A situation that no one would want to experience, but which fortunately went well a truck driver, in the United States. The woman on board her truck was involved in a fatal collision with another car on a bridge, which caused her to lose control of the powerful truck and crash through the barriers, without however falling. The medium is indeed remained suspended in the air, over thirty meters high. The images taken by internal cameras to the vehicle are frightening and you can observe the fear in the woman’s eyes, with death knocking on her shoulders. This time she didn’t find an answer.
The story that led to the accident
The story takes place on a bridge that crosses the Ohio River, in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. From the trial resulting from the accident, the dashcam video was released showing the moments of panic experienced by the woman behind the wheel of the truck. Before getting to this point, it is necessary to reconstruct the background. It was March 1, 2024 when Sydney Thomas, 26 years old, was driving his truck and was crossing the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge when suddenly a pick-up truck in the opposite lane crossed into his, colliding head-on with the heavy truck. According to the reconstruction of the experts, the individual driving the pick-up, 33-year-old Trevor Branham, would have rear-ended a broken-down vehicle before impacting the truck.
Some witnesses reported that the driver of the pick-up was driving at high speed, exceeding the limits imposed by the Highway Code, and zigzagging dangerously between the lanes before the fatal impact. The violent truck accident he threw the pickup into the air and pushed the heavy vehicle to go to the left. Despite Sydney Thomas’ desperate attempt to turn right and remain anchored to the bridge, the out-of-control truck crossed both oncoming lanes, broke through the protective barrier and went over the edge of the bridge.
Death in the face from the truck suspended in the air
At this point the fall into the river below seemed like an inevitable end, but surprisingly something prevented the inevitable. In fact, the trailer of the vehicle it got stuck between the bridge supports, savingly slowing down the movement of the truck which remained stuck poised on the edge of the infrastructure with the driver’s cab suspended in the void at a height of about thirty metres. In that terrible and frightening position, the young driver had to wait a few interminable minutes before the rescuers, lowering themselves from above, managed to get her safely out of the cabin, completing a rescue as spectacular as it was miraculous.
An affair that could have ended terribly, but luckily for everyone it went well. However, this rekindles the issue of road safety, where – not only in the United States – too many people run without respect for the lives of others. In Italy, in a few days, the Speed Camera Decree will enter the Official Journal with the aim of causing fewer accidents and dangers for all users who experience the asphalt.
