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Driver Airlifted After Escambia River Bridge Crash (With Photo Gallery)
October 20, 2010
The driver of a concrete truck was airlifted to the hospital following a crash on the Highway 4 bridge over the Escambia River Wednesday morning.
Officials said it appeared the driver suffered a medical problem that caused the accident. According to witnesses, the westbound driver first struck the westbound side of the bridge before traveling across both lanes of traffic into the eastbound guardrail. He then traveled several hundred feet along the guardrail before coming to a stop.
The driver was transported by LifeFlight to an area hospital. His condition was not immediately available.
The accident, which happened just after 8 a.m., was just inside Santa Rosa County.
For a photo gallery from the scene, click here.
The accident is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. The Century Station of Escambia Fire Rescue, the Jay Fire Department, Escambia County EMS and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the crash.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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10 Responses to “Driver Airlifted After Escambia River Bridge Crash (With Photo Gallery)”
I came up upon this on the morning that it happened, I surely do hope that he is doing ok…
by the way I’m not saying all the first responders are not…..
Thanks to them also…..
Thank goodness no one else was injured.,
I hope the driver does well.
What I would like to hear more of is the Steve Stanton….
IS HE A HERO……
is there more to this story……william?
who was this masked man…lol
Wow, we saw this truck this morning as I was taking my kids to school. My son commented about how it looked like a bowling pin. Sure hope the driver is going to be ok!
I would like to thank all the Emergency Responders as well as the Escambia County Sheriffs Dept. for their quick response this morning . We are so thankful that noone was injured in this accident, it could have been tragic. Also thanks to Steve Stanton for his heroic act to get the truck turned off & stopped. I would like to report that our driver was admitted to the hospital and is resting comfortably.
Thank you, William and Oversight, for that information. I’d bet those flat tires slowed that huge, heavy truck down significantly. Scary.
We actually saw this man turning on to Highway 4 at the Hwy 89 intersection in Jay this morning. Prayers to him and his family. Thankful this didn’t happen in Jay where there was lots of school traffic this morning.
“I wonder how all those tires became flat.”
There is an auto inflation/deflation device on the truck (notice the air hoses connected to the tires on the rear in the photo). The system was most likely damaged on the other side of the truck as it grated along the safety wall.
>I wonder how all those tires became flat.
The tires are flat from traveling down the concrete guardrail. Both sides of the truck traveled down the guardrail.
Oh, my gosh! That’s terrible. I hope the driver will be o.k.
I wonder how all those tires became flat.