Flying truck video number 3. This one had a tragic ending.
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This one we missed that STATter911.com Dwayne Harris found for us. It is the third truck flying off a highway video in the last five days. Unlike the other two, the trucker in this case in Grand Prairie, Texas did not walk away. He was killed. The rig was carrying a load of ceramic tile.
The North Texas Tollway Authority released video Monday that shows Saturday’s fatal fiery crash on the President George Bush Turnpike underneath Interstate 30 in Grand Prairie.
James Anthony Long, 59, of Clarksville, Tenn., was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck.
Police say the rig was westbound on I-30 when it veered off the right shoulder and slammed through a guardrail and retaining wall. The tractor trailer fell onto the toll road below and burst into flames.
Police officers working at a nearby lane closure quickly arrived. The officers and stopping drivers tried to rescue Long from the truck cab but were forced back as flames consumed the cab.
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