A pickup truck fell about 35 feet off the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Plum on Friday morning, but the driver suffered only minor injuries.
Police at the scene said the driver, headed eastbound, bounced off the median wall on a section of the road that passes over a railroad track, right around mile marker 49, and hit the outside wall hard enough to go over it, down an embankment.
Police on scene say the driver hit the far median and pinballed off before flipping over the other median. #WPXI pic.twitter.com/UpmkSQ9L37
— Aaron Martin (@WPXIAaronMartin) June 23, 2017
The right lane of the turnpike was closed temporarily for emergency responders. The scene was cleared by about 9:50 a.m., according to PennDOT.
Despite the truck being nearly pancaked by the fall, the driver reportedly only suffered minor injuries. He was taken to Allegheny General Hospital.
Stay with Channel 11 News for updates on this breaking news story.
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