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<blockquote data-quote="Sparkey86" data-source="post: 1514102" data-attributes="member: 55432"><p>April 9,1996. I rolled up on a tree trimming service at entrance to apts I was trying to get into. Had to wait a bit to get around when I noticed men working in front of the wood chipper machine with their backs to the boom truck behind them. The boom trucks wheels were chocked but turned at a steep angle. The constant strain on the trucks chassis as the boomed truck worked was too much for the chocks and the truck rolled off. I was watching g this happen and it was like a horror movie. It rolled away headed for the 2 men in front of chipper machine. It was a sickening feeling to watch and even recount now. By the grace of God 1 man saw what was happening somehow over the loud noise of chipper and jumped free the other not so lucky. The truck struck him and pinned h under the front wheels. Ye began screaming uncontrollably. Nobody was doing anything I was still strapped into my p800. I decided to get him out of there even if it killed me too. I jumped to him and ask what he wanted me to do. He said "Get this friend&ing</p><p>Truck off me! I jumped in the cab and said a quick prayer that reverse was in the same spot as my P800 clutch to the floor, rammed it in reverse, I hoped, and slowly let of clutch to notice the truck rolling backwards off the pinned man. I got back far enough to see him sit up and the collapse. He lived, had a broke arm and ribs. He came back to ups some time later to thank the driver that saved him. Robert Orton was his name. That was the one I won't forget.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sparkey86, post: 1514102, member: 55432"] April 9,1996. I rolled up on a tree trimming service at entrance to apts I was trying to get into. Had to wait a bit to get around when I noticed men working in front of the wood chipper machine with their backs to the boom truck behind them. The boom trucks wheels were chocked but turned at a steep angle. The constant strain on the trucks chassis as the boomed truck worked was too much for the chocks and the truck rolled off. I was watching g this happen and it was like a horror movie. It rolled away headed for the 2 men in front of chipper machine. It was a sickening feeling to watch and even recount now. By the grace of God 1 man saw what was happening somehow over the loud noise of chipper and jumped free the other not so lucky. The truck struck him and pinned h under the front wheels. Ye began screaming uncontrollably. Nobody was doing anything I was still strapped into my p800. I decided to get him out of there even if it killed me too. I jumped to him and ask what he wanted me to do. He said "Get this friend&ing Truck off me! I jumped in the cab and said a quick prayer that reverse was in the same spot as my P800 clutch to the floor, rammed it in reverse, I hoped, and slowly let of clutch to notice the truck rolling backwards off the pinned man. I got back far enough to see him sit up and the collapse. He lived, had a broke arm and ribs. He came back to ups some time later to thank the driver that saved him. Robert Orton was his name. That was the one I won't forget. [/QUOTE]
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