RIP Dwayne Haskins

[Fishingfool]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Is this still making no sense to anybody else or is it just me?

Dude runs out of gas but tries to cross the highway on foot. If I’m walking to get gas I walk along the shoulder to the next exit, I don’t try to cross the highway.

People called 911 to report a guy in the middle of the lane before he was hit. So clearly he tried to cross. But why would you ever do that??

I’m so confused. Definitely need the toxicology report because this sounds like a decision you’d only make if you were drunk or high, right?

There could have been a Gas Station off the interstate on the other side of the road. He was probably talking to his wife on the phone and not paying attention to what he was doing.

[Chief X_Phackter]

I'm not trying to make sense of it really. Dude joins the long list of those that died too young, and that sucks. Beyond that I don't need it to "make sense".

Maybe he tried to cross the road, because that was the quickest way to the nearest gas station.

Maybe he was so drunk he thought the dump truck was the gas station.

Maybe he didn't see the truck, or he misjudged how much time he had to cross, because the truck was speeding.

Maybe he didn't hear the truck because he had earbuds in.

Maybe he was just smoked from a long day and wasn't thinking clearly.

Who knows? It's all speculation at this point. I guess I just don't understand why people are so eager to see that toxicology report, or put all the pieces of the puzzle together, other than to hopefully validate their theories that he was a shit bag and made bad decisions until he finally perished because of one of them.

Let the young man RIP.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I'm not trying to make sense of it really. Dude joins the long list of those that died too young, and that sucks. Beyond that I don't need it to "make sense".

Maybe he tried to cross the road, because that was the quickest way to the nearest gas station.

Maybe he was so drunk he thought the dump truck was the gas station.

Maybe he didn't see the truck, or he misjudged how much time he had to cross, because the truck was speeding.

Maybe he didn't hear the truck because he had earbuds in.

Maybe he was just smoked from a long day and wasn't thinking clearly.

Who knows? It's all speculation at this point. I guess I just don't understand why people are so eager to see that toxicology report, or put all the pieces of the puzzle together, other than to hopefully validate their theories that he was a shit bag and made bad decisions until he finally perished because of one of them.

Let the young man RIP.

I'm with you on this.
With the few informations I could not help but see it sure seems like he made questionnable choices on that morning... But am I the only one feeling like all those informations should not come out ? Like in what world is this normal that camera security footage and most of all 911 calls are leaked online ?
If an emergency situation happens to you are you ok with the phone call you made to 911 being leaked online? That feels super weird to me that we (I didn't click) get to listen/view these things. Let the family and the police handle this, we don't need to know...

[irish]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I'm not trying to make sense of it really. Dude joins the long list of those that died too young, and that sucks. Beyond that I don't need it to "make sense".

Maybe he tried to cross the road, because that was the quickest way to the nearest gas station.

Maybe he was so drunk he thought the dump truck was the gas station.

Maybe he didn't see the truck, or he misjudged how much time he had to cross, because the truck was speeding.

Maybe he didn't hear the truck because he had earbuds in.

Maybe he was just smoked from a long day and wasn't thinking clearly.

Who knows? It's all speculation at this point. I guess I just don't understand why people are so eager to see that toxicology report, or put all the pieces of the puzzle together, other than to hopefully validate their theories that he was a shit bag and made bad decisions until he finally perished because of one of them.

Let the young man RIP.

With this attitude accidents would never be investigated. The puzzle pieces need to be put together, not to validate personal bias, but to learn lessons about how things happen and why so changes can be implemented that reduce or eliminate the factors that cause the accident. Hopefully the causes of this accident can be put together so that no other family has to go through something so awful.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by irish

With this attitude accidents would never be investigated. The puzzle pieces need to be put together, not to validate personal bias, but to learn lessons about how things happen and why so changes can be implemented that reduce or eliminate the factors that cause the accident. Hopefully the causes of this accident can be put together so that no other family has to go through something so awful.

Nailed it. Anytime I hear of a death I like to learn the circumstances because there's often a lesson to be learned. Maybe it's a lesson we all know well and good already, but still doesn't hurt to reinforce it.

I don't want to die young. I especially don't want my daughters to die young. So if I see a risky behavior resulted in a death, you're damn right I use it as an example with my kids of what can happen when you fail to think.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

With this attitude accidents would never be investigated. The puzzle pieces need to be put together, not to validate personal bias, but to learn lessons about how things happen and why so changes can be implemented that reduce or eliminate the factors that cause the accident. Hopefully the causes of this accident can be put together so that no other family has to go through something so awful.

nailed it

[That Guy]

wasn't there, and we probably won't ever know the full truth. It doesn't really matter; he's still dead before his time. No need to flog it.

[BaltimoreSkins]

I don't think there is much to wrap around here. People do stupid shit around cars all the time. People have zero understanding and judgement of how fast 65 mph really is. Last year there was an accident on 83. Right lane blocked, the accident had just happened so people were still driving fast. This lady involved went to center lane to stand and wave at traffic to move. It was such a dangerous move. I was in left lane and she would appear and disappear from my field of vision as cars merged and applied brakes. Yesterday a student at a local school died doing the same thing Dwayne did on 83. Definitely questionable behavior in all accounts.

[Giantone]

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The Police and his Wife all seem to verify what happen. Some just need to let the young man's death be what it was, a tragic accident and nothing more.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The Police and his Wife all seem to verify what happen. Some just need to let the young man's death be what it was, a tragic accident and nothing more.

Agree with this

[MTK]

First of all how does someone run out of gas? Never understood that especially with most cars these days that will tell you how many miles you have left.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by MTK

First of all how does someone run out of gas? Never understood that especially with most cars these days that will tell you how many miles you have left.

Knock on wood but I have never ran out of gas, I agree there should be no way in todays world of cars that u run out.. It's just laziness or u are broke and cant afford gas (clearly not his case)

[Giantone]

IMO(nothing more) If the Police are satisfied and his Family is satisfied and from the last report I heard they are, then while we might want to know how what and why it's really none of our business.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by MTK

First of all how does someone run out of gas? Never understood that especially with most cars these days that will tell you how many miles you have left.

I work in the automotive maintenance industry, the gauge being off due to fuel sending units failing is somewhat common. Common enough to keep 1 or 2 in stock. It's not unheard of.

Or Dwayne could be an idiot that forgot to fill up the tank. Either/or - he obviously made a terrible mistake just by walking on the highway and he paid for it with his life.

I'm with the others on this one - I don't feel the need to do a deep dive on this. It was a terrible accident and he made a fatal mistake. He's not the first and won't be the last. Hopefully everybody who paid attention to this learned from his mistake and maybe that means we'll see less pedestrian deaths on highways. Maybe not - but life goes on.

[MTK]

And if you do run out of gas, that's what AAA is for. I'm starting to lean towards Schneed's side on this. So many bad moves on Dwayne's part here. Stay in the car, call for help. And don't run out of gas in the first place. It was a comedy of errors that led to tragedy.