@Iberny3]

This is like that Colorado immigrant, didn’t speak English. Missed like 4 exit ramps and killed 4 people. Got 100 years and then reduced to 10.

[@BroiledSourGrapes]

The driver also can't read or write in English, and can't speak/understand the English language. It's a requirement for all CDL licenses to be able to read and write in English. Someone at the DMV needs charged.

[@rvelrv]

So sad of what happened to those riders. I’m a truck driver myself, I’ve been driving a big rig for about 21 years and man have I seen it all. You have truck drivers watching movies while driving, putting their left foot on top of the dashboard getting too relaxed. If you’re falling asleep pullover to a safe haven and Power Nap for at least a half hour.

[@User-rka_zykx76]

What’s up with these guys who go like 80mph in semi’s? I thought they were governed at 70 or something

[@NostalgiaHDOS]

@@User-rka_zykx76depends on the state and who owns the company. Some are governed to 60 and various other speeds. Some trucks don’t even have a governor

[@kenm4898]

​@@User-rka_zykx76Owner-operators have no governor on the engine whereas employees do.

[@raccooncity8356]

One night I was commuting on the freeway. I observed a trucker drifting over the lines then correcting, he did this for miles. As the miles wore on his driving got worse, where he would drift a few feet over the lines and correct himself slowly. I decided I had seen enough. I caught up to him and I stayed behind him and every time he started to drift I would blare my horn. I hit my horn a dozen times. Finally, he realized his mental state and turned on his hazards lights and pulled off to the side of the road. I am positive I saved lives that evening. I've entertained driving truck, read the manual and took prep tests. Trucking is an extremely difficult and dangerous job.

[@freespeech.7254]

He must have been high as a kite

[@moth450]

Migrant, he was born in the congo. Not american.

[@SparkyTuttle]

What does that have to do with it? I mean, it looks like he fell asleep so are you saying Americans never fall asleep behind the wheel? He obviously had his license.

[@robaxl3088]

@@SparkyTuttleDEI hire duh

[@freedomrings1420]

​@@SparkyTuttleHi NOT SO BRIGHT, how did he manage to stay perfectly normal on a curved road ????

[@moth450]

@@SparkyTuttle an American would have pulled over and stop driving

[@feelnrite]

He is one of them.

[@TonicofSonic]

I knew he was somalian before they even showed him. I see it everywhere everyday with these people.

[@donaldhausenfluck2200]

Don't rat on ur Somalian buddy's

[@maxblackcat]

I'm sure those people who hired him aren't too pleased with quota/diversity how now.

[@PLT123]

100%

[@HunterShows]

He's not. That's in the video.

[@Evil-La-Poopa]

usual suspects love to lead every negative statistic

[@kevinbarry3548]

This is what murder looks like. The face of a murderer.

[@sopascat7]

Falling asleep ,or looking at his cellphone. Life in Prison w/No chance of parole…Sympathies to the Bikers families 🙏🙏🙏

[@Takaride]

Wind doesn't blow you into the other side of a highway

[@WrenchS13]

in the case of a semi pulling a trailer.. .yes it does... and can easily flip one on its side

[@Takaride]

@WrenchS13 no it doesn't. I've driven CMV's for 20 years with over 3 million miles and the worst thing I've experienced is wind gusts slightly push me into the next lane in which you quickly recover.

[@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST]

@@Takaride OK I'm not defending this guy in anyway in fact I'm blasting him all over the comment section but you're talking out your ass like Joe Biden 😂😂😂😂. In fact for someone to say they have 3,000,000 miles and that a truck can't be blown into another lane I'm going to call bullshit so bad and I'm going to flat out tell everyone that you're not a truck driver at all that's right you're not a truck driver at all and I can say that because I am a real truck driverand nobody that would even be driving for six months would say something so stupid

[@onemissinglink]

​@@Takaridea quick google search of the santa ana winds blowing across i10 would prove you wrong

[@MrEricmopar]

You see semi drivers falling asleep all the time, on hwy 93 between Boulder City, NV and Kingman, AZ.... All the time... You see them going from one shoulder, all the way back to the shoulder on the other side of the road. You call 911 on the cell phone and they refuse to send someone out to intercept them. The dispatchers argue with you, it's unreal.

[@jdrancho1864]

That's a fact. I used to run into Phoenix overnight for a year, and it seems there wasn't a week that I didn't pass a truck in the ditch between Quartzsite and PHX. The oddest sight was when I was westbound and noticed a semi to my right, sitting upright in the dirt, a couple of yards past the wire fence along the freeway, pointing away from it at a ninety degree angle. Normally, the wrecks I encountered are either upright or laid over parallel to the direction of travel. Not this guy. It took me a long time figuring out what might have happened. The best explanation I was able to come up with is like this. The driver most likely was travelling eastbound and dozed off. The out-of-control truck must have veered left, crossed the entire dirt median, both lanes of westbound traffic, plowed thru the low ditch alongside the road, and come to a halt pointing in the direction I found it in. Looks like other than needing a change of underwear, no further damage is likely to have occurred.

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

Is that on Hwy 93? If so, they're likely dodging those knee deep pot holes. I've never seen a road as bad as that. I figured if I fell asleep at the wheel and the ride got smooth I'd better wake up because I've left the road.

[@RS-cw3oy]

The truck drive should never get out of prison

[@Cokie907]

Same thing happened in Mt. Crawford VA on I-81 in Jan 2020. Trucker fell asleep, drove through the median and wiped out a bunch of people going southbound. It shut down 81 for days. These guys are a developing menace. They keep going no matter ice, snow, fatigue or your rear bumper. Enough is enough.

[@bones9179]

DUI doesn’t mean alcohol only, medication impairs your driving ability also.

[@reubensandwich9249]

In some states if you admit to taking Benedryl, you can be charged with DUI. Any medication that has a machinery warning.

[@bb9480]

I've been trucking for 26 years and we have way to many foreigners in the last few years getting into trucking and several of these shady companies are not following any of the rules and regulations for safety

[@greatwhiteshark4931]

The trucking schools also make it really easy to acquire. Just got to memorize a script, that’s about it.

[@douglasfoster6065]

Pretty sad, huh?

[@mrdave777]

That’s what’s in the industry now. They’d fill those trucks with teenagers if they could.

[@douglasfoster6065]

NO! NOT UNDER SLEEPY JOE'S ADMINISTRATION.

[@Pazaroni436]

If he is a licensed driver in our country why does he need translator. The company that hired him needs to be held accountable for his actions as well 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@neckarsulme]

another one of sloppy joe's "new comers"?

[@ColAngus]

lol...well he came in thru Michigan so that's the Talibs and the other brother effer...whats her name.

[@tonycruise]

he doesnt even speak english, do you think he was able to pass his exams and study the laws of the road ?

[@theamerican7080]

Straight from the jungle.

[@tynao2029]

@@tonycruise Doesn't need to in Joe Blow's Amerika. Just gotta be a replacer to get everything handed to you for free

[@topher174]

@@ColAngus Barack's technically. SomaliGate is Minnesota.

[@drummer2089]

This dude really said the wind was the reason he was in the opposite lanes going the wrong direction.....for real? That's what youre going with? Wow...

[@chrisd078]

Rage engagement boosts their advertising revenue. Its on purpose they say things so wrongfully. The best thing to do is block them unfollow and unsubscribe. They won't collect any money.

[@jdrancho1864]

His counsel throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks. I'm sure you'd want your attorney to do the same, or else you'd fire him/her for not trying hard enough.

[@josephkowalczyk7459]

As a trucker: this guy is full of it, he was either not paying attention on the phone or falling asleep.

[@o7rednight198]

Tired+cellphone+truck=disaster

[@eliasmachic6766]

Well I’m a truck driver for 21 years so far and no way the wind push the semi to the other side of the road why he don’t slow down and stop. I think you fell asleep or he was drunk

[@cintroberts6614]

He only stayed awaked when it was time to get paid. All about the money, he could care less about the people around him.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Hey now, he's not a former president.

[@IndyV72]

@@ThatOpalGuy This wins the internet today!

[@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST]

@@ThatOpalGuyleave Obama out of this.

[@TheMilford99]

The other vehicles travelling in the same direction didn`t have any problem staying in lane. Not even swaying, the lowlife is talking sheet.

[@default_user_id]

He fell asleep

[@ericgould9056]

That location is the top of a steep grade coming out of Laughlin. He couldn’t have been going very fast. Certainly not fast enough for wind to push him sideways.

[@kennardjohnson7875]

This is what you get with open borders, gust of wind did not do that period.

[@donaldhausenfluck2200]

I guess ur talking about the Canadian border since they all live in Minnesota

[@secondchance6603]

@@donaldhausenfluck2200 Correct, not one single person has illegally entered America via the southern border, the images are all fake.

[@StoneCoolds]

Aham, cuz you can just cross the border illegally and start driving semis, bro, you vant even get a license let a lon a commercial one and a SSN to get employed lol

[@adammiller9179]

It's the Democrats, right?

[@Rm9sbG93ZXJz]

@@adammiller9179 nope... its the republicans with their corp greed!

[@420]

That is so so sad. The motorcyclist group is coming around a bend in the road limiting visibility, while also having a truck and trailer in the lane ahead of them further blocking the visibility of the oncoming wrongway driver. Prayers to their families. 😞

[@markminer7390]

If it was the wind...why didn't he slow down and pull back over to the right? Total B.S.! He continued on the wrong side of the road for far too long with tragic consequences and should be found guilty and do his time.

[@DavidVanHelden1]

Wind my ass .. He corrected his path of travel to stay between the lines AFTER he was in the lanes of oncoming traffic ...!!!

[@CrispyTurtl3]

Damn. This is why I hardly ride anymore.

[@japbike736]

Remember when you couldn't wait to get up and get on the bike? That feeling has left me and I just do bike nights at the local dealerships. 6 miles round trip 7 times a year. Sad.....

[@BruhMoment-fr4zr]

I sold my bike last year after almost getting t-boned through a red light by some Zoomer on her phone. Honestly in the last 5 years it feels like drivers have become worse, everyone is distracted or zoned out. I just can’t do it anymore.

[@bobtepedino5661]

1:28 - 1:30 He is from The Congo, doesn't understand English (he needed an interpreter in court), his license was not up-to-date, he had "unsatisfactory" results to a field sobriety test and had prescription medication in his system. Being able to speak English, keep a valid license and stay sober when commercially driving in the USA seem reasonable requirements...

[@Comrade1212]

He steared into the oncoming lanes. It was obvious.

[@jimmyjimjims7483]

Not only does he not have the ability to safely operate a truck, Claude Rafiki also appears to not have the ability to close his mouth, its literally just hanging open waiting for flies every time the camera pans to him

[@masonite1973]

Yeah apparently they will give a CDL to any mouth breather with a pulse these days

[@L.Ron.Hoyabembe]

It's an evolutionary trait in order to catch flies.

[@tyronetrump1612]

It's what they do in africa to collect flies for food

[@valerierodger]

*Riders take note:* it wasn’t the first two bikes that got hit, it was the second and third. The first bike - the one with the least amount of time to react - easily avoided the truck. The second rider did not have sufficient collision avoidance skills. He reacted in time, but his reactions were completely ineffective. You can see the front of the bike wobble as he likely locked up the front brake, and you can see his right foot go down - and in the same amount of time that the lead rider was able to get well out of the path of the truck, the second rider didn’t even change his lane positioning, still being slightly to the right of centre of the lane when the truck hit him. As for the third rider, they didn’t seem to react at all. Not paying attention? Or frozen in fear and unsure how to react? Impossible to say. I’m not pointing these things out to be critical of those who were killed, I’m pointing them out in the hope that it might save a life. If it’s been a long time since you’ve practised collision avoidance for your skills test, or if you don’t actually have your motorcycle license, find yourself an empty parking lot and practice the skills that can save your life. When you’re on the road, never let your guard down, never let yourself get distracted. Don’t ride if you are exhausted or impaired. Ride to live. (if it isn’t clear to anyone that it was the third bike and not the first that got hit, take a careful look at the truck’s mirror - you can see the first bike stays well away from the side of the truck and the third bike goes into the side of the truck).

[@user-xw4hn7lb3x]

Every time I ride, I do a few counter steering crash avoidance drills. I will dodge shadows, tar snakes, rocks, anything on the road that I can use as reference for a hazard. Works really well and keeps my skills sharp.

[@jdrancho1864]

So true. Just days ago I watched a helmet cam video on Yt with a very similar scenario. A rider was following a car. When that car slowed down and turned off, the rider was too close to it and it was too late for him to notice a vehicle pulling out of a sidestreet right in front of him. Clearly, the vehicle's fault (at least most of it). But that is cold comfort for the biker who T-boned it

[@brwisn4359]

Maybe it takes guts to turn into the true oncoming traffic lane but this is so true it could have been avoided. Motorcycle safety training repeatedly teaches you to steer, not brake. You have to practice so you can execute instinctively. I practiced each year in a vacant parking lot. Albeit cruisers are harder to maneuver, I bet I could turn my Ninja faster than any sedan I've owned. But I almost had a head on the last day of driver training at 15 and I remember freezing for a sec. I just couldn't process what was going on. What saved me was I saw it early and our closing speed was likely less than 40 mph. I even remembered to use my blinker and did a lane check before moving. Then the instructor saw it and swore and I'm glad the car didn't have dual controls as he stomped the floorboard hard.

[@jpscharged]

Comments like this will draw negative attention from the lynch mobbers.

[@ElberGalarga22]

All the semi drivers that I’ve come across driving reckless while on the road always appear to be foreigners no lie.. they should not give them CDLs bc they’re used to driving in their country with terrible/dangerous driving habits.

[@breckenridgelong7692]

As a truck driver I'm amazed by the people they push through those schools who can barely even understand English. I probably could have passed the multiple choice written part of the test on my first day without even reading the textbook, it's that easy.

[@sonnyburnett8725]

He can’t speak English, which part of the southern border did he cross? And if that’s true how is he holding a commercial license.

[@brassmule]

Probably part of some government resettlement program. He's almost certainly from Rwanda and they like to place them in northern cities for some reason.

[@diannemc3179]

And why did he let his DOT physical get that far out to the last day.

[@user-qi8rk5jg1x]

Probably a “newcomer” from Haiti or Somali.

[@scot6089]

The last name "Rafiki" has multiple possible origins. Here are a few: 1. Swahili Origin: In Swahili, "Rafiki" means "friend." It is a common word used in East Africa and sometimes adopted as a last name. Swahili is a Bantu language spoken by many people in countries like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

[@rickreese5794]

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