Semi truck crashes down 20 foot drop off, leads to reservoir

A truck driver survived however was pressured to swim to security after dropping management and crashing right into a reservoir in Vermont on Monday.

The incident occurred shortly earlier than 9 a.m. on July 3 in Wilmington, Vermont.

In accordance with Wilmington Police Division, Vermont, 53 yr outdated New York-based truck driver David Miller was working a 2020 Mack Truck towing an empty 53’ field refrigerated trailer when he “traveled off the journey portion of VT Route 9 for about 300 ft, crossing over Oxbow Loop, and proceeded off a 20’ drop, coming to relaxation in Harriman Reservoir.”

Throughout the crash, the tractor disconnected from the trailer.

“The tractor sunk within the reservoir ending up submerged underneath roughly 20’ of water. The operator was in a position to exit the automobile on his personal, and swam to the shoreline the place he was holding onto a tree,” Wilmington Police mentioned.

The empty field trailer was floating within the reservoir when first responders arrived on the scene.

Miller was rescued and transported to a hospital for remedy of his accidents.

Each the truck and trailer have been hoisted out of the water by 5 p.m. on July 3.

The crash stays underneath investigation.