Raw Video: Big Rig Collides With Freeway Sign
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Uploaded by jtbpnw on Aug 10, 2011
A bizarre accident involving a truck's trailer that struck an overhead road sign and was left balancing at an almost 45-degree angle shut down a Texas freeway on Tuesday.
All main lanes of I-45 North were closed overnight after the hydraulic lifter mysteriously raised the trailer as the truck hauling gravel headed northbound, causing it to crash into the green exit signs, KHOUS 11 News reported.
No one was hurt in the accident, which happened around 5:30 p.m. The road didn't reopen to traffic until Wednesday morning.
The cab of the truck was separated from the trailer and came to a stop farther down the Interstate, while hydraulic fluid spilled all over the freeway.
The trailer was hauled away around 9 p.m. Tuesday, then Texas Department of Transportation workers used two 150-foot cranes to take down the entire exit sign.
The Houston Police Department truck enforcement division is still investigating the crash, the Houston Chronicle reported. The driver is not thought to have been intoxicated.
"We don't know if it's mechanical failure or human error," Houston Police Department Capt. Charles Vazquez said.
Police said the driver will be issued at least one citation and could be held responsible for the cost of damage to the freeway, which the Texas DOT estimates cost up to $100,000, the Chronicle reported.
Drivers stuck in traffic said they were shocked by the wreck.
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the guy just for got to lower his dump bed
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the guy just forgot to lower his dump bed
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All of the prior comments on how something like this could've happened, failed to mention the possibility of an inexperienced driver.
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@LaRezNar It is a dump bed, and it was gradually releasing presure until a Freeway sign came
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At 0:43 tell me that doesnt look like a person wearing black on the other side of the sing on the left traffic sign
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I think the. Fifth wheel unlocked causing the container to become loose on one bumb trailer went up
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How the fuck? How stupid do you have to be to let this happen?
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YEAH big time FAIL - all depends if the driver goofed royally or if something broke mechanically
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cloperao 7 months ago 17
how the fuck does that happen? lol
LaRezNar 7 months ago 7