Ted RE....When she got off, the sand began to crumble around her and she got buried up to her waist, I think, at which point the b-dozer kept moving towards her, then over her and then when it backed up, it failed to lift the shovel as would be normal practice but rather dragged it back over her.
You ignorance is really showing here.. Normally the blade isn't lifted very far when backing up, if at all. A lot of times you would backdrag the blade to take out the crawler tracks, and leave a smooth surface. Or as often happens,if the blade drops too far at the end of a run, you backdrag the pile to level out the track. Secondly, while she may have been crushed, she was still alive. With A machine of this size,she would be a pulp of meat and crushed bones, and there would be no question, of alive, if the operator did anything like the guy says. It is like you don't understand that that machine would rip her apart if the blade had rested on her directly. Most likely, she was under the pile when he back dragged, and the weight of the dirt and blade killed her. If you look at the photo where the blood is coming out, you don't see ripped clothes, or broken bones, so my bet is they had to dig her out. Thirdly,if you look at the fifth picture, you can see her standing directly in the middle. However, an operator never looks down the middle, because as you see, the engine, with its stacks, blocks the view. You look off to either side. Fourthly, there is a person standing with her in the picture. He obviously got out of the way. Why didn't Corrie.
Because she jumped upon the pile of dirt he was pushing, so he would see her above the blade. You do notice the blade ia a lot bigger than she. However, those piles of dirt often roll, and she could easily have gotten sucked under, even if the dozer was going slowly.. It was a stupid move on her part. |
