Lumber Falls Off Truck on Overpass and Strikes Car Below in ‘Life-or-Death Situation’

Mar. 15, 2025

Semi-trailer truck transporting wood timber in Utah.Photo:Getty

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Drivers got quite a scare while commuting along a Pennsylvania highway.

The force of the lumber appeared to push the white car to the far left, off the highway and into a tree. A pickup truck sped up to avoid the debris and was able to drive safely away.

CBS News noted that “no one was injured in the incident.”

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on the incident.

A truck transporting wood on a highway (stock image).Getty

“I hope there’s nothing that tops that, but it was pretty scary,” Gooderham recalled. “It was highway speeds that these chunks of woods were flying at. And honestly, I’ve never been put in a life-or-death situation like that.”

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“So yeah, I’m still kind of going on about what to think about it and everything like that,” he added. “So I’m really still in shock about it because it really was pretty much life or death.”

source: people.com