Jeep rolling off Black Bear Road

[Orange Crate]

Does anyone have the back story on this? What started the roll?

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by Orange Crate

Does anyone have the back story on this? What started the roll?

Gravity, apparently

The known fact seems to be that the driver got out of the jeep and it started rolling. He tried to catch it but it went over the edge with his girlfriend and dogs still inside.

There was a fatality a few years ago on a property less than a mile down the road from our house. A lady parked her car and it started rolling and she tried to catch it but somehow it ran over her. I didn't know anything about it until we heard the chopper.

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

Originally Posted by Orange Crate

Does anyone have the back story on this? What started the roll?

My guess she got close to the edge, to much speed, or a combo. I read up on the trail, and it is not for the faint hearted. When I used to bomb dirt roads a lot. I saw quite a few people who didn't know how to drive, and had no intentions of learning. I had taken my 2wd rcsb C10 with a posi, and off road tires high up into the hills. Every once in awhile I would see some idiot get stuck doing something dumb. Like taken a crew cab 4x4 lifted dually up dirt road switchbacks. Or people freeze from fear of heights.

The guy who caught it on the trail cam is lucky he didn't get t-boned there otherwise they may all of died. She was what 50 foot in front of him?

From the pics they appear to have the same vehicle, and judging by hers as it flew by she upgraded it. So she may of been as simple as she was hesitant to roll her tires against the mountain side.

Hopefully she is alright.

I change my opinion after reading further. Her dumb ass boynfriend needs to learn to drive, and get over scratching up his jeep.

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by Ziegelsteinfaust

My guess she got close to the edge, to much speed, or a combo. I read up on the trail, and it is not for the faint hearted. When I used to bomb dirt roads a lot. I saw quite a few people who didn't know how to drive, and had no intentions of learning. I had taken my 2wd rcsb C10 with a posi, and off road tires high up into the hills. Every once in awhile I would see some idiot get stuck doing something dumb. Like taken a crew cab 4x4 lifted dually up dirt road switchbacks. Or people freeze from fear of heights.

The guy who caught it on the trail cam is lucky he didn't get t-boned there otherwise they may all of died. She was what 50 foot in front of him?

From the pics they appear to have the same vehicle, and judging by hers as it flew by she upgraded it. So she may of been as simple as she was hesitant to roll her tires against the mountain side.

Hopefully she is alright.

I change my opinion after reading further. Her dumb ass boynfriend needs to learn to drive, and get over scratching up his jeep.

Not sure what you're talking about ????

The jeep started rolling and went over the edge after the driver got out. Failure of parking brake and/or driver to properly secure vehicle before exiting the vehicle.

It could have happened almost anywhere but in this case the surroundings and thus the results were spectacular. A half mile down the road from us a lady parked and got out and the car started rolling and she tried to catch it and it ran over her with fatal results.