A female truck driver rescued by firefighters in Kentucky
@Deepizzaguy (99643)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
March 2, 2024 3:57pm CST
A female semitruck driver who was inside her semitruck when it was involved in a traffic accident at the Clark Memorial Bridge in Louisville Kentucky on Friday afternoon when he her semitruck was hanging over the Ohio River while she was inside of her semitruck.
Louisville Firefighters came to the rescue by having one of their firefighters rappel down and save the semitruck driver by getting her out of harm's way by placing a rope around her as the couple were pulled by rope and pulley safely.
Louisville Fire Chief Brian O' Neill mentioned that the female driver was shaken by the experience of being inside he semitruck.
The good news is that no one was injured in the accident. The rescue took about 45 minutes to be executed.
Link is wxii12.com/article/kentuck...
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@MarieCoyle (34023)
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2 Mar
I saw that on the news yesterday. That was a truly amazing rescue!
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Mar
I saw the news report on NBC Evenings News myself.
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@snowy22315 (176745)
• United States
3 Mar
I saw that on the news. It was quite a story
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
It was a scary sight to see the accident aboard a bridge.
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@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Mar
Glad to hear she was rescued, I always admire women who can drive those great big trucks,
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
I am in agreement with you since it takes a lot of nerve to drive a truck.
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@Marilynda1225 (81807)
• United States
3 Mar
I saw this on the news. How scary for her to be hanging off the bridge like that. Good thing it all ended well
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
That news story did have a happy ending.
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@innertalks (21631)
• Australia
2 Mar
They rescued the woman, which was good, but I wonder if they managed to salvage her truck from such a hairy predicament too, before it plunged into the drink.
@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
I think that the truck was saved from going into the Ohio River.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
Thank goodness no one was hurt in the accident on the bridge.
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Mar
That must have been scary for the truck driver.
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Mar
@Deepizzaguy ......Quite an adventure to be sure.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Mar
I am sure that the female truck was scared since she was shaken up when the firefighters saved her from falling into the river.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
I saw the story on the NBC Nightly News. It was scary to see the truck slumped over on the bridge.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
3 Mar
I'm so glad the driver was saved. That would have been terrifying.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
You are right that the female truck driver was scared that she would fall down into the Ohio River.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
3 Mar
I seen that the other day & was wondering how
the truck ended up where it did, I thought it was
from a blown tire or wet roads, but thank you for
filling in the blank of how the truck wrecked like it did.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar
My pleasure the good news of the truck driver being rescued by the firefighters.
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