This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. PLYMOUTH TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) - A truck driver was injured after a big rig went off an overpass on the Blue Route (I-476) and landed on the road below. The Texas Department of Transportation said crews are at the scene investigating the crash.Ĭopyright 2023 Sunbeam Television Corp. “ not coming home tonight,” said Anthony. So many at the crash site thought of how precious life was as they let the shock set in. I felt like my life - I felt like I died with that person because it was so close.” One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash at Harvard Avenue and Interstate 271. “Oh, my God, oh my God I almost turned here,” said Pearson. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Tractor-trailer leaves I-495 and crashes sideways on road below 01:09 WILMINGTON, Del. Pearson said the truck fell right in front of her as she was about to turn onto the road. The incident took place on Thursday near LaPorte, Texas, according to KHOU-TV. Video shows the semi come off the roadway, go down an embankment and cross several lanes of traffic before. A truck driver narrowly escaped going off of an overpass along with his truck in a harrowing scene captured on video by another truck driver heading in the opposite direction. Patricks Day proved to be lucky for a truck driver in Louisiana. “People started coming out of the car to see if they could go help, but it was just no way,” said Edith Pearson. Big Rig Goes Over the Side of the Highway, Dashcam Video Shows What Saved the Trucker. The cargo on the truck was mostly letters and packages from the United States Postal Service (USPS).Ī USPS employee was on-site as he took pictures but it is not known if the truck belonged to the agency or if the driver worked for them. Officials said the vehicle collided with a car that was in front of it that driver was unharmed and cooperated with police. “And I was like, ‘I don’t know if we can do anything.'” “My husband was like, ‘we have to go try to help,'” said Renee. The couple and other good Samaritans raced to try and save the driver, but he was pronounced dead on the scene. “The first thing I said was the driver,” said Renee. They were at an intersection in Dallas when an 18-wheeler suddenly flew off of an expressway and then burst into flames. “You can’t believe there’s a truck coming down off the bridge and then boom.” “It was like slow motion, the truck coming down,” said Anthony. A truck driver died in a fiery crash near Dallas on Tuesday when their 18-wheeler collided with another vehicle on a highway and fell to the roadway below, police said.
Nothing could have prepared them for what they saw. “I don’t know something you see in a movie,” said Renee. Staying safe on the road is all about remaining calm and not letting situations outside of your control get the best of you. “None of this was burning yet either when it first happened,” said Anthony.
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