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Country singer Travis Tritts tour bus was involved in a multi vehicle crash. A driver going the wrong way hit another vehicle head on. The tour bus received minor damage after swerving to avoid the accident. Two people were killed in the other vehicles, one of the vehicles was a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.
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The truck ate the front of that jeep. The front door looks like the lid of a can of sardines peeled back.
 

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That’s awful. Best wishes to those involved.

It almost looks as if the Jeep under rode the truck. It looks like it could be a RAM 1500 or 2500, so it could be possible.
 

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That makes me want to get a heavy duty steel front bumper again like on my JKU..
 

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My wife was hit head on right in front of our house two years ago. She was in my Dodge Ram when a kid that was texting crossed the center line and hit her head on. She was only doing about 15 mph and the kid was doing about 70. I think god she took my truck that instead of her 2015 Rubicon Hard Rock. He hit her so hard it knocked my truck backwards into my neighbors drive way and broke the front axel completely out of my truck. She only received minor injuries from the seat belt and airbag. If she had been in the Jeep I think it would have killed her. The kid was in. Chevy pickup and he had to be air flight with serious injuries. His truck was totally destroyed.
 

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My wife was hit head on right in front of our house two years ago. She was in my Dodge Ram when a kid that was texting crossed the center line and hit her head on. She was only doing about 15 mph and the kid was doing about 70. I think god she took my truck that instead of her 2015 Rubicon Hard Rock. He hit her so hard it knocked my truck backwards into my neighbors drive way and broke the front axel completely out of my truck. She only received minor injuries from the seat belt and airbag. If she had been in the Jeep I think it would have killed her. The kid was in. Chevy pickup and he had to be air flight with serious injuries. His truck was totally destroyed.
I’m glad she is ok. Texting is just as dangerous as drinking and driving, and much more prevalent.
 

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That Jeep up there was a JK.
The JL is structurally way better.
Something I just can’t understand is why they didn’t put in a side airbag curtain front to back.
This is one of the main reasons the Jeep gets a low crash score.
I hope FCA makes up for it quickly.
Safety first, than have fun.
 

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That makes me want to get a heavy duty steel front bumper again like on my JKU..
Steel bumpers are good for avoiding bumper damage but i don’t think they are any better in a wreck. Bumpers these days are designed to crumple and absorb impact instead of transferring the force back into the cab.
 

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Steel bumpers are good for avoiding bumper damage but i don’t think they are any better in a wreck. Bumpers these days are designed to crumple and absorb impact instead of transferring the force back into the cab.
Your average accident a steel bumper likely will cause more damage to you. Something like this though I have no doubt it would’ve saved his life and helped the front end from crumpling on him. I’d rather the protection in a serious accident over extra pain in a more minor one.
 

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Your average accident a steel bumper likely will cause more damage to you. Something like this though I have no doubt it would’ve saved his life and helped the front end from crumpling on him. I’d rather the protection in a serious accident over extra pain in a more minor one.
Most of the impact went above the bumper. I highly doubt a bumper would have saved anyone in this case.
 

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Thats so sad and unfortunate. So the point of this thread is a fellow jeeper had an unfortunate demise or is the Jeep unsafe and we all should sue FCA for making a crappy product. It happens to all vehicles...Im sorry. Its physics. Not a super bowl ad.
 

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Something I just can’t understand is why they didn’t put in a side airbag curtain front to back.
Safety first, than have fun.
According to a video posted elsewhere on this site, it's because of the removable doors (and top). That reason seems to make sense to me.
 

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Steel bumpers are good for avoiding bumper damage but i don’t think they are any better in a wreck. Bumpers these days are designed to crumple and absorb impact instead of transferring the force back into the cab.
Very true. Solid bumpers can create more injuries to the occupants. But, there are times when it could create a stronger barrier and maybe prevent death. Who knows in this scenario.
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