Truck dangles off I-95 ramp after fatal crash
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Raw: Truck dangles off Florida highway overpass
Authorities in Florida used a tow truck and several firetrucks to pull a bakery truck back over the edge of a freeway overpass. (Feb. 6)
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- A crane pulled the truck from the edge
- The driver was rushed to the hospital
- The accident backed up traffic during the morning rush
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews used an elevated ladder to reach a bakery truck dangling precariously over the edge of an elevated overpass ramp after a fatal crash.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman Matt Little says one passenger died when the truck crashed early Wednesday on the ramp leading from a state road to Interstate 95.
The truck, bearing a sign for a Miami bakery, came to rest halfway off the ramp with its front end crumpled into a pillar. Rescue crews worked for hours to remove the passenger. A crane later pulled the truck off the side of ramp.
The driver, whose condition wasn't immediately known, was taken to a hospital.
The crash backed up traffic on both routes during the morning rush hour.