We’ve bought one other reminder of simply how harmful over the highway truck driving may be. This time it comes by the use of the freezing temps of Alaska and a driver that’s fortunate to be alive.
A semi truck driver drove his truck off the aspect of the Seward Freeway and ended up within the freezing waters of the northern coast of the Gulf of Alaska on September 4, in response to the Anchorage Each day Information. When authorities arrived, that’s once they discovered the driving force nonetheless inside the truck cab within the water:
Girdwood Hearth 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 response to 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 on account of an ongoing freeway development mission, in response to the replace.
In keeping 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 shedding management both. Driver Travis Corgan was pulled from the truck with simply minor accidents and his household says he’s now resting at house. Authorities and a neighborhood towing firm went again to retrieve the truck from the water late within the afternoon on September 5. Girdwood Hearth and Rescue Chief Michelle Weston recommended Corgan for his driving expertise, saying “It might have gone a very completely different method” and that it was superb that the truck was capable of keep upright.
Over the highway trucking in icy conditions is already harmful. It’s worse while you study many of those drivers are out on the highway risking their lives for low pay. Many are even saddled with debt that they’ll’t do away with till they repay their respective firms for his or her coaching.