'She was just praying': Driver miraculously rescued as semi-truck dangles off bridge over Ohio River



Kentucky firefighters made a death-defying rescue of a truck driver who had veered off the Clark Memorial Bridge due to an accident, causing the cab of the semi-truck to dangle off the bridge over the water.

A Louisville firefighting crew made the rescue of a Sysco truck driver as the vehicle hung over the Ohio River. The truck crashed through the bridge's guardrail and was wedged between two steel beams that were thankfully secure enough to hold the truck in place for more than half an hour.

The truck reportedly crossed a traffic lane, Fox News noted, with firefighting officials stating that two other vehicles had been involved in the accident.

Dramatic video was captured from multiple angles as a rescue worker was lowered down on a harness to the truck driver, still in the driver's seat, as the semi was suspended some 70 feet above the water.

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"This is a once-in-a-career type of thing," Louisville Fire Chief Brian O'Neill told reporters in a video posted by WLKY. "[It was] a pretty serious wreck that included two vehicles plus the semi. The two vehicles were in pretty bad shape, the semi was dangling off the edge of the second-street bridge," O'Neill added.

One crash victim was escorted to hospital immediately, fire officials stated, and the only other hospitalized person from the incident was the truck driver, for precautionary reasons.

Fire Chief O'Neill explained that it took his crew about 40 minutes to set up a rope system and rappel down to the driver.

"She was just praying, she was praying a lot, so I prayed with her," said Bryce Carden, the firefighter who made the rescue.

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Sysco, a food distribution company, released remarks in regard to the incident.

"Sysco is enormously grateful to rescue services and law enforcement who quickly and safely resolved the accident on the Clark Memorial Bridge today," a spokesperson told Fox News. "We are thankful our Sysco colleague is safe and thank the first responders for their courageous efforts rescuing our driver. Safety is a priority at Sysco, and we are cooperating with the law enforcement investigation."

Early reports have been unclear as to how or why the truck crossed lanes before crashing through the guardrails. The bridge is closed at the time of this publication and repairs will need to be made to the bridge's structure.

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Severed leg of truck driver found 50 miles from where he was fatally struck by SUV on interstate highway



A commercial truck driver's severed leg was found on Interstate 10 in Texas — 50 miles from where the victim was fatally struck by an SUV, also on Interstate 10.

What are the details?

A motorist spotted what appeared to be a human leg in the interstate's eastbound lanes in Cibolo on March 22, KSAT-TV reported, adding that police shut down the interstate and secured the area while they investigated.

Detectives called other agencies and learned of a fatal accident earlier in the day on the interstate in Boerne, which is 50 miles away, the station said.

“The leg was turned over to them to see if there was a connection,” a Cibolo police spokesman told KSAT.

It was determined that the remains were related to the fatal accident involving commercial truck driver Jeremy McGee, 48, of Kerrville, the station said.

McGee pulled over to the right-hand shoulder of I-10 and exited his truck when an SUV motorist hit him, KSAT said.

Boerne officials said the body part became lodged on a passing truck and then dislodged in Cibolo, the station said.

Boerne and Cibolo are northwest and northeast of San Antonio, respectively. Interstates 410 and 35 — and smaller roads — intersect with I-10 in San Antonio, and it doesn't appear clear what route the truck traveled between Boerne and Cibolo.

“By the next day our investigators positively identified the body part belonged to Mr. McGee before his burial,” Boerne Communications Director Chris Shadrock said, according to KSAT.

Shadrock added to the station that the accident investigation continues, but police at this time don’t expect to file any charges against the SUV driver.

Anything else?

A previous KSAT story, citing police, noted that when McGee pulled over his truck, the headlights were on, a right-side blinker was flashing, but the emergency flashers were not activated.

The driver who hit McGee immediately pulled over and remained at the scene, the station said, adding that the 7 a.m. accident led to major delays in the area.

Republican truck driver for furniture store who reportedly spent only $153 on his campaign is poised to unseat powerful Democratic NJ Senate president



One hundred and fifty-three dollars.

Reportedly that's all truck driver Edward Durr spent on his New Jersey state Senate campaign — $66.64 to buy food and drinks for staff and $86.67 for paper flyers and business cards, according to WCAU-TV.

Yet Durr — a 58-year-old Republican who drives for furniture store Raymour & Flanigan and has never held political office — on Wednesday led powerful Democratic state Senate President Steve Sweeney by about 2,000 votes, Politico reported.

The outlet noted that Sweeney has helmed the state Senate for a dozen years and is the second most powerful official in New Jersey government.

"I have no idea what's going on. I am really trying to grasp all of this," an overwhelmed Durr told WTXF-TV early Wednesday morning outside his south Jersey home. "I knew it would be a major upset."

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Durr is facing off against Sweeney in the 3rd Legislative District, which includes parts of Gloucester, Cumberland, and Salem counties, Politico said, adding that Durr lost a 2019 bid for the Assembly.

"I kept telling myself and telling people I was going to do it, but in the back of my mind I was like, 'You know, how am I going to beat the Senate president?'" he told the outlet.

But Durr noted to Politico that he started thinking he could have a chance as he sat with his family in his living room Tuesday night.

"My daughter was sitting next to me," he recounted to the outlet Wednesday morning. "She laughed at me and said, 'Dad, you've got tears running down my face.'"

Durr is a lifelong resident of the Garden State with three children and six grandchildren, and NJ.com said there was "little fanfare" when he announced his candidacy in early 2021.

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He compared his quest in challenging Sweeney to restoring a rusted, broken down 1964 Mustang that's sitting on bald tires in his front yard. Like the car, New Jersey had good bones and a strong foundation. "What it requires now is someone to show it a little TLC," Durr said.

He built his bare-bones campaign at the grassroots level, walking door-to-door throughout the district, wearing jeans and tennis shoes and introducing himself to voters. In ads, Durr is hopping down from his commercial-grade truck or revving the engine on his motorcycle, appearing like the quintessential suburban dad -- and in stark contrast to Sweeney, often besuited and photographed over lecterns in the state capital.

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Politico said for this election there has been a high turnout in districts with large blue-collar populations, and they've been pulling the levers for Republicans like mad.

"I've said this before: I'm as blue-collar as you're ever going to find," Durr added to WTXF.

He also pointed out to Politico the problems he's seen with the current regime.

"You have the debacle of unemployment. The masking of the kids in school. You have Senator Sweeney trying to take away people's medical freedom rights," Durr added to Politico. "I think the perfect storm was that he stepped into a pile of you-know-what and couldn't get out of it because he didn't know which way to turn. I just tapped into the right focus."

He also told the outlet that he views himself as a "constitutional conservative" who's in favor of cutting taxes (income, corporate, and other state taxes) to help "businesses to grow" and reducing property taxes. Durr also wants abortion stopped and favors a law that would outlaw it if a fetal heartbeat is detected, Politico added.

Plus, he's a big Second Amendment backer who said in a recent YouTube interview that running into roadblocks getting a concealed carry permit spurred him to run for office, the outlet reported.

Anything else?

According to NJ.com, the state's Senate Democrats were scheduled to pick new caucus leadership on Thursday, but Sweeney postponed the meeting.

"Due to the closeness of several State Senate elections, the Leadership Caucus scheduled for tomorrow will be delayed," Sweeney said, according to the outlet. "The Caucus will be rescheduled once the result of every Senate election is determined."

Should Durr prevail, NJ.com said it would prove "one of the most unthinkable upsets in New Jersey political history."

Here's a campaign clip from Durr:

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