We’ve acquired one other reminder of simply how harmful over the highway truck driving could 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 keeping with the Anchorage Day by day Information. When authorities arrived, that’s once they discovered the driving force nonetheless within the truck cab within the water:
Girdwood Fireplace and Rescue crews arriving on scene discovered the driving force nonetheless within the cab and, utilizing a rescue throwbag, pulled him from the truck and to shore, in keeping 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 because of an ongoing freeway building venture, in keeping with the replace.
In accordance with a police spokesperson, the driving 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 driving force that led to him dropping management both. Driver Travis Corgan was pulled from the truck with simply minor accidents and his household says he’s now resting at residence. 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 counseled Corgan for his driving expertise, saying “It may have gone a completely completely different manner” and that it was superb that the truck was in a position to keep upright.
Over the highway trucking in icy conditions is already harmful. It’s worse if 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 will’t do away with till they repay their respective firms for his or her coaching.