damages from the explosion and fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams
actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams caused by the severe weather. he hovers over a jackknifed tractor trailer on i-20. while he s reporting, he sees something terrifying out of the corner of his eye. i m able to peer over and get sort of that bird s eye view so
an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams caused by the severe weather. he hovers over a jackknifed tractor trailer on i-20. while he s reporting, he sees something terrifying out of the corner of his eye. i m able to peer over and get sort of that bird s eye view so i m not just watching what people on television are watching. i look over and i notice that there is an 18-wheeler coming eastbound faster than anybody has gone over it, and i know that this is not good.
an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams caused by the severe weather. he hovers over a jackknifed tractor trailer on i-20. while he s reporting, he sees something terrifying out of the corner of his eye. i m able to peer over and get sort of that bird s eye view so i m not just watching what people on television are watching. i look over and i notice that there is an 18-wheeler coming eastbound faster than anybody has gone over it, and i know that this is not good. the camera captures a tractor trailer that loses control on
in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams caused by the severe weather. he hovers over a jackknifed tractor trailer on i-20. while he s reporting, he sees something terrifying out of the corner of his eye. i m able to peer over and get sort of that bird s eye view so i m not just watching what people on television are watching. i look over and i notice that there is an 18-wheeler coming eastbound faster than anybody has gone over it, and i know that this is not good. the camera captures a tractor trailer that loses control on the slippery highway. it crashes and bursts into flames. as it turns out, we caught the whole thing. after it hit the vehicle, all i could really see was flame. it was a decent sized explosion. boom! it went up. the flaming rig skids across the highway before coming to a stop. i m watching this huge plume of flame and smoke and thinking, oh, my god, there s no way