#Wisconsin truck falls off overpass driver

'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 WISN-TV. Here's the moment a driver lost control of his truck and fell 70 feet off an overpass in Milwaukee on Feb. The man was taken to a hospital to be evaluated, sheriff's officials said.Ī highway official said crews work as quickly as possible to eliminate snow from shoulders in order to avoid crashes. A video captured the moment a truck flew off a ramp and plunged 70 feet. Two people were already trying to help the driver, who was conscious and breathing. Shocking moment truck flips as it falls 70-feet over Wisconsin interchange ramp landing upright and the driver survives. When deputies arrived, they found the car upright on the right shoulder of the westbound I-94 lanes, the sheriff's office said. Officials said the driver lost control, travelled up a snowbank and over a barrier wall. Shocking moment truck flips as it falls 70-feet over Wisconsin interchange ramp landing upright and the driver survives. The video shows the vehicle hitting snow on the right shoulder before flipping over the barrier wall and plummeting to Interstate 94 below as cars pass by. New video shows the moment a pick-up truck driver lost control in the Zoo Interchange, used a snowbank as a ramp off the bridge and fell 70 feet down onto westbound I-94. “The snow is hard as concrete so a lot of our equipment is out there, basically chipping away at the, literally chipping away at the snow and ice to get that removed.”īased on the video below, that seems like a problem they might want to get solved and soon.A driver has survived a 21-metre plunge after his ute went off the side of a slippery interchange exit ramp on a US freeway.Ī Wisconsin Department of Transportation camera captured the Milwaukee-area crash. “The biggest risk with that is the melting and the freezing creates sort of a ramp, a natural ramp,” said Milwaukee County’s Director of Highways and Maintenance Eddie Santiago. The driver’s sister spoke to WISN News and posted on Facebook that he had suffered a broken back, neck and legs, and has a long recovery ahead, but at least he will recover from the harrowing fall. “The vehicle traveled up a snowbank, proceeded over the barrier wall, and descended 70 feet down onto the westbound I-94 distress lane,” reported the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. When police arrived on the scene of the accident, the driver was being tended to by two passersby and was both conscious and breathing. He then plunged 70 feet down onto the westbound I-94 distress lane.īy miracle of all miracles, the truck somehow managed to land on its tires and stayed upright. Saturday in the Zoo Interchange, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, was captured by a Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The driver lost control and went over the barrier wall. The accident, which happened just before 10 a.m. Los Angeles mayoral race: Americans weigh in as crime. Rays fans weigh in after DeSantis vetoes 35 million for Florida team's training facility. American dream very much alive, Ghanaian immigrant says on first anniversary of US citizenship. 'There was just too much snow on the side of the road. Intersections near Supreme Court blocked by pro-choice protesters as Roe decision closes in. As Oliver, 34 years old at the time, drove onto the overpass, his vehicle hit the snow on that shoulder, causing him to lose control of the truck and go careening off the elevated highway. The video appears to show the truck hitting a snowbank on the right shoulder seconds before the fall. Olivers truck can be seen flying off the overpass ramp, falling 70 feet onto another highway below. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said a pickup truck traveling on I-94 when the driver skidded off the eastbound to the southbound ramp.