A man who lost control of his truck and crashed it into a river in Maine last Thursday is recovering in hospital after being pulled from his vehicle.
According to authorities, Charles H. Stratton, 61, was driving in the town of Ellsworth, 40 kilometres southeast of Bangor, when a medical emergency caused him to lose control of his pickup truck.
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Police surveillance video captured the incident from two different cameras at Union River and Harbor Park.
Video shows the truck speeding through an intersection, narrowly missing another vehicle, before hitting a street sign, and nearly running into a tree, before the truck went airborne, and landed in the Union River.
“It could have been horrible,” Police Chief Pete Bickmore told The Ellsworth American. “It could have been a humongous tragedy.”
According to police, the truck was going at least 130 km/h when it hit the water.
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The truck was completely submerged when Harbormaster Adam Wilson and a bystander rushed over to free Stratton from his vehicle.
Stratton was removed from the truck and taken to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
-With files from Reuters
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