Terrifying moment a utility worker fixing a traffic light is clipped by a box truck - and survives
- Texas photographer Andrew Wolf captured heart-stopping moment on his dashboard camera on February 25
- Video shows a white box truck clip a bucket with a worker inside suspended over US 90
- Impact destroys the bucket and leaves worker hanging by his harness over the busy road
- Worker was lowered to the ground and walked away unharmed
A Texas driver's dashboard camera captured the heart-stopping moment a truck clipped an unsuspecting utility worker repairing a traffic light along a highway last month.
Sugar Land-based photographer Andrew Wolf was driving along US 90 in Fort Bend County on February 25 when a white box truck in front of him doing about 50mph hit a utility bucket suspended over the road, as KTRK reported.
The impact caused the bucket to overturn, tipping out the worker who was inside working on traffic lights at Pitts Road.
Truck driver apparently did not notice a bucket with a worker inside
On impact, the bucket overturned and the worker fixing a traffic light was left suspended in mid-air
The worker's safety harness prevented him from plummeting to his death and he walked away unharmed
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The unnamed worker survived thanks to his helmet and his safety harness, which prevented him from plummeting to his death onto the busy road.
After hanging in mid-air for about 30 seconds, the man's colleague lowered the crane.
The truck responsible for the accident pulled over, and Wolf also stopped on the side of the road t call 911.
The worker appeared shaken by his near-death experience, but Wolf said he did not seem to have been physically harmed and was able to walk away.
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