A truck driver’s failed attempt to bypass Interstate 40 closures was documented by a heavy tow truck driver in this series of clips.
In the first clip, the tractor trailer can be seen balanced precariously on the side of a deep ditch off the right side of Tail of the Dragon near the North Carolina, Tennessee border. The driver’s load of possibly large rolls of paper appears to have broken through the balancing trailer and landed even farther down the steep ditch, but the driver is apparently okay.
@nathanhursey Still looking for I40#i40westbound #gpsfail #overturnedtractortrailer#isurvivedthedragonstail @Josiah Hursey #wnc ♬ original sound – Nathan Hursey
“Still looking for I-40,” wrote the video poster, who is also the heavy tow truck driver.
The next video is him completing the slow process of hoisting the truck back onto more level ground.
@nathanhursey #i40shutdown #i40westbound #steeringwheelholder @Josiah Hursey #dragonstail ♬ original sound – Nathan Hursey
The same profile also features another two videos featuring another tractor trailer stuck in a less dramatic but similar situation on another backroad with the caption “where’s I-40?”
@nathanhursey #i40westbound #gpsfail #restricted @Josiah Hursey ♬ original sound – Nathan Hursey