A local news crew captured startling video of a truck driver making a last minute save to avoid hitting a parked police cruiser in Pennsylvania.
The incident was caught camera around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 5, on I-81 in West Hanover Township, Pennsylvania.
Officers were already on scene investigating the prior shooting death of a motorist whose body was found outside his vehicle near mile marker 75 on I-81.
As police were investigating, a semi truck driver who came upon slowed traffic for the investigation was unable to slow in time to stop and crashed off of the interstate, jackknifing into a wooded area off the road in order to avoid hitting a parked police car and the officer walking towards it.
The incident is still under investigation.
You can view the video below.
Tractor-trailer crashes on I-81
This crash happened this morning on I-81 in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County. It’s the same place where police were investigating, and media were reporting on, a road rage death. https://bit.ly/2Gp9th3
Posted by WGAL News Channel 8 Susquehanna Valley, Pa. on Tuesday, February 5, 2019