DUKW vs. Pickup

[nchittendon]

Hopefully everyone is ok that was involved, and hopefully things don't get nasty over this.....

http://www.channel3000.com/news/army-duck-involved-in-crash-in-lake-delton-dispatch-says/27281388


One of the Wisconsin Dells Ducks companies had a collision yesterday. Apparently, the pickup crossed the center line and went head on with the duck.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Woah, that looks nasty.

 

[FloridaAKM]

Looks like both vehicles sustained a large amount of damage, hope everyone is okay after it all shakes out. Makes you wonder if a cell phone was involved in the truck, or just a distracted driver?

Will this affect MV's on the road there or is it just another traffic accident to all?

 

[eaw46]

Driving a DUKW you cannot even see anything unless its over 20 ft in front of you so the driver prob. did not even see the truck coming at him. I hope everyone is OK and it all works out. I let a guy who was interested in buying my DUKW drive it a little and he almost ran over his own car if I would not have told him to stop he would have ran right over it. Eddy

 

[CARNAC]

I think I would be a little overwrought by the situation. I think I'll take a brand new DUKW if you don't mind.

 

[slantflat]

Anybody seen anything else about this? All I can find is the initial article. I'd love to know what the investigation turned up. I know what I think happened, just wondered what the official word is.

 

[nchittendon]

I haven't seen any updates yet, but I sent some messages locally to see if anyone knows anything.

 

[overlordofmars]

That really stinks, looks like heavy damage to the Duck !

 

[saddamsnightmare]

December 24th, 2014.

If the PU driver's at fault, his insurance company not going to like paying for the repair bill on the DUKW given what they go for, and you have to wonder if the DUKW suffered frame dame as well as hull damage. Do the DUKW operators have the seats in the bed fitted with seatbelts? The only way I can figure 13 injured in the DUKW is if the pick picked the DUKW's nose off the ground, then it bounced or dropped back down?

Given the way they drive around here (Springfield,IL) I wouldn't feel safe even in a V100 Commando!

Merry Christmas and keep us posted on what you here as further news.

 

[saddamsnightmare]

July 3rd, 2015


Anything more recent on this one?