A public service worker in Louisiana was struck by an 18 -wheeler and left hanging on the road as he repaired a hitchhiking on an animated intersection while his colleague rushed to save him from a serious injury.
Frightening images filmed by a driver waiting for a red light captured the chaotic incident playing in front of motorists shocked on Wednesday afternoon in the city of Denham Springs, Louisiana, 18 miles east of red stick.
The vehicles began to turn off the exit ramp I-12 and on avenue Range, where the public service team was carrying out maintenance work on the traffic lights above the right track.
The large semi-trailer tractor appeared in the frame while it was transformed into the outer track and broken in the occupied arm of the bucket truck, according to images shared online by Bill Atkinson.
The impact shaken the unidentified worker in the basket, who partially broke his arm, sending the flying worker upside down.
Fortunately, the worker was attached to the bucket, but he was left suspended on the road while his colleague rushed to save him.
The debris and tools were dispersed around the road below.
“This is a mandate that we have: when you are in this bucket truck, you will have this harness,” said transport director of the parish of the Red East Baton, Fred Raiford, According to WBRz.
Raiford said he didn’t know how the big rig would have made this turn without hitting the bucket truck or a post on the other side of the road.
The worker suffered minor injuries but was not taken to hospital, Denham police said at the point of sale.
The semi-camon driver stopped after the accident, telling the officials that he did not know how low the bucket was low above the street.
The front of the trailer crashed at the bottom of the basket in which the unidentified worker was, which made him break in the bucket of the utility vehicle.
The Department of Transport and Development of Louisiana has resumed the investigation because the traffic light is managed by the State.
