Two trucks dramatically hit overpass bridges in Milwaukee on Interstate 94 this week
From Journal Sentinel:
In a weird two days on Milwaukee's freeways, two trucks have rammed into two different overpass bridges.
Northbound Interstate 94/43 was closed for more than four hours Tuesday at the Mitchell Interchange because a semitrailer carrying what appeared to be a Kohler generator rammed into the Lincoln Avenue bridge.
The accident occurred just after 2 p.m. and the interstate was reopen by 6:30 p.m.
No one was injured in the crash, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.
The first accident happened on I-94 east Monday around 12:30 p.m. when a truck with its bed raised collided with a ramp at the stadium exchange near American Family Field.
The crash caused the truck to tip over and spin three times. The driver was able to escape with just a few scratches and bruises.
The dramatic scene was caught on camera by Milwaukee photographer Aaron Hamm.
"I drive a lot for work and I have my phone in a GPS mount, so I just had to adjust it and hit record. There wasn't much else I could do," Hamm said.
Hamm kept his distance as the truck surprisingly cleared low freeway signs, but eventually the vehicle hit a bridge and slid across the freeway.
Hamm parked behind the truck once it crashed and ran up to check on the driver.
"I genuinely was scared walking up to it. I didn't know what I would see," Hamm said.
The driver, and also somehow his cellphone, made it out of the crash mostly unscathed.
"We found his phone sitting on the freeway 100 feet away," Hamm said. "It still worked, and he called his boss. I couldn't believe it."
"I'm grateful everything was OK," Hamm said. "It looked pretty crazy, but in the end it held me up for maybe five minutes."
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office confirmed no injuries were reported in the incident. The eastbound freeway was closed until around 2:30 p.m. Monday.