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In the 1990’s, there was a horrible truck accident; the driver died. The company that owned the truck, salvaged whatever parts they could off the vehicle and the parts were then re-cycled for use in their rolling stock. This may sound horrible and heartless but is common practice with any vehicle. If not the company that owns the vehicle, then the scrap yard that receives the wreck.

A driver for this company was assigned a truck. The model of the tractor is usually called a “sleeper” because it is equipped with a bunk. He would often have “runs” that required he shut down and sleep.

The truck drove well and the driver went about his duties. He first noticed a problem when he had to shut it down and take some rest. He was awaked by a nightmare; a crash, fire and feeling like he was trapped. He attributed the disturbing dream to greasy food and fatigue but every time he stopped his vehicle and tried to grab some sleep, the same thing would happen. He would suffer a nightmare and awaken, often more exhausted than he had been when crawled into the bunk.

The nightmares always had elements of a crash, sometimes one, sometimes a few, sometimes all of the terrifying aspects. Fire, the sound of metal crushing, stamping on brakes and nothing happening, the smell and sound of fire, being unable to escape.

The driver soon found himself unable to sleep in the truck at all; unwilling to allow himself to sleep in case the dreams came back. This was leading to a very dangerous situation, an exhausted truckdriver, unable to take time to shut down and sleep.

The truck started to experience some mechanical issues and it was sent to the company’s garage for repairs, some distance away. While the truck was being repaired, the driver began to hear rumours circulating about his truck and a few others. Always the same, the drivers unable to sleep, nightmares and in some cases, feelings of unease, hair standing up on the back of their necks and baseless fear.

The driver was talking to a mechanic about his truck; it had been gone a while and he was commenting on the length of time it was taking to get it back. The conversation took an unexpected turn for the driver when the mechanic told him of other drivers having similar issues but in different trucks. The mechanic told him that these trucks had one thing in common, they all contained re-cycled parts from a deadly accident the year before, the driver had, it was suspected, fallen asleep, the truck and trailer left the road, crashed and had caught fire, the driver either never regained consciousness or was trapped, dying in his cab.

Apparently, the rumours had been circling among the drivers for some time. The truck never made it back to the driver; it was kept at the main garage and was turned into a general utility vehicle. It never hit the road again and the driver in this story? He was assigned another truck and never experienced nightmares again.