Highway maintenance worker Chuck Ellerson, 61, tells ABC News how he avoided tragedy when a box truck darted in his direction while he was collecting trash on the side of the road.
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Thank you Good Lord to save this hardworking man 🙏
it's a sunny day yet the driver still can crash like that… must be DUI…
Wonder what hit that helmet but damn it definitely saved his life 🙌🏻
That was a very close call
I think certain truck sizes should have a different speed limit but more than that anytime there's work being done on a highway or even a small street, those workers should put out cones at least a half a mile back and give people a heads up on what could happen.
Must be Trump supporters…too furious with Trump cheated election and forgot to pay attention on the road
Not only that, when a work zone is posted, the speed limit is reduced. That truck was flying along that road, probably even faster than the speed limit without a work zone. WTAF??
Don't drive and sleep .
0:08 "…..these crashes can be really dangerous." Really??
RENTAL TRUCK….always a red flag.
Penske will rent to anyone with a Baptismal record.
Awful. A road worker died in Mich this week, same scenario.
Its new york state. Come on. Getting on a highway there is like pulling out of the pits, into the indy 500. Some of the worst offenders are the drivers without a CDL, who think driving a 24-foot box truck is just like driving their toyota camry.
He wasted a few escape feet raising his hands in wonderment. Getaway and deal with aftermath after you are safe!!
He's lucky he was on earth when this happened if he was on some other planet, where physics was different and stuff flew backwards when it hit going forward, he would've been in a mess.
Or if the vehicle that was hit, had its door open and maybe the front end, pointing to the left a little bit, it would've caused it to possibly spin like a helicopter catching him.
Or if he had to jump over a trailer tongue the trailer would be his demise.
Maybe he's got some Irish in him?
But he's using his hands to communicate the words wtf🤷♀️ so possibly not.
To all the people in the comments thinking we need more road laws, we got enough.
The problem is politicians want more votes, which means more people, which means more taxes. And the people are idiots and they'll just continue to breed and make more people for no reason except to help politicians that want more taxes to increase their spending and CEO's that want more people so they can lower wages.
What I'm trying to say is there's too many "f"ing people on this planet already. And not enough drivers education teachers. Or enough preachers, priests or rabbis telling them the difference between right and wrong or left.
Already have too many parents, which is the problem that government gives all the tax breaks to to continue to fill the void of traffic accidents
https://youtu.be/gE0-H6jUxb8?feature=shared
These NY drivers have tunnel vision. Not a care in the world whats going on around them.
First thing he did is pick up the helmet