Terrifying moment big rig tumbles off tight bend on a California highway after the driver ignores warning signs – but he escapes unhurt
- The truck was navigating a section of highway between Hopland and Lakeport
- Contractors for highway management company Caltrans were watching on
- Only vehicles under 39-feet long are allowed along that area of State Route 175
A big rig tumbled down a hillside after its driver ignored warning signs and tried to climb a one-lane section of winding highway.
The white truck with a long trailer slowly navigated the sharp bend in northern California as a group of construction workers watched on.
Incredible footage shows the vehicle slip off a one-lane section of the highway, between Hopland and Lakeport, that is still under construction.
Incredible footage shows a big rig slip off a winding, one-lane section of State Route 175 between Hopland and Lakeport. The video starts with a shot of the truck as it climbs the steep road
The truck’s driver escaped the incident unharmed.
The video starts with a shot of the truck as it climbs the steep road.
A construction worker in the background can be heard saying: ‘Oh, he’s in it. He’s in it to win it.’
Someone shouts: ‘You aren’t going to make it,’ but the truck continues on.
While the truck’s cab makes it past the bend, it’s too late for trailer which topples over the road and down the hillside (left)
Another voice from behind the camera says: ‘Bye bye trailer’.
While the truck’s cab makes it past the bend, it’s too late for trailer which topples over the road and down the hillside.
In the footage, posted to Facebook by Forrest Kuecker, the cab can be seen swiftly following, knocking down trees as it falls.
Highway management company Caltrans, whose contractors were working on the road at the time of the accident, also shared the video on Facebook.
The cab then swiftly follows, knocking down trees as it falls. Highway management company Caltrans, whose contractors were working on the road at the time of the accident, said only vehicles under 39-feet long are permitted along that particular area of State Route 175
They said only vehicles under 39-feet long are permitted along that particular area of State Route 175.
In the caption, they wrote: ‘Our contractor’s crew was out working on SR 175 yesterday afternoon when they saw this long truck trying to make it through a one-lane section of highway where a retaining wall is being built.
‘Multiple signs are posted to warn truck drivers of this length restriction, but drivers continue to try to go through.
‘Sometimes they simply get stuck, but others end up going over the embankment.
‘This driver was not injured, but it must have been the ride of his life!’