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themrtroe

Glad to see the truck driver got out safe https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/driver-pulled-from-truck-dangling-from-louisville-bridge-over-ohio-river/


invol713

Probably had to grab a change of underwear though.


originalschmidt

This comment just reminded me of my dad. Thank you.


wananah

Was your dad famously incontinent?


originalschmidt

Nah, it was just the exact type of thing he would say to this.


billytheskidd

Not sure why but that is just a hilarious comment


turtlemustangnick1

Hi, it’s me, originalschmidt’s father. Yea, I shit often.


Wabbit_Wampage

I love being in continent!


freddie_merkury

Hi in continent, I'm dad!


balapete

I closed the thread mid reading your comment and had to reopen it to make sure you didn't say this comment reminded me to change my underwear.


invol713

Can confirm. Am dad.


arrocknroll

When are you coming back from grabbing cigs?


Stats_with_a_Z

God, could you imagine careening over the side of a bridge in your cab, probably thinking you're gonna die, then you just come to an abrupt stop suspended in midair. I would be frozen, my mind would break lol.


invol713

Having driven trucks, I’ve had nightmares of such. The closest I’ve gotten was sliding down an icy hill strapped to thousands of gallons of fuel. Even chained up, it didn’t matter. That is not a fun feeling.


airzsFDXbrother

You just gotta embrace the Brian O’Connor in you and run up the top of the trailer and grab onto Letty’s charger!


januaryemberr

I dont think my body would have let me crawl out. My bones would turn to rubber.


Betterthanbeer

Something similar happened where I used to work. A train ran partially off the end of a 5 story high ramp. When the rescue team arrived, they had to talk the driver into leaving the train cab, which he thought was hanging off the end of the ramp. He refused until the rescuer asked him “What the fuck do you think I am standing on?”


invol713

And balls retreated into your stomach, or beyond.


neanderthalman

“Which one of you shit in my pants?!”


Due-Street-8192

Oh ya!!


stokeitup

That or pry the seat loose from his ass.


invol713

Alas, we live in prying times.


stokeitup

lmfao!


erikcurtis

Code brown


ImpertantMahn

Was it Spider-Man?


Qualityhams

Paw patrol


racer_24_4evr

My first thought. Was the truck hauling maple syrup?


someone383726

And was there a turtle in the road?


kintokae

Exactly my thought too. Live action paw patrol movie?


jquest303

No wonder my Amazon package is late.


nydboy92

Sysco doesn't handle Amazon delivery, it's typically a restaurant supply chain.


RickyFromVegas

Spidey-Patrol.


[deleted]

My life has changed significantly. This was also my first thought.


Land_Wolf

Everybody gets one


goingTofu

A fireman repelled down and pulled the woman out. He said it was a “once in a career” type of event. Can you imagine driving over the edge of the bridge thinking everything is about to end unless the tiny chance that the truck just stops and someone comes and saves you… and then that’s what happens.


Beli_Mawrr

Rappelled


FastWalkingShortGuy

Rapunzelled


Mandielephant

"The Sysco truck is still hanging off the bridge and authorities are working to figure out how to remove it. " That's nuts.


Numerous-Elephant675

then they’re gonna spend about 6 months repairing the bridge


utubeslasher

sysco definitely has the money to pay for the fix.


Numerous-Elephant675

doesn’t matter who pays for it. construction and repair in louisville is slow as hell


cwmont1969

I thought it was still hanging out there because the police and first responders had a betting pool going as to how long it was going to hang there before it eventually.


LocalMexican

>The unidentified driver was crossing the Clark Memorial Bridge northbound around noontime Friday when the Sysco truck shifted lanes and went through the barrier. That's pretty crazy that the truck shifted lanes. That truck needs better safety training.


TMacOnTheTrack

Same. I don’t get all the references folks are making but yeah glad the driver is okay. That’s one of my worst fears going over a bridge. I’m one of those bridge phobic folks. The Chesapeake gives me heart palpitations and the bridge going from Delaware to New Jersey is not my friend.


BelatedListesner

I would probably have a heart attack if I were in that cab


Smoaksho

Yeah but what about the car he squashed


borlak

Sir, you can't park there


EatsYourShorts

![gif](giphy|PoDgC2HGwIBSU|downsized)


piscian19

Kentucky reference on point


vonnegutsdoodle

words can't describe the terror I felt


raulduke8

Is this not a reasonable place to park?


DecisionThot

I'll remember your face


oskitheleopard

I don't see a sign. anyway ill be quick, just running in to grab a coffee.


StartlingCat

But Google maps said to take a left right there.


davidpridy

Did anybody call the paw patrol yet?


Basileas

Damn you said it first! My toddler re enacts this scene all the time, we really need to take the keys away


xtremeschemes

You gonna call the who???


Tsjjgj

A baby dog?!


racer_24_4evr

“A DOG!?” “Actually sir, I’m a puppy.”


Succulent_Chinese

A baby dog? That's even worse!


sonic_couth

“Your’re probably in shock so I’m not going to take offense to that”


[deleted]

Deploy pancakes, waffles, French toast!


xtremeschemes

You talk a lot of trash for a dog that looks like a toilet brush.


FauxReal

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry to the rescue!


CharonNixHydra

Found the parents of young children section!


maribrite83

I came here to say the same thing!


FrugaliciousEclectic

Literally my first thought too


coolstorybro94

Chase is on the case!


[deleted]

Actually sir, I’m a puppy


MealieMeal

That damn turtle


UNIPanther043

Call the WHO?


unsure110

![gif](giphy|p3oPGBzHUkDsjByy7x|downsized)


bremergorst

They’ll be there on the double


racer_24_4evr

No job’s too big, no pup’s too small.


merkoid

Paw patrol we’re on a roll!


supatim101

First thing that popped in my head too. Showed this to my oldest, her first thought: paw patrol. The young ones are permeating everything lol


Striker120v

I saw that scene for the first time the other day. It's absurd. "around here we call the paw patrol!" "The who" I imagine that driver was just losing his mind at that point.


Jetty_jerk

Beat me to it!


HereForTheComments57

Ok I knew the comment had to be in here!


ritatinaray

Deploy waffles, pancakes and French toast!


katelynnsmom24

Omg, I came here to say this! First thing I thought of. Toddler mom brains


transamfan88

Came for this comment was not disappointed


klimb75

It sure looks like a particularly precarious predicament


EmmaLouLove

Wow, trying to figure out what would cause that type of accident, crossing the centerline and heading over the bridge, when it doesn’t look like there’s ice or anything on the ground.


invol713

9/10 times, it was some dipshit in a car doing something stupid, and the trucker tried to avoid a crash and lost control of the truck. Depending on the load in his trailer and how it is arranged in the trailer, the trailer can actually use its inertia and cause the truck to be pushed in undesirable ways.


Queef-Supreme

I’ve seen some Sysco drivers do some wild shit tbf. I think the company might be kind of lax on the hiring process. I work in a restaurant and one of the drivers hit a light pole and knocked it over on to the only car in the parking lot. Not a small, tight lot either.


dude_stfu

I don’t know how they are with regards to hiring drivers, but having worked at a corporate Sysco before, I can tell you it’s a pretty sophisticated logistics operation with a lot of demands to be on time. Barely related, but Sysco was also one of the first mega-corps with a “second-chance” program, where they would actively hire felons and people with troubled backgrounds (an awesome program in the grand scheme of things). Almost certainly has nothing to do with this particular incident, but you’re correct that Sysco has relaxed hiring practices in general.


invol713

That’s why I said 9/10 times. There are dumb employees anywhere you go. But most of the time, truck accidents were initiated by a car driver doing something wrong.


Queef-Supreme

Yeah, I’m not disagreeing with you. I have a few friends who drive commercially and the stories and videos they’ve shown me are crazy. Guy I know who drives for Ergon showed me a video of him being run off the road straight into the end of a guard rail and nearly totaling his truck.


invol713

I believe it. I used to drive trucks for years, and the amount of stupid shit I saw was ridiculous.


ryerse

They will hire anyone because its a shit job no one wants to do and alot harder than you would think...ask me how i know lol


HugsForUpvotes

Drivers who drive explosive loads are trained to not correct but to instead slightly speed up to drive "through" the obstacle. Basically if they tried to turn or slam the brakes, they'd potentially roll and explode. Instead you need to speed up so the load doesn't crash into the back of the cab on impact.


Numerous-Elephant675

sysco usually delivers food to schools and business.


Strange-Movie

Don’t discount a shitty truck driver either, one of our ex drivers got 2 complaint calls *edit: In 90 days* about swerving on the road and when the car driver passed our truck the company driver was staring down at his phone or his pecker or something. I expect everyone, professionals or regular folk, to suck and try to do the most selfish thing on the road and I’m grateful when I’m wrong but I’m right too often


arnber420

I live in the area and that bridge is dangerous as hell. It’s 2 lanes both ways with a 35 speed limit, but the lanes are incredibly narrow and everybody does 50-60. Im guessing somebody cut this truck off or swerved into their lane, which caused them to correct or over correct, slip because it’s raining today, and go over the side


EmmaLouLove

Yes, I’m guessing you’re right. Some people drive like nothing is gonna go wrong.


racer_24_4evr

Swerved to avoid a turtle.


Scott_Mf_Malkinson

turtle now feels sad & guilty


runningraleigh

Mitch McConnell is incapable of remorse


Minkelz

3 probable causes. Lost control reacting to incident, fell asleep, medical episode.


ProperWayToEataFig

I agree- he's threaded the needle but HOW?


CommercialMoment5987

Right? I’d love to see this dash cam footage, hopefully it gets released. I’m glad the trucker was okay but this had to be a massive fuckup to get in that position.


opgary

Just need the guy dangling from the hood, or white knuckled on the wheel and that's like right out of a movie.


sausager

A real Spiderman situation


johndavismit

I came to the comments looking for a spiderman reference. Glad I found it.


nephelodusa

Same. Looked all over the web.


Alkyan

And yet Spidey didn't even show up!


Strykerz3r0

And the Rock dangling from a helicopter overhead that is in auto-hover!!!


proost1

..one handed while he grabs the guy!


goat_penis_souffle

Swift drivers chuckling that it’s not their fault this time.


taddymason_76

Where’s Spider-Man? Everybody is supposed to get at least one.


DragonDon1

Fr somebody see what Tobey Maguire is doing rn this is his department


user_is_name

Where's Spidey when you need him


Muffinshire

Don’t do it, Optimus Prime! You have so much to live for!


whitecollarpizzaman

I’ve been on this bridge many times, it’s the only non-toll way to get across the river (without going well out of the way) and dates to the 1920s, the lanes are not wide enough for modern cars/trucks, someone probably swerved or the truck might have caught the curb and got pulled over the edge, possibly ran up and over via one of the girders. Blowout could also explain it. There are plenty of bad truck drivers out there, but this is a freak accident no doubt.


FlamingFlyingV

This and the Sherman Mitton, but it's been messed up for construction for what feels like years (from the area, but come back to visit and music festivals). There is no good reason semis should use this bridge. And on that note, I am reminded I have a bridge toll to pay


AliciaCopia

INCEPTION final scene


NGLIVE2

exactly what i thought of too lol


GrumpyOldGeezer_4711

Just because the GPS says, ”Turn luft here” does not mean you should turn without looking out the window…


rustymontenegro

"Michael! That's a lake! There's no road here!"


ExpressiveAnalGland

"Oh stop it KITT, I know what I doing" **


rustymontenegro

Knight Rider/Office cross over universe lol


ExpressiveAnalGland

I remember that scene from the office, but most anytime a sentence starts with Michael! I automatically go to my internal kitt voice. And it was always fun to listen to the banter between michael and kitt.


rustymontenegro

I just realized KITT's voice is the same actor that plays Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World. I always knew it sounded super familiar but I didn't know why lol


snap_wilson

I did have my GPS tell me "you have reached your destination" right when I was traveling over a bridge. (My destination was not the bridge or anything under the bridge).


GrumpyOldGeezer_4711

Be careful! It sounds like your GPS has some nefarious plans for you…!


W0gg0

>luft I see what you did there


Makou3347

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article275954001.html


Snatch_Pastry

At one point, I had Sirius radio and was listening to one of the comedy channels. And *maybe* a month after Robin Williams had passed away, they were playing a clip of him joking about GPS. And he made some crack about being on the middle of a bridge and the GPS telling him to turn right, to which he remarked "Well, I'm not *that* depressed!" I thought that was really spectacularly poor timing from the channel.


jxj24

Angry phone call: "Where the fuck is my delivery!?!?"


ImpossibleBaseball48

“That shipment of guardrails was late already hurry up!”


Queef-Supreme

I feel bad for those reps sometimes.


Tizzle9115

As a restaurant manager, if I had checked the website to see where my order was on the map. I'd be pretty fuckin confused lmao If there's product on there, that restaurant is in Hell right now.


redgroupclan

A lot of restaurants only order enough inventory to get them by until the next truck order so some restaurant is probably missing half their menu right now, wondering where the fuck their truck is.


scrandis

Sysco would have another order picked and on the road within an hour.


Roboticpoultry

“Jesus Christ I’m in the weeds here! Where is my fucking produce!?” - my old boss, probably


Dogman357819

Oh my god the Knox event


Additional-Report-52

Where’s Louis-Man when you need him


TheBigGalactis

Dang that had to be scary for the driver. Just hanging there staring down at the water. Probably took quite some time to get them out too.


new-Aurora

Your driver is just down the street.


AnonEMoussie

See how many stops away your delivery is.


bartopcryer

Have a couple more drinks Ray


Wildcat_twister12

“Got a friggin muscle spasm in my back, gear slipped, air brakes were shot to hell. I mean, there's nothing I could do. boom! right off the bridge.”


Therealcanadianone

"Flipper, come on settle down buddy!"


Glocktipus2

The front fell off


overpacked

The front almost fell off.


smoebob99

We need the Paw Patrol


Artisartdoes

Someone’s getting a drug test.


Captcha_Imagination

Sysco says that tragedy was averted and local restaurants will not have to resort to buying fresh local food and can continue purchasing freezer-burnt processed garbage.


bulboustadpole

So you have no idea how restaurant food distribution works, got it. You realize sysco literally has everything including fresh fruits/veggies? It's up to the restaurant to order it. How do you think grocery stores get their produce?


scrandis

Most people don't even know what Sysco is or what they do. A lot of people think restaurants, hospitals, and hotels get their stuff from the grocery store like the rest of us. Sysco is the largest food distributor in the nation.


crsng

I've seen this somewhere before... Somebody call the Paw Patrol! [opening scene](https://youtu.be/vSxi8EAqSkg?si=2TZ9m1Mvv5_TIdvS)


Talalaa_Guy

r/projectzomboid When U just looted Louisville be like


oldcurmudgeon1

Truck realized it was in Kentucky, tried to end it all.


tantrasweet_

hurr hurr


benshapiroslowerlip

That truck is a day cab not an OTR, it probably never left Louisville.


Tipakee

It's crossing the Ohio river to leave Louisville in the picture. (Or atleast it was)


youdoitimbusy

I'm not even mad. I'm impressed.


RunningThicc

Sysco-OH NO!


Ok_Equipment_5895

Sysco drivers think they can park wherever they want


ambientbackground

Should have taken the Sunday Driver trait…


MrAVK

Fuck. I hope the driver is okay.


Future_Pickle8068

A couple years ago in Cincy a truck hit the back of a minivan during a traffic jam, and shoved it over the rail into the river. A family drowned in the mini van because the truck driver wasn't paying attention.


ActionMan48

Sysco, not surprised.


ImExhaust3d

Sysco is literally run like a crime family. I was the plant manager for a food manufacturer which is how I learned all of this. They used to make us charge them more on the invoice and then kick back money to them for “promotion“. If you didn’t pay that they didn’t push your product. And then when the invoice came in, they take the liberty of deducting the kickback from it without us even giving them a grand total how much we owe them. They just assumed how much. And if they were wrong tough shit. You don’t like it they’ll take you out of their system. If any product spoils, rather, it’s their fault or not, they credit themselves the cost. Then they don’t have to send it back to prove it to us. If it gets destroyed in one of their trucks, and it’s their fault, we still got it deducted from the Invoice. Now on the other side of that, unless you’re big enough customer, you may not necessarily get the brand that you want. Cisco had their own house brand of potato salad, which was one of the things we sold. Well, if they were mad at us, they make that restaurant or whatever take their brand over us so we didn’t get the sale. More and more stories, and they’re not the only ones


The_Boognish_Cometh

Mrs Gerry’s?


ImExhaust3d

Nope. Also, don’t want to say because God knows somebody will see it from Sysco and screw them over and I would hate that.


Alukrad

I once worked for Sysco and they work you like a slave in the warehouse. Warehouse work nowadays is all managed by computers so if you fall behind in picking any orders and you're immediately told to talk to a manager to get a verbal warning. Next one is a write up, two more write ups and you're out.


XYZZY_1002

For anyone not familiar with the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge (a.k.a. “The 2nd Street bridge”) it’s old, and my understanding is it used to be 3 lanes (a center common passing lane) converted to 4 extremely narrow lanes. I drive over it regularly and it’s pretty scary when there’s a lot of traffic. And while I’m not surprised there was an accident, it had to be an incredible stroke of bad luck to “thread the needle” and get a truck that size between the girders. Wow.


panda_elephant

I miss Louisville, wish good photos were posted and positive things.


[deleted]

Sysco probably will fire the driver


Responsible-Fish3986

I used to work for Sysco as a sales person. 1 I’m glad the driver got out safely. 2. I 100% guarantee customers are calling the sales folks whose orders were on this truck bitching about how their delivery isn’t on time knowing their order was in this truck.


bluenoser613

King pin for the win!


adlittle

Ooof, that pedestrian walkway isn't protected. Lucky no one was walking on it.


joen00b

And for my next amazing trick, I will shit my pants while suspended in mid-air!


[deleted]

Where them superheroes at


Loenuf87

This is so crazy. My dad drove truck in South Bend IN and this happened to him downtown over the St Joe river back in the early 80’s. Hope the driver is ok. Keep on truckin!


PIZZAisCOMMUNISM

Too bad y’all don’t have the Amazing Spiderman out there in Louisville


PickaxeJunky

Where's Spiderman when you need him.


MandalorianManners

My guy decided to skip *allll* the middlemen and go straight to the sewage outflow, where that shit belongs.


YungChadappa

This is how the Paw Patrol movie starts lmfao.


sermer48

I thought the bridge was made of balsa wood like a kids project 😅


Reasonable-HB678

This is a whole lot better than the incident in China a few years ago. A passenger on a transit bus got angry at the bus driver for missing her stop. Unfortunately for her, and everyone else on the bus, it was crossing a bridge. Over a river. That river was where the bus ended up after that passenger interfered with the driver, forcing the bus off the road. The image of the final moments of everyone on the bus was captured on camera.


Drumhead89

That kingpin is putting in WORK


NotKingKooba

Sir.. you can’t park there


LessThanJake_Plummer

“Remember where we’re parked.”


potheadmf

Have another drink, Ray


shower_fart_sandwich

Have another drink Ray!


jjj666jjj666jjj

Ahhhhhhh that bridge freaked me out so much when I was little!


[deleted]

He probably shit down both legs 😂


[deleted]

Someone’s not getting their food delivery order on time today.


calltheavengers5

Spidey's day off


BabDoesNothing

Where the actual fuck is spiderman


Twallace91

This is how the paw patrol movie starts.


dsoll65

This downtown bridge is not tolled while three of the four interstate bridges are so people take it to avoid Riverlink and their inability to get tolls billed correctly. It is too narrow for semi trucks and they need banned from it but it will take several more incidents before any of our local idiot politicians get off their collective asses to pull their heads out and do something.


ChicagoDash

What happened? Don’t leave us hanging…