A dashcam clip now gives viewers an inside POV of a semi-truck crashing and then dangling from George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge.
The George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, also known locally as the Second Street Bridge, is a four-lane cantilevered truss bridge that crosses the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana.
The driver of the semi-truck, Sydney Thomas, reportedly lost control of the vehicle during a multi-car crash on March 1, 2024.
In the dashcam video, an oncoming pickup truck is seen swerving out of its lane to avoid a stalled vehicle before it crashes into the semi. The impact causes the cabin of the semi to hit the side and dang off the bridge. Authorities say the vehicle was suspended 75 feet above the Ohio River.
Dash cam video from Clark Memorial Bridge accident from Spectrum Networks on Vimeo.
Thankfully, Louisville firefighters were able to rescue Thomas by using an aerial laddy and pulley to get her to safety. Thomas’ semi-truck was dangling for 45 minutes before the rescue operation occurred.
The terrifying video was played on Wednesday, May 15, during a hearing for the pickup truck driver, 33-year-old Trevor Branham. He was charged with four counts of wanton endangerment and one count of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.
TMZ reports that while Branham was accused of speeding before the crash, his legal team stated it was an everyday accident. They also pointed out there were no serious injuries or deaths caused by the accident.
A grand jury is set to review the cash next month.
Mother of Semi-Truck Driver in Ohio River Bridge Recently Spoke Out
During an interview with WHAS 11, the mother of Sydney Thomas, the semi-driver involved in the March 1 bridge accident, recalled receiving a phone call about her daughter’s terrifying crash.
“My heart was breaking,” Sitoya “Torrie” Carver said. “There was nowhere I could go… but just try to compose myself at that point. The only thing that got me together at that point mentally…. I heard her voice. I heard her voice, she was screaming. So I knew she was alive.”
Carver then shared she was at work as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service when she heard about her daughter’s semi-truck crash. She immediately dropped everything and rushed to the hospital caring for her daughter.
“When I looked in my daughter’s eyes, it was just shock,” she explained. “It looked like she was crying blood. She just kept telling me when I was there, she said, ‘Mom, all I could see was death. I saw death look at me in the face.”
Carver and her husband, Charles, assisted in their daughter’s recovery by watching her 4-year-old son, Mason.