21: It Could Have Been Worse
The miracle of this story is that the driver in the Hummer only managed to clip a tractor-trailer. With such a massive curb weight and the sheer rate of speed, the Hummer could have done a lot more damage. Worse yet, human life could have been lost due to such a massive vehicle flying through an intersection. Pedestrian accidents happen much more frequently than you might have thought, oftentimes at a busy intersection or even where the pedestrian is crossing the street legally.
If a driver isn’t paying attention, it puts the driver at risk and the pedestrian at risk. Speed does kill and many drivers push the envelope when it comes to an acceptable speed. Based on the statistics, the driver of this Hummer was immensely lucky that a worse catastrophe didn’t happen.