Video shows the moment an 18-wheeler slammed into a bucket truck while a state employee worked in the vehicle’s cherry picker, flipping the container and leaving him dangling upside-down above a Louisiana road.
The two-vehicle crash took place while the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development worker was repairing a traffic light along a Livingston Parish highway on June 25, according to Reuters.
Video obtained by USA TODAY shows the semi-truck crash into the outstretched arm of a bucket truck while a maintenance crew member performed repairs on the traffic signal in Denham Springs, about 18 miles east of Baton Rouge.
Footage captured the truck as it collided with the bucket.
What happened to worker?
The impact of the truck flipped the bucket upside-down, leaving the worker in the video hanging from an apparent safety harness.
Local media outlet WBRZ-TV reported a Denham Springs Police Department spokesperson said the worker was not seriously hurt.
USA TODAY has reached out to police and the state’s Department of Transportation.
