We’ve acquired one other reminder of simply how harmful over the highway truck driving may be. This time it comes by means of the freezing temps of Alaska and a driver that’s fortunate to be alive.
A semi truck driver drove his truck off the facet of the Seward Freeway and ended up within the freezing waters of the northern coast of the Gulf of Alaska on September 4, in line with the Anchorage Day by day Information. When authorities arrived, that’s once they discovered the motive force nonetheless within the truck cab within the water:
Girdwood Fireplace and Rescue crews arriving on scene discovered the motive force nonetheless within the cab and, utilizing a rescue throwbag, pulled him from the truck and to shore, in line with an replace Wednesday. The Girdwood crew described poor driving visibility within the space, with wind and horizontal rain.
The truck went off the highway in an space the place the guardrail had been eliminated as a result of an ongoing freeway building mission, in line with the replace.
Based on a police spokesperson, the motive force had misplaced management earlier than the truck went into the water. It doesn’t appear as if there was any wrongdoing on behalf of the motive force that led to him shedding management both. Driver Travis Corgan was pulled from the truck with simply minor accidents and his household says he’s now resting at house. Authorities and an area towing firm went again to retrieve the truck from the water late within the afternoon on September 5. Girdwood Fireplace and Rescue Chief Michelle Weston recommended Corgan for his driving expertise, saying “It might have gone a completely totally different manner” and that it was wonderful that the truck was capable of keep upright.
Over the highway trucking in icy conditions is already harmful. It’s worse whenever you be taught many of those drivers are out on the highway risking their lives for low pay. Many are even saddled with debt that they’ll’t eliminate till they repay their respective corporations for his or her coaching.
