are crushed gravel mounds grade under to an even incline at the bottom of a hill. they re designed to slow down and stop trucks if their brakes fail or if the driver loses control. carbon county officials worry this ramp is causing more accidents than it s preventing. two other trucks had come up and crashed on this runaway truck ramp and the drivers have been injured. rob s assignment, get some shots of the ramp for the 5:00 newscast. the first thing i did was pull on to the ramp. rob then sets up his camera. i pushed record and i let it roll. we had to let the camera roll for ten seconds to get enough. i was only there maybe two minutes, at the most. suddenly, behind him comes a sound like a jet engine. unable to brake, a truck has careened off the highway. i just looked behind me and i saw the truck veering towards the ramp. veering down on the gravel
a runaway truck comes in for a crash landing. giving this tv cameraman the shot of a lifetime. can t imagine i d ever get anything like this on tape, again. people on the internet have called this staged, but i assure you, it is not staged. it just happened right before my eyes. may 2002, carbon county, pennsylvania. photo journalist rob gill is on assignment for a local tv station. i was sent out about 3:00 to get shots of the runaway truck ramp on route 23. runaway ramps like this one are crushed gravel mounds grade under to an even incline at the bottom of a hill. they re designed to slow down and stop trucks if their brakes fail or if the driver loses control. carbon county officials worry this ramp is causing more accidents than it s preventing. two other trucks had come up and crashed on this runaway truck ramp and the drivers have
a run away truck comes in for a crash landing. giving this tv cameraman the shot of a lifetime. can t imagine i d ever get anything like this on tape, again. people on the internet have called this staged, but i assure you, it is not staged. it just happened right before my eyes. may 2002, carbon county, pennsylvania. photo journalist rob gill is on assignment for a local tv station. i was sent out about 3:00 to get shots of the runaway truck ramp. runaway ramps like this one are crushed gravel mounds grade under to an even incline at the bottom of a hill. they re designed to slow down and stop trucks if their brakes fail or if the driver loses control. carbon county officials worry this ramp is causing more accidents than it s preventing. two other trucks had come up and crashed on this runaway
a runaway truck comes in for a crash landing. giving this tv cameraman the shot of a lifetime. can t imagine i d ever get anything like this on tape, again. people on the internet have called this staged, but i assure you, it is not staged. it just happened right before my eyes. may 2002, carbon county, pennsylvania. photo journalist rob gill is on assignment for a local tv station. i was sent out about 3:00 to get shots of the runaway truck ramp on route 93. runaway ramps like this one are crushed gravel mounds graded into an even incline at the
a runaway truck comes in for a crash landing. giving this tv cameraman the shot of a lifetime. can t imagine i d ever get anything like this on tape, again. people on the internet have called this staged, but i assure you, it is not staged. it just happened right before my eyes. may 2002, carbon county, pennsylvania. photo journalist rob gill is on assignment for a local tv station. i was sent out about 3:00 to get shots of the runaway truck ramp. runaway ramps like this one are crushed gravel mounds graded into an even incline at the bottom of a hill. they re designed to slow down and stop trucks if their brakes fail or if the driver loses control.