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Driver pulled from truck dangling from Louisville bridge over Ohio River in dramatic scene
By Alyssa Guzman Published March 1, 2024, 1:27 p.m. ET
(Woman driver... Two other cars were involved. No telling whose fault it was. I am glad she survived. My hat's off to Firefighter Bryce Carden. Video at the link.)
Heartstopping video shows the moment a semi-truck driver was rescued after her big rig crashed through a bridge guardrail in Kentucky — leaving it dangling precariously over the Ohio River.
The unidentified driver was crossing the Clark Memorial Bridge northbound around noontime Friday when the Sysco truck shifted lanes and went through the barrier.
Dramatic photos show the majority of the truck hanging over the bridge, with the cabin parallel to the river below.
Firefighter Bryce Carden rappelled down to the dangling cab to pull the woman to safety, according to WLKY.
The daring rescue, which Fire Chief Brian O’Neill told reporters was a “once-in-a-career” type of event, took around 40 minutes.
A driver was rescued from a semi-truck dangling over the Ohio River after an accident on a Louisville, Kentucky bridge.
WDRB
The truck was moving northbound on the bridge when it apparently crossed the lane and crashed through the bridge’s guardrail, according to reports.
Fox News
A dramatic video shows a first responder being lowered to the semi truck in order to lift the driver to safety.
Fox News
The Clark Memorial Bridge is currently closed to traffic, according to reports.
Fox News
“She held it together amazingly,” O’Neill said. “She held it together like a champ, but I will tell you once she hit solid ground, she let those emotions go.”
Carden said the driver was “super calm” and so was he — because he “knew they had me on the top side.”
“She was just praying, she was praying a lot, and I was praying with her,” he said of the woman. As for himself, the firefighter of six years said: “At the moment, you don’t think about it, after the debrief, it hits you. At the run, the training takes over.”
The semi was in a dangerous position and firefighters worried it could “shift at any moment” as it was pinned between one of the banisters and concrete, according to O’Neill.
Firefighters were able to talk to the woman, who was “shaken up,” but was found to be in stable condition. She was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Two other vehicles were involved in the crash, which were in “pretty bad shape,” O’Neill said. One of the victims was sent to the hospital and was in worse condition than the semi driver. .
The bridge has been shut down in both directions as Louisville first responders continue working.
The Sysco truck is still hanging off the bridge and authorities are working to figure out how to remove it.
The crash is under investigation.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/driver-pulled-from-truck-dangling-from-louisville-bridge-over-ohio-river/
By Alyssa Guzman Published March 1, 2024, 1:27 p.m. ET
(Woman driver... Two other cars were involved. No telling whose fault it was. I am glad she survived. My hat's off to Firefighter Bryce Carden. Video at the link.)
Heartstopping video shows the moment a semi-truck driver was rescued after her big rig crashed through a bridge guardrail in Kentucky — leaving it dangling precariously over the Ohio River.
The unidentified driver was crossing the Clark Memorial Bridge northbound around noontime Friday when the Sysco truck shifted lanes and went through the barrier.
Dramatic photos show the majority of the truck hanging over the bridge, with the cabin parallel to the river below.
Firefighter Bryce Carden rappelled down to the dangling cab to pull the woman to safety, according to WLKY.
The daring rescue, which Fire Chief Brian O’Neill told reporters was a “once-in-a-career” type of event, took around 40 minutes.
A driver was rescued from a semi-truck dangling over the Ohio River after an accident on a Louisville, Kentucky bridge.
WDRB
The truck was moving northbound on the bridge when it apparently crossed the lane and crashed through the bridge’s guardrail, according to reports.
Fox News
A dramatic video shows a first responder being lowered to the semi truck in order to lift the driver to safety.
Fox News
The Clark Memorial Bridge is currently closed to traffic, according to reports.
Fox News
“She held it together amazingly,” O’Neill said. “She held it together like a champ, but I will tell you once she hit solid ground, she let those emotions go.”
Carden said the driver was “super calm” and so was he — because he “knew they had me on the top side.”
“She was just praying, she was praying a lot, and I was praying with her,” he said of the woman. As for himself, the firefighter of six years said: “At the moment, you don’t think about it, after the debrief, it hits you. At the run, the training takes over.”
The semi was in a dangerous position and firefighters worried it could “shift at any moment” as it was pinned between one of the banisters and concrete, according to O’Neill.
Firefighters were able to talk to the woman, who was “shaken up,” but was found to be in stable condition. She was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Two other vehicles were involved in the crash, which were in “pretty bad shape,” O’Neill said. One of the victims was sent to the hospital and was in worse condition than the semi driver. .
The bridge has been shut down in both directions as Louisville first responders continue working.
The Sysco truck is still hanging off the bridge and authorities are working to figure out how to remove it.
The crash is under investigation.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/driver-pulled-from-truck-dangling-from-louisville-bridge-over-ohio-river/
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