This is a mystery. I think this truck must have slid down the hillside, then flipped over. I don't think a truck this size could not flip over in this small area any other way. And later some timbers fell across the truck.
I wonder whether this accident occurred while the mine was operating before 1965. I am not surprised that the original paint is visible and the truck has not rusted out in 50 years, but I am surprised that the rubber is still on the tires.
My father would hate to see a truck in this condition. He is retired now, but he taught heavy equipment operations and mechanics at a community college between Phoenix and Tucson. This helped young people qualify for jobs that usually paid a decent wage, and many of his students were native Americans who live on nearby Indian lands. Before he became a teacher, he worked building roads in rough country. And, yes, for a time we lived in a trailer at a junkyard of heavy equipment.
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You are so right about those tires. It almost makes me think this was a more recent accident.
ReplyDeleteThe timetable for this accident scene is indeed a mystery. Part of the puzzlement is that those huge timbers must have come crashing down after the truck flipped.
ReplyDeleteIt is a scary sight. Hope the driver and any passengers got out OK.
ReplyDeleteA long way from a trailer, Julie . . .
A rather sad photo and a mystery as well.
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