Duncan Phenix Digital Reporter for
Las Vegas 8NewsNow.com
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include information provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas native and NASCAR driver Riley Herbst’s car hauler appears to have been involved in a crash on its way to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The hauler is operated by Stewart-Haas Racing.
In a video taken by Sprint Cup driver Spencer Hill the #98 hauler is seen leaning over half off a road. The cab of the truck is also seen in the video being dug into the dirt shoulder up against a barrier.
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Hill wrote on Twitter, “Holy cow. Not good. The 98 Xfinity hauler was involved in a bad wreck in Flagstaff, AZ on Wednesday afternoon. Hopefully everyone involved is okay.”
8 News Now spoke with Hill Wednesday evening and he said the “driver of the hauler was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. Co-driver is okay.”
Stewart-Haas Racing released the following statement on the incident, “Earlier today, the No. 98 NASCAR Xfinity Series Hauler of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) was involved in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 a few miles west of Flagstaff, Arizona. The truck had two occupants and neither was seriously injured, although one was taken to a local hospital for further treatment and observation. No other details regarding their respective conditions are available at this time.
“SHR can confirm that speed was not a factor in the crash. While the rig was damaged, the hauler and its contents appeared relatively unscathed. Plans are already underway for a new rig to hook up to the hauler and deliver it to Las Vegas Motor Speedway in time for Xfinity Series hauler parking at 10:30 a.m. PDT on Friday.”
A representative from the Arizona Department of Public Safety said that the driver of the tractor-trailer told investigators that he “fainted behind the wheel.” Officials say the driver was traveling at 75 miles per hour westbound on Interstate 40 before losing control of the truck and striking a guardrail.
“It doesn’t appear the vehicles were damaged but unknown on the damage to the truck,” said Bart Graves with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Investigators say the driver was taken to a hospital for evaluation, and his condition is unknown. The roadway was closed for several hours, officials say.
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#1
DOCTORS FIND 55 BATTERIES IN WOMAN'S BODY
“HIGHEST REPORTED NUMBER EVER!”
Surgeons "milked" four of the cylinders from her colon to her rectum and then retrieved them from the anus.
The terms “emergency” and “AAA” typically connote a roadside incident. Certain doctors in Dublin, however, are unlikely to ever associate those terms with anything but a recent surgery during which they found dozens of batteries in a 66-year-old woman’s colon and stomach.
A report of the incident,published Thursday in the Irish Medical Journal, detailed the patient’s arrival at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, where an X-ray revealed the foreign objects in her body. Miraculously, none were obstructing her gastrointestinal tract,according to Live Science.Doctors initially decided to wait in hopes that she would pass the batteries out of her body naturally. Though she released five AA batteries in the first week, subsequent X-rays showed that most were still stuck inside — and the woman began experiencing abdominal pain.
After realizing that her distended stomach was hanging above the pubic bone due to the weight of the batteries, surgeons cut into her abdomen and successfully removed 46 of them.
Unfortunately for all involved, four additional batteries remained trapped in the colon. As described in the report, doctors “milked” them into her rectum to remove them from her anus. This brought the total amount of batteries she ingested — both AA and AAA — to a whopping 55.
“To the best of our knowledge, this case represents the highest reported number of batteries ingested at a single point in time,” the journal article said.
While the incident certainly inspired curious bafflement, the report reminded readers that the ingestion of batteries is a serious, albeit “unusual,” method of self-harm. Its authors noted that the act can cause severe issues, including “mucosal injury, perforation, [and] obstruction.”
“The potential of cylindrical batteries to result in acute surgical emergencies should not be underestimated,” the report stated.
#2
$20 Buys All The Bull Testicles You Can Eat And Whisky You Can Drink!
There's quite a deal being offered in DC this weekend, assuming you have the balls to stomach it. On Saturday night, roughly 500 people are expected to gather at the Arlington chapter of the American Legion for the 7th annualMontana State Society Testicle Festival - also known as 'Testy Fest.'
This juice frontier delicacy is a special joy for Northwestern folks living inside (or just beyond) the Beltway.
For just $20 ($25 at the door), the festival offers "all the Crown Royal you can drink and all the balls you can eat,” festival organizerBrittany Beauliue says. Bull testicles, that is, also known as Rocky Mountain oysters orcowboy caviar.
Festival organizers say the event will have 60 pounds of prepared bull testicles, sliced, fried and peeled to perfection. If the event seems foreign to your typical night out in DC, that's because it's actually a Big Sky State tradition. “It’s a great party in Montana,” Beaulieu explains. “Why not try to recreate the same thing here in Washington? It’s unlike anything else out here.”
#3
This certainly didn't make the mail come faster.
A post office in Guntersville, Ala. was evacuated Tuesday after some K-Y Intense Arousal gel leaked out of a package and spread throughout the post office at about 9 a.m., WAFF reported.
Not knowing what the slippery substance was, post office officials evacuated the place and called in hazmat teams. Two employees felt sick after coming into contact with the gel according to AL.com. They were hospitalized, but are now in stable condition. Additionally, 12 - 15 other packages were contaminated with the material.
The gel was addressed to someone in the "entertainment" industry, according to the Associated Press. The recipient's name has not been released.USPS postal inspector Tony Robinson told AL.com he has no idea why the employees felt sick, since the substance was proven to be non-toxic. However, Amazon.com reviews for the product state that the gel "burned to a painful degree" and "caused a rash”.Officials say the post office will contact the sender of the gel and instruct him or her on how to properly stuff it in to prevent future package mishaps.
#4
“I SCRATCHED MY ITCH” WALMART BLAZE
CAUSES $8.9 MILLION IN DAMAGE AUTHORITIES SAY
Joel Lee Reynolds carried a longstanding grudge against his local Walmart in Lebanon, Oregon his friends would tell police. Rather than boycotting the business, Reynolds used motor oil and chlorine tablets to ignite a noxious blaze in the Supercenter’s swimming pool aisle in May, prosecutors said. The fire caused nearly $9 million in damage. It took 10 days for the store to fully re-open. According to court records, Reynolds sent a text message to a friend on the day of the blaze. “I scratched my itch,” the message read. He was sentenced to 7 years.
Email from "Chunky Monkey"
Hey Bill, Steve and Don't Touch it Dave
I'm still alive and truckin' and working more than before, thank you Steve ("they'll want you to work more with the new truck") you cursed me...Haha! I've been doing six days a week with Sunday's my only day to get things done.
Listening to episode 16 talking about construction zones and the zipper merge. Well I'm here to tell you, as someone that works in those zones, that most people don't have the brains God gave a goat and unless they program it into the smart cars proper spacing and merging will never happen. It's what I call the "Me first syndrome".
Hold on gotta get fuel.
You were talking about the old school ways of trucking and it got me to thinking about the Boomtown truck stop and casino out past Reno, there use to be pictures in there on the walls, of course, of truckers in the early years of OTR. Gets you to thinking about if you could've made it through like they did, hell (I mean heck) most of today's drivers wouldn't know how to drive without their GPS and cellphones.
Well I'll get out of here for now and wish you all good evening. Keep the shiny side up, the dirty side down and keep on keepin' on. This be the one Chunky Monkey we gone.
