If the symptoms get worse, last for months or even years, and interfere with your day-to-day functioning, you may have PTSD,” according to the Mayo Clinic. “Most people who go through traumatic events may have temporary difficulty adjusting and coping, but with time and good self-care, they usually get better. Symptoms sometimes include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, and uncontrollable thoughts about the event. PTSD, or Post-traumatic stress disorder, is a condition that’s triggered by a terrifying or traumatic event - either experiencing it or witnessing it.
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One driver told CDLLife that he was so traumatized that he could never drive again.
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Over the years, CDLLife has spoken with drivers privately about the effects of suicide by truck. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, where he later died.
The man told first responders that he was trying to kill himself. The man had to be extricated from his car. The unnamed man reportedly accelerated his 2000 gray Pontiac Bonneville through a parking lot at a “high rate of speed” and drove his vehicle into a parked 2004 Kenworth truck.įortunately, the truck was unoccupied at the time of the accident. In July 15 2020, a Michigan man intentionally drove his vehicle into a truck in an attempt to commit suicide. YouTuber RunHard GetPaid created a video describing his encounter with a woman who tried to kill herself by running out in front of his truck.įrom the video description: “ A recap of the worst night I’ve ever had behind the wheel of a semi truck, the night a woman attempted suicide by jumping in front of my loaded tractor trailer on a rainy night in Tennessee.” In 2016, a similar incident occurred in Tennessee. He was unharmed.”įortunately for Tidwell, he was able to avoid hitting the man. Thankfully I was able to stop within a foot of him. Tidwell wrote, “ On April 5th, 2018, a man attempted to kill himself by running into my lane on the 680 Freeway near San Jose. On April 12, 2018, truck driver Randall Tidwell posted a video to YouTube of a man attempting to kill himself on the highway. Most are likely labeled as pedestrian deaths, according to Jill Harkavy-Freiddman, VP of research for the American Federation for Suicide Prevention.
Suicides by railroad are tracked by the Federal Railroad Administration but no agency tracks the statistics of suicide by truck. Incidents like this impact us too.” Not an isolated incident
Layne said that he wishes he could tell people that truck drivers are real people too. “Still to this day, years later, I’m on edge,” Layne told CDLLife. I wonder, ‘Is this person suicidal? Are they going to try to step in front of my truck?'” “I think about it every time I see someone walking on the side of the road.
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