at that point in time we didn t know how bad he was hurt because you don t know until he goes to the hospital and get checked out. the care flight helicopter rushes tommy to the closest trauma center. david, the driver who hit him, is uninjured and devastated about his friend. he was probably one of the most upset people there. i guess he felt like he might have been the cause of it or whatever. it actually, emotionally, scarred him to the point where he really lost the excitement and didn t want to get back in the race car again. reporter: the horrible accident leaves spectators in shock and leads to a lot of second guessing and finger poupting among racing pros. easier to say one of the drivers drove over his head or something. we didn t see anything unordinary. it could have been car failure. it could have been something got underneath the tire. we really don t know, it happened so quick and so fast that it s hard to say exactly what happened. the cause of the crash was ne
oh, boy, i m going to get a shot of the truck using this ramp. i just saw it all happening through the camera and i was just amazed that it went into the air like that. the big rig flies over the first mound and then rams straight into the second causing the truck to flip. its cargo bay rocketing skyward before crashing back down to the ground. i think the mounds on the gravel runaway truck ramp were maybe too high because the truck kind of like vaulted and hit the other mound and did a catapult-type deal. seconds later, the driver emerges. are you all right? i was amazed to see that the trucker was okay. after the truck flipped in the air like that. to see him walking around right after that accident just amazed me.
eventually help arrives. the driver s injuries are minor, but rob s story, major. back at the station i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. jaws dropped. the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than1.5 million hits on youtube. since the wreck, the ramp has been redesigned to ensure truck driver safety. rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and the wrong time for the driver. the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can t imagine i am speechless. the timing couldn t have been more perfect. you never think that anything like this is going to happen when you are going out on a shoot. coming up, a base jumper
texas. racer smith relaxes before his run while watching two tear up the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, clear day, perfect day for racing. tommy adams was the driver of the yellow car and david hugo was the driver of the lumina in the right lane. the drivers get the green light and the race starts as it is supposed to. when the cars took off down the track, everything looked so smooth. kind of a relaxed run. both cars lobbed side to side, no unnecessary fishtailing and no stupid moves at all at that point in time. everything looked as it was going as normal for a drag racing. he has been a friend and competitor of both drivers for several years. having raced against them several times, he has great respect for their skills. tommy haas been racing since 69. he was a true racer. if the tracks were opened and there was something going on, he was there.
signs, and they weren t sure if he had a concussion or a neck injury, back injury, head injury. it was kind of crazy. at that point in time we didn t know how bad he was hurt because you don t know until he goes to the hospital and get checked out. the care flight helicopter rushes tommy to the closest trauma center. david, the driver who hit him, is uninjured and devastated about his friend. he was probably one of the most upset people there. i guess he felt like he might have been the cause of it or whatever. it actually, emotionally, scarred him to the point where he really lost the excitement and didn t want to get back in a race car again. the horrible accident leaves spectators in shock and leads to a lot of second guessing and finger pointing among racing pros. easier to say one of the drivers drove over his head or something. we didn t see anything unordinary. it could have been parts failure. it could have been something got underneath the tire. we really don t know.