Truck driver found alive after two days trapped in crashed rig in B.C.
HOPE, B.C. — A truck driver trapped for more than two days in an overturned rig on the side of a British Columbia highway is in hospital after what one emergency worker is describing as the longest rescue operation his organization has ever been involved in.
Doug Fraser of the Chilliwack Search and Rescue Team described how first responders spent nearly 12 hours cutting apart the cab of an overturned semi-truck to extract the driver, who hasn’t been named and was reported missing Wednesday morning.
The crash happened on Highway 3 in the area of Rhododendron Flats in Manning Park, about 36 kilometres east of Hope.
Steel cables stretching from tow trucks parked on the roadway above required constant retensioning to prevent the trailers from slipping further down a steep embankment.