The Redmond Police Department said the dump truck driver, Daniel Backman was turning right into a driveway. Backman told us he had his blinker on, checked his mirrors, and saw the coast was clear. When he was mid-turn, the white car hopped into the right lane and tried to zip past his truck, but instead, the car slammed right into the truck’s diesel fuel tank.“That guy came around me at 60 miles an hour all I saw was a white flash just under the mirror and he was in the fuel tank,” said Backman.
“It’s a little bit of burn. It charred it off. It was frayed yesterday. It was hot enough when I walked up that it charred it,” said Backman. “All that’s going through your head is I hope it doesn’t blow up. In a matter of two minutes, the tires were exploding. It’s hot and it burns fast and it’s hot. Well, it’s just plastic between you and the fire it was through the glove box when I got back in the truck.
“I never saw him until police were walking out with him. I don’t know where he went. Not a thank you for not letting me burn to death,” said Backman. “This is my livelihood, that’s everything. It’s not just a truck it’s my kid’s next meal and it’s gone,” he said. “Something like this for one of us little guys that’s trying to make it. It’s devastating, I don’t know how I’m going to make my mortgage payment.”