It’s terrifying to watch, but she was saved by a brave first responder and has lived to tell the tale. Poor thing had to have thought ahead was going to die right then.
Dashcam footage from the semi driver who was rescued and saved in Louisville, Ky after a wreck that caused her cab to go over the bridge over the Ohio River
Just a relic from simpler times. I can’t believe semi-trucks are still allowed on it when there’s a modern freeway bridge right next to it.
If everybody obeyed the speed limit, it wouldn’t be so scary.
Also this bridge isn’t really made for semi trucks, just a way for drivers to avoid the tolls on the other bridges.
This bridge just sucks plain and simple. Lanes are crazy narrow. Should be 1 lane each way with an alternating lane in the middle for rush hours.
Is it common to have cars stopped on the middle of the road like that on the bridge? Looks like there’s a few in the video. Kind of crazy if you ask me. Not a good place to stop.
The lead stopped vehicle had apparently broken down or had its engine stall. The car behind him tried to get around him but was extremely reckless. He hit the stalled car, bounced off, and then zoomed right at the semi.
Looks like the car that hit them over swerved to miss the stalled vehicle. Good gosh.
Not just that. They were speeding and switched to the right lane and tried to overtake the car left of them. The car is reported to have been driving high speed weaving between lanes. Driver was arrested and already had a suspended license.
Yikes
You can hear the pickup squealing and even see the smoke coming off their tires if you look closely. He must have been going very fast.
Or as Shaggy says…zoinks!
Driver was arrested and already had a suspended license
Until these people get actual punishment they’re going to keep doing this shit. If this person doesn’t see prison for a minimum of two years it won’t change shit
Wait until you here how little drivers are punished for killing people in the US
If you wanna ice someone, use a car.
Best results, put their body on a bicycle.
Ha ha, this is so true. In NYC, trucks hit and kill cyclists all the time. And don't even notice. They just finish their duties for the day and the police later figure out its them. They don't even get a ticket. What ends up happening is the NYPD sends out officers to the same area as the accident for a few days to hand out tickets to cyclists.
Idk if the driver was from Louisville and had a big response typed up about how corrupt and ineffective LMPD is, but will leave it at just not being surprised by the fact this guy had not learned any kind of lesson. We have some of the genuinely worst/most reckless drivers in the country and a near-completely ineffective police department when it comes to handling the issue.
Damn that would suck if he got 1 year and 364 days then.
Jail jail jail!
What a total cunt.
I guarantee 99% of drivers on that bridge are illegally speeding. The speed limit is low for obvious reasons, but unfortunately pretty much everyone thinks the speed limit doesn’t apply to them.
I more just quoting the article I read. Seems they meant speeding as in going much faster than all the other cars, not the posted speed limit.
Witnesses told police that he was speeding in a pickup truck, weaving in and out of traffic on the bridge, then hit the stopped car. It said that crash caused him to lose control and hit the semi.
He actually hit the stalled vehicle and bounced off
Why he in a wheelchair? Trying to look hurt for the jury?
I mean getting hit head on by a semi could've likely injured his legs severely 🤷
His Lawyer said no injuries happened in the accident, so I'm confused maybe he is just handicapped
Trying to figure out which of the two has a more punchable face. I'm sure a jury will love that, "hey, nobody got killed" defense.
I’m thinking that truck that swerved over hit that stalled car in some way. You can see the right front tire isn’t tracking the same as the left side. There’s no damage to the front end though - maybe the wheel clipped it?p
Yeah, i was thinking this too.
Hey, Hey, Hey, there. That’s a pretty harsh exclamation. A golly gee would have sufficed
I was friggin worked up. Sorry bro.
Car? That's a truck...
I'm absolutely baffled by the comments on the video blaming her for the accident and going over the edge. How are people so fucking stupid...
Especially the ones saying she turned left. I can’t believe people see her turning to the “left” of their computer/phone screen but don’t understand that she is turning the truck right.
Yeah, the steering must have been completely ficked
It’s the internet they’ll find anyway to blame a woman and make it her fault.
Add in the fact she’s a person of color and they’ll throw some DEI dog whistle racism in for good measure.
Seriously go to any incident where a woman is even tangentially involved and you’ll have hordes of terminally online losers rushing to blame her
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starting to feel like maybe it's all your fault
Internet has become full of bad faith actors and a place to commit random acts of rage
Yeah, it's totally her fault and not the obvious road raging asshole. /s
I don't see anything to indicate that it was her fault. She even desperately tries to save the truck by steering right in complete futility.
If she was in the right lane, where she should be in a semi, this might not have happened at all. Don't camp the left lane 🤷🏽♂️
That's some good eyesight you have, being able to see if there's anything in the lane next to her.
Looks pretty empty. No reason to be in the left in the first place, who's she passing?
Look at it again, she is resting her elbow on the wheel. Hold on to the steering wheel, with both hands. This it the reason.
She´s not responsible for the initial crash, but she is definitely responsible for flying off the bridge.
What? Maybe you need to look again because at the literal moment before (0:05 seconds into the video) the crash she grabs the wheel with both hands. What does her resting her elbow sometime before the crash have to do with anything?
She lost control because her left suspension got fucked and the truck pulled to the left outside her control. You can see her rapidly spinning the wheel in the opposite direction and it does nothing.
How are y'all this dumb?
How are y'all this dumb?
Ever since they relaxed the education requirements, it ain't hard to get an Internet license these days.
Immediately after the accident, she attempts to correct the trajectory of the truck by turning the wheel, hard, away from the edge of the bridge, but the truck doesn't respond to the steering wheel being turned.
It's highly likely that the impact of the accident caused one of or both of the"Pitman arms" to break/detach from the steering system, meaning the steering wheel is essentially dead, and she has no way to control her trajectory beyond braking.
We get it. People love to find a way to blame truck drivers for literally everything, but genuinely, shut your fuckin mouth. You have no knowledge of what you're talking about.
Holy SHIT
Well said
Man, nothing she could have done either. She was cutting the wheel as far as she could to no avail. Must have destroyed the tie rods and everything steering on that side.
She said in a interview that the pickup took out her suspension so the wheel did nothing
Yep she was a passenger after the hit, from the lack of control it looks like it hit right on the left tire disabling steering and probably also damaging some brake lines. Absolute final destination level nightmare
Commercial trucks have air brakes. There are 2 separate air systems: service side and parking side. Most of the braking is done by the rear axle brakes and the brakes on the trailer. The parking brakes are held back by air pressure when the parking brakes are released. If enough air pressure is lost from the tanks, the parking brakes automatically engage via very strong springs inside the brake chambers. CDL driver for 10+ years.
Most likely the truck just lost control due to steering damage and not enough space for the driver to stop.
She could have been in the right lane.
Fuck you.
Imagine going over there thinking that you are about to die. Horrifying
This footage makes me feel dumb for guffawing at over-the-top, cliff hanger, accident scenes like this in movies. Turns out it can really happen.
Wow that is crazy. She is super lucky to be alive.
Fucking dumbass in the pickup
Ok, never driving over a bridge again. Thanks.
Life just got a lot more complicated.
This is how I became... Bridgeless
(Tuesdays on NBC)
Laughs in Chalmette.
How do you do a custom image for your profile picture thing
that pickup truck appeared out of fucking thin air
It very much looks like the cunt started road raging over the accident, smashed the accelerator to pass, and at that moment discovered (the hard way) that there was a 3rd vehicle that stopped further up to assist with the accident.
Then the cunt made the situation 10 times worse, inconveniencing not only themselves but everyone else around them, and nearly killing someone at the same time.
Hopefully they were arrested, because quite frankly they don't deserve to have a license until they go through anger management. Fuck this asshole.
He was arrested. Turns out he had a suspended license. His car bounced off the stalled car
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Pretty spot on theory since witnesses said that truck was speeding and weaving around lanes shortly before the accident and the driver had a suspended license.
The guy is a menace and was in fact arrested for his dangerous driving.
And driving on a suspended license no less.
Maybe a still frame would help you
The cars circled in red are not moving.
Between the 2 and 4 second mark of the video the pick up truck changed to that lane then swerved back
Well they do have the chatGPT logo as their pfp, wouldn't be surprised to find out they're either a bot or have gotten all their recent conversation skills from one.
Sounds like something an AI bot would say.
welp, you got me. Daddy Sam Altman pls don't destroy me, i've failed my mission.
Reminded me I wanted to change my pfp.
Lucky they had the paw patrol
💀what is my four year old doing on Reddit
I've actually just leaked from /r/daddit. Sorry everyone.
To be fair, the paw patrol is on a roll.
You gonna call the WHOooo?!
This is some Spider-Man type rescue mission
Everybody gets one.
Okay. That rescue setup looked complicated ….how long you think that lady was waiting like that?
The way she must’ve felt the moment her feet touched pavement.
Also, do you think there’s a point where you would get bored hanging off a bridge like that?
45 minutes. She broke down in tears from stress relief as soon as the rescue was completed
They should make the bridge railings out of the same stuff the 5th wheel is made of.
That kingpin!
Great video to send to your loved ones that are scared of bridges.
Holy fucking shit! Literally was holding on by a thread.
Kingpins on tractor 5th wheels are stupid strong.
That’s what you call a come to Jesus moment!
Lots of people seem to really love swinging over left of the center line. I see it everywhere, every single day
Yikes. This is partly why I try to drive as seldom as possible. It just takes one momentary lapse from another driver to change or end my life.
I'm thankful there are people like this driver who do this work so I don't have to.
Holy shit.
Crazy footage. Question, not trying to be ignorant but after the hit the truck doesn't seem to slow down at all.
Did she not use the brakes, were they disabled?
Did her foot slip of the pedal?
It doesn't make sense.
Trucks generally have air brakes. If the air line was damaged in the crash, it would've caused the trailer brakes to lock up almost immediately. Also, the way she kept going left while she was desperately turning the wheel to the right tells me the steering was most likely damaged. Horrific situation, glad she survived.
Also if she had a full load, that shit takes time to stop. Forward momentum will carry you a bit before being able to stop.
It takes a LOT to stop big trucks like that. For example, it takes around 525 feet for a fully loaded commercial tractor trailer to come to a full stop at 65mph. She's lucky she slowed it down as much as she did.
A typical car or pickup truck weighs like 1-3 tons. A loaded semi truck is like 40 tons. It's hard to stop quickly.
Her guardian angel needs a well deserved vacation.
It’s time for your nap gram-gram.
I think it was staged. The camera immediately cuts to a cinematic TV angle where a rescuer is waiting.
yes, everything is staged. Congratulations on cracking the code, you'll be pulled out of the matrix shortly. I'll warn you though, the machine overlords you'll be recruited to fight against are major fans of rectal probes.
Excuse me???
Rectal probes; you know, up the butt stuff. Be careful out there.
Not interested in your fantasies, bub
Are you fucking slow?
Are you a fucking doucheeeeeeeebag?
Yes. Now answer the question.
I bet you don’t crack the window in your car when you fart! You bum!!!
That bridge has always sucked. 4 lanes with no dividers or shoulders.