Some people might think getting caught under a semi-truck is only something that happens in movies, such as that scene at the beginning of “Christmas Vacation.”
However, it actually happened this week.
Officers from Overland Park, Kan., were dispatched to Interstate 435 Wednesday when a driver in a Kia got stuck under a big rig, the Kansas City Star reported.
“As officers sped to the area of Metcalf Avenue and I-435, the dispatcher advised that the truck was passing Antioch Road and continuing westbound on I-435,” said the report. It cited audio captured by Boradcastify.com.
Law enforcement caught up to the truck and stopped it near Lackman Road around 3:45 a.m. Police said the truck driver didn’t notice anything after the impact and kept driving until he was stopped by officers.
Fire and emergency medical crews also responded to the scene.
According to the Star, an officer informed dispatch that the driver of the Kia was not conscious. She was identified as a 28-year-old Kansas City, Mo., woman.
Although first responders were concerned that she appeared not to be breathing and they could not find a pulse, she eventually came to and told them she could not move and was in a lot of pain.
“After fire crews arrived and freed her from the vehicle, an ambulance took her to a hospital to be checked out,” said the Star Wednesday. “Her condition has not been released. Police believe the semi dragged the car nearly eight miles after a crash about 3:30 a.m. at the intersection of the on-ramp to westbound I-435 and State Line Road.”
According to the Star, Capt. Brad Robbins, a spokesman for the Leawood Police Department, said the woman slid through a red light and struck the trailer. She was reportedly headed south on State Line while the truck was headed through intersection on a green light. Leawood Police were still investigating the incident as of Wednesday.
A study published in 2011 in the International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, found that road traffic injuries are “predicted to rise in rank to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.”
According to Dolman Law Group, around 510,000 large truck crashes get reported every year.
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