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http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...1f6033&k=19523
EDMONTON - The driver of a tractor-trailer travelling the wrong way down Yellowhead Trail is dead after plunging off an overpass in Edmonton's west end this afternoon.
Police began receiving reports of a semi going east in the westbound lanes of Yellowhead Trail shortly after 1 p.m., said spokeswoman Karen Carlson.
The tractor-trailer drove the wrong way for at least 15 kilometres, seemingly trying to target oncoming traffic, said trucker Ken Kerlak, who was having his truck serviced at the Peterbilt shop near 184th Street. He did not witness the accident, but he said he talked to several motorists who saw it all.
A semi truck and trailer lie underneath the Yellowhead Trail near 184 street. The driver was killed after smashing into a guard rail and crashing onto the railway tracks below.
Kerlak said several cars swerved off the highway to avoid the truck; others rear-ended each other.
The tractor-trailer finally climbed the cement barrier along the south side of the overpass, rode the cement barrier as if it was on a monorail, then toppled off and landed upside down beside the train tracks.
The impact sheared off the truck's fuel tanks and it burst into flames, Kerlak said.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thats some crazy chit right there.
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...1f6033&k=19523
EDMONTON - The driver of a tractor-trailer travelling the wrong way down Yellowhead Trail is dead after plunging off an overpass in Edmonton's west end this afternoon.
Police began receiving reports of a semi going east in the westbound lanes of Yellowhead Trail shortly after 1 p.m., said spokeswoman Karen Carlson.
The tractor-trailer drove the wrong way for at least 15 kilometres, seemingly trying to target oncoming traffic, said trucker Ken Kerlak, who was having his truck serviced at the Peterbilt shop near 184th Street. He did not witness the accident, but he said he talked to several motorists who saw it all.
A semi truck and trailer lie underneath the Yellowhead Trail near 184 street. The driver was killed after smashing into a guard rail and crashing onto the railway tracks below.
Kerlak said several cars swerved off the highway to avoid the truck; others rear-ended each other.
The tractor-trailer finally climbed the cement barrier along the south side of the overpass, rode the cement barrier as if it was on a monorail, then toppled off and landed upside down beside the train tracks.
The impact sheared off the truck's fuel tanks and it burst into flames, Kerlak said.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Thats some crazy chit right there.
