Missouri woman in car is dragged underneath a truck for 8 MILES in icy weather and somehow survives
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Missouri woman in car is dragged under truck for 8 MILES and somehow survives after her Kia skidded through a red light in freezing weather and hit the trailer’s rear wheels
- The footage shows several cars flashing their lights to alert the truck driver.
- The Kia had skidded through a red light before hitting the trailer’s rear wheels.
- The driver of the car received treatment at the hospital, but has since been released.
A woman was swept in her car eight miles down a highway in Kansas, Missouri, after becoming trapped under a truck on a freezing winter morning.
Police in Leawood, Kansas, are investigating after receiving reports around 3:40 a.m. Wednesday that a truck driving west on Interstate 435 (I-435) was dragging a silver Kia under the edge of its trailer. , according to NBC.
Capt. Brad Robbins told local media he believed the truck was going through a green light, when the southbound Kia skidded through a red light and struck the trailer’s rear wheels, according to reports. .
The footage shows several cars flashing their lights to alert the truck driver. After about eight miles, it stopped. The Kia driver, a 28-year-old from Kansas City, received treatment at the hospital but has since been released.
The car was badly damaged in the accident. The Kia driver, a 28-year-old from Kansas City, received treatment at the hospital but has since been released.
The footage shows several cars flashing their lights to alert the truck driver. After about eight miles he stopped
One image shows the front of the car badly damaged and trapped under the truck on the side of the road in the rain.
Police audio, released by local newspaper The Kansas City Star, revealed that people told dispatchers that they “believe someone is inside the vehicle that is stuck under the truck,” after two police officers were dispatched to the ” unknown accident”.
Ambulance and fire crews also responded and were initially unable to find the driver’s pulse, according to The Star.
When the driver regained consciousness, she said she was in a lot of pain.
A day later, two died in an accident near the same road. Overland police said two vehicles collided, with one hitting a concrete barrier and flipping over multiple times after exiting I-435.
Both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police believe the accident was caused by the car trying to change lanes on Highway 69.
Police in Leawood, Kansas, are investigating after receiving reports around 3:40 a.m. Wednesday that a truck driving west on Interstate 435 (I-435) was dragging a silver Kia under the edge of its trailer, according to NBC.
Capt. Brad Robbins told local media he believed the truck was going through a green light, when the southbound Kia skidded through a red light, reportedly hitting the trailer’s rear wheels.
Police audio, released by local newspaper The Kansas City Star, revealed that people told dispatchers that they “believe someone is inside the vehicle that is stuck under the truck,” after two police officers were dispatched to the ” unknown accident”.
In February of last year, a 13-year-old girl died after being dragged for miles when she tried to jump out of her family’s truck after she was robbed by a robber outside a restaurant in Wichita, Kansas.
Police said the girl, who was not publicly identified, became caught in her seatbelt as she tried to escape from the car.
The alleged carjacker, Kevin Palmer, 34, was charged with felony murder in the girl’s death.