REMEMBER : USE QUALITY SAFETY CHAIN FOR YOUR HITCH/TRAILER

[albin25]

These are two very lucky campers (and, their two dogs are lucky too!)

And... to ALL the heroic responders .... holy mackerel !!! (You guys are gonna need to figure out who gets the honor to play you in the movie version.)

Idaho State Police Troopers Complete Heroic Rescue After Pickup Goes Over the Malad Bridge on Interstate 84 in Southern Idaho

MALAD, ID - On Monday, March 15, 2021, Idaho State Troopers responded to a vehicle crash that turned into a heroic rescue after a pickup truck pulling a camp trailer

www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com

" ... first Troopers arrived on scene, they discovered the pickup had gone over the edge of the bridge and was held only by a safety chain connected to a camp trailer."

edited to add some photos (that crack in the earth is estimated at about 125 feet deep)

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[Soli]

Highest respect to all the responders. Salute!

 

[kmk1012]

All I can say is WOW! What a ride that would have been.

 

[Lilhigbee]

That was close!! They almost died of COViD, and their dogs too!!

 

[clearconscience]

Thats a max pucker factor for sure

 

[arakboss]

That is nuts. Great effort by all including the chains.

 

[arakboss]

Good thing they weren't in a Chevy or a Dodge

 

[Provincial]

If it had been a Dodge with a Cummins, the engine would have been rescued before the people!

 

[kmk1012]

If it had been a Dodge with a Cummins, the engine would have been rescued before the people!

Gotta love the new Fiat Diesels!!! LOL

 

[arakboss]

If it had been a Dodge with a Cummins, the engine would have been rescued before the people!

If it had been superduty with powerstroke the driver would have just put it in reverse and backed up on to the bridge

 

[CountryGent]

Yiiiiiiiiiikes.

 

[kmk1012]

If it had been superduty with powerstroke the driver would have just put it in reverse and backed up on to the bridge

I o lol I've my new F350, fixed my "In spec Chevy" with this Ford!