Tractor-Trailer in Near-Miss With Traffic After Leaving Interstate Highway

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2 年前

A tractor-trailer driver was lucky to miss traffic after the vehicle departed an interstate highway at speed, drove down an embankment, and crossed several lanes of traffic before coming to rest and catching fire in Rayne, Louisiana, on March 17.

This footage posted to Facebook by the Rayne Police Department shows the moment the tractor-trailer leaves the highway, crosses over lanes of traffic at speed and destroys a light post.

“The vehicle was traveling east on Interstate 10 when for unknown reasons it left the roadway, drove down an embankment, crossed The Boulevard and came to rest on private property. The tractor caught fire and the Rayne Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene to extinguish the blaze. The driver of the tractor sustained minor injuries,” the Rayne Police Department wrote in a Facebook post. Credit: Rayne Police Department via Storyful