![]() ![]() Video of that crash is included in the report above. ![]() 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. ![]() "The snow is hard as concrete, so a lot of our equipment is out there, basically chipping away. "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. 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. 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. The piled-up snow basically defeated the purpose of the ramp's barrier wall. 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. Saturday in the Zoo Interchange, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, was captured by a Wisconsin Department. The location of 14,000 lakes, Wisconsin is a dream destination for outdoor sporting enthusiasts year-round. The accident, which happened just before 10 a.m. Wisconsin: The Dairy State The land of lakes, amazing natural resources, outdoor sporting opportunities, cranberry bogs, and cheese Wisconsin, a name meaning 'grassy place' in the Chippewa language, is a vast and beautiful region. 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. (CBS) Watch the moment a driver lost control of his truck and fell 70 feet off an overpass in Milwaukee on Saturday. MILWAUKEE A driver is lucky to be alive after his truck careened off an exit ramp bridge in Wisconsin and plunged about 70 feet, landing in the lanes of Interstate 94. ![]()
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