A tow truck driver who was rescued after his truck flipped and dangled from the Sam Rayburn Tollway overpass in McKinney, Texas in October 2024 thanked the five McKinney firefighters who broke through his cab and extracted him, according to WFAA. The driver sustained only minor injuries in the dramatic crash captured by traffic cameras.
Operator takeaway
The driver survived because firefighters reached him quickly — when your truck is the one hanging from an overpass, the quality of your local fire department's rescue training is the only thing between you and the ground.