#Milwaukee truck off overpass driver#
Built-up snow had melted into a hard ramp-like buildup against a concrete shoulder. A driver in Wisconsin has spoken of surviving a terrifying 70ft plunge from a snow-covered bridge, with his pickup truck’s fall and landing captured on a dramatic video. The video from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation shows the truck smashing through the guardrail on an overpass, plunging 70 feet to the travel lanes of Interstate 94 below. The crash happened Saturday in Milwaukee. Footage of a pickup truck falling 70 feet off a Milwaukee overpass last weekend was recently revealed, leaving viewers in shock that the driver was able to survive the massive drop. The truck climbing lane is needed to remove truck traffic from mainline lanes. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation just released video of that incident on Saturday in which a truck went off an overpass in the Zoo. The driver was then transported to the local hospital.Ī very similar icy overpass accident happened about four years ago according to WISC-TV that took the life of the driver. MILWAUKEE The driver of a pick-up truck survived a stunning crash caught on traffic cameras in Wisconsin. 1 I The CTH J overpass was recently reconstructed to current freeway. MILWAUKEE A driver who survived when his pickup truck plunged about 70 feet off a slippery interchange exit ramp in Wisconsin said he feels thankful to be alive. It acts as an offramp with emphasis on “ramp.” Fortunately when the Milwaukee County Sheriffs arrived the man was conscious and was being attended to by two motorists giving first aid. The road crews try their hardest to prevent the buildup of snow just for this reason. WATCH: Heres the moment a driver lost control of his truck and fell 70 feet off an overpass on Saturday in Milwaukee. RELATED: What Should You Do if Your Car Starts Spinning on Snow or Ice? WATCH: Pickup Falls 70 Feet Off An Overpass. After plunging about 70 feet (21 meters) off the slippery interchange exit ramp, Richard Lee Oliver said he feels thankful to be alive. “The snow is hard as concrete, so a lot of our equipment is out there, basically chipping away … literally chipping away at the snow and ice to get that removed.” The packed snow acts as an offramp with emphasis on “ramp” Pickup truck plunges 70-feet off of Wisconsin overpass | YouTube 6, 2021 image from video made available by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, a pickup truck, upper left, falls off an elevated highway in Milwaukee. “The biggest risk with that is the melting and the freezing creates sort of a ramp, a natural ramp,” Milwaukee County’s Director of Highways and Maintenance Eddie Santiago told WISC-TV.
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