Rescue on Freeway Overpass

While the cab of a big-rig dangled precariously off a highway overpass in south Fort Worth early Thursday, firefighters used rigging equipment to rescue the driver and two other motorists trapped beneath a tanker truck in their car.

The cab came to rest, with a Honda Civic trapped beneath its trailer, while hanging off of an overpass on the westbound lanes of the Interstate 20 overpass leading to southbound Interstate 35W sometime after 4 a.m.

A ladder firetruck was used to keep the truck's cab from falling, and to secure the driver and rescuers. At about 5:30 a.m., an emergency worker managed to enter the dangling cab and reach the driver, who was eased out of the wreckage.

Just before 7:30 a.m., firefighters were able to free two motorists, a man and a woman, who were pinned in their car beneath the big rig.

Oei oei... !!!