how many cars did they strike? when they reach the plane, they are relieved to find it s in one piece and did not hit any cars. this could have been a major disaster. a lot of vehicles with all that fuel and everything else there could have been horrendous accident. this is probably the best outcome we could have had of any other possibility we could think of. bill leff and his son exit the plane feeling lucky to be alive. the trooper greets them at the wing. he just stopped and said you really scared me. i said, well, yeah, kind of scared me, too. he didn t seem excited about the situation at all like they land on highways every day. bill calls his wife before she sees him on the news. i could have lost both of them at one time, so both my husband and my son. that s a scary, scary moment for me. but those driving on highway 41 that day will never forget when they witnessed their own up close and personal air show. watch the video now.
state trooper scott linak is on the shoulder of the road helping a disabled vehicle. i was dispatched for a motor home with a flat tire. we were trying to get as many people as we could to move over to give him space to change the tire. just behind rookie trooper chris and his supervisor luke newman assist linak. when you turn your lights on, your camera goes on. we were providing lights for trooper linak and normally you d turn your camera off. but being that i was new to the job, i forgot to turn the camera off. up above, bill leff frantically scopes out the highway and formulates a plan for his emergency landing. there was a space of 8 to 10 car lengths that basically looked like a moving runway to me. so my thought was, if i could land in that space, the cars behind me will stop and the cars in front of me will keep going so i ought to be able to stop before i get to them. on the ground, troopers receive a call of a road rage incident. we were pulling out into
the pilot s wheels touch down and he lands the plane on the highway. so you are just standing on the brakes trying to stop and hope you don t hit something. i was waiting for the impact, the crunch. the troopers create a moving roadblock to halt traffic on the hoyas they make their way toward the plane. because you are always planning for the worst, hoping for the best. are the pilots hurt? how many cars did they strike? when they reach the plane, they are relieved to find it s in one piece and did not hit any cars. this could have been a major disaster. a lot of vehicles with all that fuel and everything else there could have been horrendous accident. this is probably the best outcome we could have had of any other possibility we could think of. bill leff and his son exit the plane feeling lucky to be alive. the trooper greets them at the wing. he just stopped and said you really scared me. i said, well, yeah, kind of scared me, too. he didn t seem excited about th
the concern is that your headlights are out, sir. he started off being defensive with his responses. he was adamant that he had both headlights working. however, they were not. i had my headlights on. see your high beams were on. that s the problem there buddy. the officer soon discovers another problem. i suspected after he might have been a drunk driver because i did smell alcohol coming from somewhere. and i saw a pill bottle in his glove box. are those your pill bottles? sir, i m asking you a question. are those your pill bottles? step on out. the officer is suspicious the pills are illegal and otto coleman is intoxicated. he calls for routine backup. i ve got an emergency. state trooper chris colvert receives the call. he needs backup to finish his task but it s not an emergency situation. he s got things under control.