TEXARKANA, Texas — On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the Texarkana, Texas, Police Department responded to a “freak accident” on Interstate 30. In a Facebook post, the department said the series of events sounded “like it came straight out of a movie script.”
Police say a dump truck rolled through a construction zone with its bed raised; the dump truck snagged a utility wire stretched across the Interstate.
Police say the snag pulled down the wire. The wire was then hit by a truck on the interstate. The impact snapped a utility pole and slung it into traffic “like a giant slingshot.”
According to police, two more trucks didn’t have time to stop; these vehicles drove into the pole and wires. The wire even sliced into the side of one trailer as it was pulled across the lanes.
Miraculously, no one was hurt.
Bruce Guthrie is an award-winning journalist who has lived in three states including Arkansas, Missouri and Georgia. During his nearly 20-year career, Bruce has served as managing editor and sports editor for numerous publications. He and his wife, Dana, who is also a journalist, are based in Carrollton, Georgia.
