Driver Survives 70-Foot Plunge Off Milwaukee Interchange

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI—A driver survived when his pickup truck plunged about 70 feet (21 meters) off a slippery interchange exit ramp in Milwaukee County on Saturday.

A Wisconsin Department of Transportation camera captured the Milwaukee-area crash. The video shows the pickup hitting snow on the right shoulder before flipping over the barrier wall and plummeting to Interstate 94 below as cars pass by.

On Saturday morning, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office responded to a one-car injury crash westbound I-94 just east of I-41 in the Zoo Interchange. A red pickup truck skidded off the East to the South Zoo Interchange ramp and landed in the direction of the I-94 westbound through traffic. When deputies arrived, they found the red pickup upright in the right distress lane of the westbound I-94 lanes.

Two people provided aid to the injured man.

The driver was conscious and breathing and did not show signs of impairment.

A preliminary investigation indicated the driver was driving on the ramp from the East to the South in the Zoo Interchange when he lost control of the truck. He was taken to the hospital after the crash.

Writing and reporting from the Associated Press was used for this report.