"Death by Log: An inexplicable way to go"

"Death by Log: An inexplicable way to go"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

In one of the most bizarre things that one can witness in Valenzuela , a log from an 18 wheeler truck crushed the head of a driver and instantly killed him on the spot in front of the South supermarket. The sad thing is that the truck was in full stop and it seemed that the driver who rammed into the truck was not able to stop in time or even dodge the piece of wood that killed him.

It was one of those things that feature into dark jokes but something that you will never have the heart to tell the family of the deceased. You could probably understand if the chains of the log broke and your loved one was crushed by the rolling unencumbered logs. Or if there was a chain of collisions involved.

This was on a full stop. As sad as this event is one should always learn the lesson of resting properly and not pushing one's limit all the time. Was he not alert enough? did he not get enough sleep? was it a simple confused moment where he accelerated and not decelerated as he ought to? We will never know what happened. Only to learn from the tragedy.