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Houston Firefighters Pluck Driver from Dangling Box Truck in Death-Defying I-45 Rescue

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Published on November 23, 2023
Houston Firefighters Pluck Driver from Dangling Box Truck in Death-Defying I-45 RescueSource: Flickr / Ken Lund

In a hair-raising saga on the Houston highways, a box truck driver found themselves teetering on the brink of disaster as their vehicle hung precariously over the edge of the I-45 North Freeway after flipping on an HOV exit ramp according to FOX 26 Houston

The gravity of the situation was palpable, with first responders descending on the dramatic scene where the cab of the box truck was seen dangling over the freeway—a stark visage that spoke of the driver's perilous plight, firefighters geared up, climbing into the cab to execute a dramatic rescue as the entire incident was caught on video, and amid it all, some southbound lanes remained blocked, per FOX 26 Houston.

The driver was extricated from the teetering truck using a ladder and a harness to lift them through the passenger side window. Further, the ladder trucks retreated, and the scene was punctuated by the sight of an ambulance whisking away from the freeway as reported by ABC13.