MILWAUKEE (AP) – A driver who survived when his pickup fell about 21 feet from a smooth Wisconsin interchange said he felt grateful to be alive.
Richard Lee Oliver, in an interview aired Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” he was on his way to his mother’s house when his truck hit snow on the shoulder of a viaduct in the Milwaukee area.
“There was just too much snow on the side of the road, that once the tires landed like two feet of snow, no vehicle of any kind could be controlled,” Oliver said. He was admitted to the hospital with a broken back and a broken leg. other injuries.
A camera from Wisconsin’s Department of Transportation captured Saturday’s crash in which the bakkie can be seen falling over the barrier line and falling down to the interstate as cars pass by. The truck landed upright on the right shoulder of the western lanes of Interstate 94.
Oliver, the father of a 6-month-old, said he was grateful for the two people who came to his aid, including a man who helped him make a call.
“He helped me in the bed of my truck and helped me call my mom in case I was not going to pick it up,” he said.