![]() ![]() Oliver said two bystanders witnessed the crash and immediately rushed to his aid. There's no controlling a vehicle of any kind," he said. "There was just too much snow on the side of the road that once the tires got into like 2 foot of snow. Oliver said once his truck hit the snow, he completely lost control. The northbound lanes of Highway 175 near American Family Field have reopened after being closed for nearly five hours Tuesday evening as crews cleaned up from a crash. The driver of that truck, Richard Lee Oliver, and his fiance, Candice Haid, spoke out about the accident for the very first time from his hospital bed Thursday. Taxi driver killed in crash on Milwaukee's lakefront WISN Wrong-way driver on I-43 cited with OWI WISN Two people sentenced in mass shooting after Bucks game last May WISN Advertisement. It happened on I-94 at the Zoo Interchange. The vehicle plummeted 70 feet to the road below, somehow avoiding any other cars. Traffic cameras captured a truck flipping over a highway overpass just days ago in Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee driver who plunged from an icy highway overpass, miraculously surviving the 70-foot-fall, is speaking out in an ABC exclusive interview. Video of that crash is included in the report above.A Milwaukee driver whose truck plunged 70 feet off an icy overpass is speaking out after the accident. No one was injured in the crash, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. literally chipping away at the snow and ice to get that removed," Santiago said.įour years ago, WISC-TV reported, the driver of a small pickup died in a similar crash when he vehicle went over the edge of a ramp that had built-up snow. and the interstate was reopen by 6:30 p.m. "The snow is hard as concrete, so a lot of our equipment is out there, basically chipping away. 27 News: Download Our Apps Car crashes off Milwaukee bridge, 3 people dead Updated 0 MILWAUKEE (WKOW) - The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating after a car suspected of drug dealing sped away from officers and drove off a bridge. A 77-year-old man died Monday afternoon as he was walking across the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge in downtown Milwaukee, police said. "The biggest risk with that is the melting and the freezing creates sort of a ramp, a natural ramp," said Milwaukee County's Director of Highways and Maintenance Eddie Santiago. Road crews operating plows and giant snow blowers try to prevent the buildup of snow on overpasses. When Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies arrived, the pickup was sitting upright, the driver was conscious and breathing, and two motorists were rendering first aid. MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee driver who plunged from an icy highway overpass, miraculously surviving the 70-foot-fall, is speaking out in an ABC exclusive interview. ![]() The piled-up snow basically defeated the purpose of the ramp's barrier wall. was injured when their squad car rolled over near an overpass during a high-speed chase with a. The video shows that the pickup hit a snowbank on the right shoulder of the interchange flyover. The accident happened Saturday on I-94 in West Allis, Wisconsin, but WISC-TV didn't obtain the Wisconsin Department of Transportation video until Monday. A driver in the Milwaukee area is lucky to be alive after his pickup skidded on a highway interchange, was launched over the edge on a ramp of built-up snow and ice, and landed on the interstate 70 feet below. ![]()
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