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Driver Rescued From Tractor-Trailer Hanging over Bridge on US 35 in Mason County, West Virginia
Emergency crews from three counties rescued the trapped driver after 90 minutes, spilled 150 gallons of diesel, and reopened southbound lanes on U.S. Route 35.
- A truck driver was rescued after the truck veered off a snowy highway, leaving it dangling from a bridge nearly 100 feet above the ground in Mason County, West Virginia.
- First responders from Hurricane Fire Department and several local responders worked for five hours to secure and rescue the driver, who was unharmed during the incident.
- Volunteer firefighter Westley Quinn was lowered into the truck cab to secure the driver using a harness during the rescue.
- Hurricane Fire Department and other local departments closed the highway and utilized a complex rope system to carry out the rescue operation.
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American firefighters spent five hours rescuing a truck driver on snowy Route 35 in West Virginia after he lost control of his vehicle due to ice and then hung with his cab on a bridge, about 30 meters above the ground.
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Truck driver rescued dangling off highway 100-feet above the ground * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff
Source link A driver was rescued from likely death after a commercial cargo truck veered off a snow-covered highway in West Virginia, leaving the semi-truck cab dangling for five hours off a bridge nearly 100-feet above the ground. According to a report at Fox Weather, at roughly 6:25 a.m. Tuesday, first responders from Hurricane Fire
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