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Related: About this forumHow Did This Truck Get Stuck In A Tree?
SHERWOOD, Ore. Firefighters and a towing company removed an empty truck from a tree Sunday morning, but theyre still confused about how it got there.
They found the truck 10 feet off the ground near Highway 99 and Middleton Road, southwest of Sherwood.
Firefighters said the truck had been empty for some time, and there were no signs that the driver was thrown from the truck or injured in the crash.
The woman who was driving the truck showed up while the truck was being removed from the tree. She told firefighters she was not hurt in the crash. The specific details of how her truck ended up so high in the tree are still unclear.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/How-did-a-truck-end-up-in-this-tree-205149331.html
They found the truck 10 feet off the ground near Highway 99 and Middleton Road, southwest of Sherwood.
Firefighters said the truck had been empty for some time, and there were no signs that the driver was thrown from the truck or injured in the crash.
The woman who was driving the truck showed up while the truck was being removed from the tree. She told firefighters she was not hurt in the crash. The specific details of how her truck ended up so high in the tree are still unclear.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/How-did-a-truck-end-up-in-this-tree-205149331.html
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How Did This Truck Get Stuck In A Tree? (Original Post)
Initech
Apr 2013
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polly7
(20,582 posts)1. That is very strange.
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I wonder if she could have rolled end over end and gone airborne?
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. It's a mystery!
I'm curious now!
Mopar151
(9,965 posts)3. Rode the branches up to the trunk
Had the branches not been there, the truck would have struck the tree with the right front wheel. Instead, there is a big unruly mattress of pine boughts kind of under the driver's seat. This is what you want.
My pirate buddies and I have been conducting car-to-tree impact studies for decades - details at <www.hillclimb.org>
An example of why we say that foliage is Gawd's own SAFER barrier.
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)4. There must have been some air travel involved
The driver is still cleaning his pants.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)5. The first picture at the link shows an overpass the car could have come off
And landed in the tree:
http://media.katu.com/images/Truck+in+tree+%281%29.jpg
siligut
(12,272 posts)6. That is my guess as well
Flew off that overpass, alcohol probably involved.