A semi-truck driver was rescued after his cab dangled nearly 100 feet above the ground from a U.S. Route 35 bridge in Mason County, West Virginia on December 3, 2025 after losing control on snow-covered roads, according to Fox Weather. The load of bricks in the trailer prevented the entire rig from plunging over the edge, and a technical rescue team used ropes and an aerial tower to extract the driver after approximately five hours.
Operator takeaway
The cargo kept the truck from falling — load weight and distribution are not just DOT compliance issues, they are survival factors when a truck goes over an edge.