WATCH LIVE IN THE PLAYER ABOVEA semi was involved in a crash on the Clark Memorial/2nd Street bridge Friday afternoon, leaving it dangling over the side high above the Ohio River.The crash, involving four vehicles total, happened around 12:04 p.m. It sent the semi over the edge with a person stuck in the cab.Officials said at least one person has life-threatening injuries.Watch the rescue below:Rescuers were able to get the driver, a woman, out after about 40 minutes. They rappelled a rescuer down, and the two were pulled up by rope and pulley. They were safely back on the bridge by 12:45 p.m. BELOW: LFD chief, rescuer talk about saving driverLouisville Fire said the woman, a military veteran, was grateful and relieved to be back on solid ground. And while shaken, they said she seemed to be stable.“She held it together like a champ,” Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said.Police did confirm no one is in the Ohio River below, and said it’s incredible that the truck hasn’t completely fallen.“The position that (truck is) in…it’s tremendously lucky it didn’t go over,” O’Neill said. As for traffic, take the toll bridges or the Sherman Minton as an alternate route. It is expected to be closed for “some time,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said Friday evening.The bridge was built in 1929. It’s four lanes, two in each direction, with a speed limit of 35 mph. It carries about 24,000 vehicles daily, KYTC officials said.This story will continue to be updated.
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A semi was involved in a crash on the Clark Memorial/2nd Street bridge Friday afternoon, leaving it dangling over the side high above the Ohio River.
The crash, involving four vehicles total, happened around 12:04 p.m. It sent the semi over the edge with a person stuck in the cab.
Officials said at least one person has life-threatening injuries.
Watch the rescue below:
Rescuers were able to get the driver, a woman, out after about 40 minutes. They rappelled a rescuer down, and the two were pulled up by rope and pulley.
They were safely back on the bridge by 12:45 p.m.
BELOW: LFD chief, rescuer talk about saving driver
Louisville Fire said the woman, a military veteran, was grateful and relieved to be back on solid ground. And while shaken, they said she seemed to be stable.
“She held it together like a champ,” Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said.
Police did confirm no one is in the Ohio River below, and said it’s incredible that the truck hasn’t completely fallen.
“The position that (truck is) in…it’s tremendously lucky it didn’t go over,” O’Neill said.
As for traffic, take the toll bridges or the Sherman Minton as an alternate route. It is expected to be closed for “some time,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said Friday evening.
The bridge was built in 1929. It’s four lanes, two in each direction, with a speed limit of 35 mph. It carries about 24,000 vehicles daily, KYTC officials said.
This story will continue to be updated.
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