Three Saved in Tricky Rescue

THREE PEOPLE WERE RESCUED THURSDAY MORNING in Fort Worth, Texas, following a near-tragic highway accident.  The crash occurred on an I-20 freeway flyover involving a tractor-trailer and a Honda Civic and left the cab of the truck dangling over the side of the bridge and the tiny car crushed beneath the empty tanker trailer.

KTVT-TV / AP

The truck's driver and the two passengers in the Honda were all alive and relatively well when the Fort Worth FD arrived on the scene around 4 am.  An aerial ladder was used to reach the truck driver and he was carefully eased out of the cab and onto the aerial.  This video clip from KXAS-TV captures the removal of the truck driver:

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A crane was brought in to stabilize the truck while a 3-hour extrication was used to free the occupants of the car.

A crane supports the cab while the firefighters work to extricate
the occupants of the red car seen under the trailer.  (Dallas Morning News photo)

The truck driver was uninjured and the auto passengers had only minor injuries.

CBS/DFW filed this good video report that includes some aerial views of the scene:

The cause of the crash is under investigation still.