MILWAUKEE (AP) – A driver who survived when his pickup truck crashed about 21 feet from a slippery Wisconsin exit said he was grateful he was still alive.
Richard Lee Oliver, in an interview that aired Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” said he was on his way to his mother’s house when his truck hit snow on the shoulder of a Milwaukee-area overpass.
“There was just too much snow on the side of the road that once the tires hit like half a meter of snow, no vehicle can be driven,” said Oliver, who was hospitalized with a broken back and back. a broken leg. other injuries.
A Wisconsin Department of Transportation camera captured Saturday’s crash showing the pick-up tipping over the barrier wall and plunging down the freeway as cars pass by The truck landed upright on the right shoulder of the western lanes of Interstate 94.
Oliver, the father of a six-month-old, said he is grateful to the two people who came to his aid, including a man who helped him call.
“He got me into the bed of my truck and helped me call my mom in case I didn’t make it,” he said.