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Initech

(99,915 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 12:33 PM Apr 2013

How 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 they’re 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
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How Did This Truck Get Stuck In A Tree? (Original Post) Initech Apr 2013 OP
That is very strange. polly7 Apr 2013 #1
It's a mystery! NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #2
Rode the branches up to the trunk Mopar151 Apr 2013 #3
There must have been some air travel involved liberal N proud Apr 2013 #4
The first picture at the link shows an overpass the car could have come off csziggy Apr 2013 #5
That is my guess as well siligut Apr 2013 #6

polly7

(20,582 posts)
1. That is very strange.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 12:35 PM
Apr 2013

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I wonder if she could have rolled end over end and gone airborne?

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
3. Rode the branches up to the trunk
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:52 PM
Apr 2013

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.

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