Tow truck and tractor trailer plung 100m

kiotiken · Apr 4, 2012

So you think you're having a bad day! Thankfully, the truck driver survived with only a few broken bones.

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RoyJackson · Apr 4, 2012

I wonder who took the video, and why?

Seems like this may have been staged...that's a heck of a coincidence being there with what appears to be a high resolution camera.

mjw357 · Apr 4, 2012

I wonder about the camera too? Almost looks like someone was walking behind. But staged? Doubt it. Send a half million dollars worth of trucks over an embankment with a driver inside?

kiotiken · Apr 4, 2012

You might be right, but I'm thinking it's legit. You have to wonder why you'd destroy 2 trucks to stage something like that and how are they going to get them out again. If the truck had been stuck long enough for a tow truck to arrive, chances are people had time to grab their i-phone. Here's what was written in my local paper along with the video.

"A truck driver in Norway considered himself lucky Sunday, April 1, 2012, after a trailer and his tow truck were pulled off of a steep snow-covered cliff. Eyewitness Gunn Iren Johnsrud watched as the tow truck and its load were pulled from County Road 78 in Leirosen, Norway. The trailer being towed slid to the side of the road, where it fell through a barrier and began descending down the steep slope to a river. The quick-thinking driver immediately hopped out of his truck, which was also dragged down the cliff. The driver was taken to a hospital in Sandnessjøen, where he was treated for broken bones. The driver of the tow truck is presently listed in stable condition at Helgelandssykehus.et Sandnessjøen."

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