#HIGHWAY OVERPASS LICENSE#
He also had his license suspended last March.Ĭheck out the video of the crash embedded below.
#HIGHWAY OVERPASS DRIVER#
Wood TV reports the driver has previous convictions for driving under the influence, along with a felony drug offence and fleeing police. The person’s name has not yet been released as he has yet to be charged with a crime. Michigan State Police suspected the 25-year old was driving under the influence and took him to the hospital to have a blood test performed. I mean, somebody was definitely watching out over him,” Rodriguez added. “How he walked away from this… and survived it. While the driver had a large cut on his head, his injuries are considered non-life-threatening. Witnesses approached the vehicle and saw the 25-year old male driver climbing out of the back window. “As I was exiting coming up to the stop sign, I heard a thump, and I just happened to look up to my left and I saw the car flying over the bridge to the other side of the road,” Rodriguez said. Witness Mike Rodriguez told Wood TV he looked up when he was exiting the highway and was surprised to see the blue-colored Chevy soaring through the air. Images of involved vehicle & scene… /wTYRFyjI3P
The car ended up clearing the overpass completely before landing on another dirt embankment between the highway and an on-ramp, striking a road sign. Witnesses reported seeing a Chevy Impala travelling at a high rate of speed before it left the road, drove up a dirt embankment and launched into the air. Photo Marie Conboy/ Postmedia.A wild video showing a tenth-generation Chevy Impala catching air after hitting a highway overpass at a high rate of speed has gone viral online.Īccording to NBC affiliate Wood TV, this crash happened along US-131 in Dorr Township, Michigan just after 2 p.m. The wildlife crossing is now the first outside of a national park in Alberta, dedicated for wildlife across 3,200 kilometers of landscape.Īccording to Alberta Transportation 30,000 vehicles travel this stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway every day, and there are an average of 69 vehicle-wildlife collisions annually on the Trans-Canada Highway between Banff National Park and Highway 40.Ĭhief Clifford Poucette with Wesley First Nation said too many animals had already been lost on the highway due to no fault of their own. Animals like elk, deer and bears need to cross the road at Bow Valley Gap, and this overpass will help them do it in a way that is safe for them and for the many thousands of people driving this highway every day,” says Adam Linnard, Alberta program manager at Y2Y. “Adding a wildlife overpass east of Banff National Park offers a proven solution to a known problem.
The overpass includes 12 kilometres of wildlife fencing along the highway to help guide wildlife toward safe crossing points. The overpass will not only increase safety for the travelling public and wildlife, it will save thousands of dollars each year in property damage caused by collisions,” said Sawhney.Ĭonstruction of the wildlife crossing has begun and is expected to be complete by fall 2023.
“This overpass will drastically reduce the chances of wildlife-vehicle collisions. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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