Louisville’s Mayor Craig Greenberg said on Saturday that Louisville, KY.
The dramatic photographs and videos captured the driver’s rescue on the side of the George Rogers Clarke Memorial Bridge on Friday, linking Louisville, Kentki to Southern Indiana.
The Louisville Metro police said on Friday that the truck driver was rejected, but three other cars were involved in the accident, and two people were probably rushed to the hospital with deadly injuries.
This photo provided by Louisville Division of Fire, Louisville Fire Department. Saves the driver of the semitrak, hanging the Clarke Memorial Bridge on the Ohio River in Louisville on Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP through Louisville Division of Fire)
At a press conference on Saturday, Greenberg said that a person is hospitalized with serious injuries.
Greenberg said that the accident occurred when a vehicle on a south side hit a stalled car and crossed the north side, where he hit the tractor-trailer and hit it via railing and hanged uncertainly from the side of the bridge.
The accident was reported immediately after noon on Friday. After that, it took about 40 minutes to install a rope system and get a fire fighter, Bryas Cardon, ready to raped down for the cab, the driver hook until a safety harness and safely back to the bridge surface, Luisville Fire Chief Brian O’Nell said in a press conference on Friday. He was rushed to the hospital as a precaution.
The picture provided by the Louisville Division of Fire, Louisville Fire Department, saves the driver of the Louisville Fire Fighter Bryas Cardon Semitk, which is closing the Clark Memorial Bridge on the Ohio River at Luisville, KY on Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP through Louisville Division of Fire)
Greenberg said on Saturday that he spoke to the driver rescued, who have not been identified.
“He is incredibly brave. He is incredibly lucky, ”he said.
Greenberg thanked Kardan and the first respondents as well as the transport staff for their response.
Kentki’s State Highway Engineer, James Ballinger, said on Saturday that the bridge would need to be repaired by an accident, especially for a pedestrian pavement, its structural integrity was not compromised. Officials hoped to open the bridge on Saturday evening.
The bridge takes about 24,000 vehicles a day over the Ohio River.
The truck was removed from the bridge at around 8 pm on Friday night.