Woman Walks Away After Semitruck Flattens Her Car

Nov. 18, 2021 -- First responders expected the worst erstwhile they arrived astatine a wreck country connected I-5 successful Washington state.

A tractor trailer rear-ended a 2015 Nissan Altima Tuesday day connected the Skagit River Bridge adjacent Mount Vernon. The interaction folded the car successful fractional and near it flattened underneath the truck’s wheels.

"There's nary way, nary mode idiosyncratic survived that," said witnesser Mike DeWitt, according to TV presumption KTRK.

But an serviceman got a astonishment erstwhile helium approached the wreck, authorities trooper Rocky Oliphant said.

"He walked up, helium walked astir the car and helium heard, 'Help!' and helium said, 'Oh my goodness,'" Oliphant said.

A tow motortruck lifted the beforehand wheels of the tractor-trailer disconnected the car and the 46-year-old pistillate who’d been driving crawled retired of a spread wherever the rider model utilized to be.

She walked distant from the mangled car nether her ain power, KRTK reported

“There’s truly not a connection to picture this collision,” Oliphant tweeted. “Miraculously believed to beryllium insignificant injuries. The car was struck from behind, folded the car successful half, and semi came to remainder connected apical of the car. In my 14-year career, I person ne'er seen thing similar it.”

The pistillate lone had symptom successful her caput and ribs, troopers said. The operator of the semi was cited for pursuing excessively closely.