- Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) 62•11 months ago
Did I just watch someone die?
- sci ( @sci@feddit.nl ) 47•11 months ago
According to this the driver survived:
https://news.sky.com/story/truck-driver-takes-on-flooded-suspension-bridge-and-loses-12362557
Happened in the village of Uryum in Eastern Russia.
probable location in google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/53°10’09.1"N+118°07’00.0"E/@53.1675162,118.1063825,2661m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d53.1691944!4d118.1166667?entry=ttu
River is the Shilka river, a branch of the Amur river.
- Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) 16•11 months ago
Yaaaaaaay!
- PersnickityPenguin ( @PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ) 7•11 months ago
Russia
Survived
Don’t worry, surviving in Russia is only a temporary issue. May this man one day succeed in his quest to solve this vexing problem.
- Nechesh ( @Nechesh@beehaw.org ) 20•11 months ago
It seems likely. That vehicle was just swallowed by a flooding river. It’s technically possible the occupants escaped, but unlikely.
- Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) 15•11 months ago
I was hoping for a no, but thanks for the realistic analysis.
- Nechesh ( @Nechesh@beehaw.org ) 9•11 months ago
It’s not easy for people to escape a submerged vehicle in still body of water, especially if the vehicle flips. Add in a raging river tumbling everything around, pushing everywhere… Even if you were able to escape the vehicle I don’t think your chances of making it to shore from the middle would be good.
- Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) 5•11 months ago
I know :(
- C_Spinoff ( @C_Spinoff@kbin.social ) 3•11 months ago
I think once you are on the surface, your chances rapidly grow, even when its cold water with a lot of current. You still only have to manage to get 20-30m to the side out of the strongest current. The way to the surface in time to not suffocate might be the problem, especially out of a wildly tumbling car that smashes against rocks and stuff in the riverbed while being hurled on by a powerful current.
- slippery_salmons ( @slippery_salmons@lemmy.today ) English31•11 months ago
I wouldn’t drive over that thing in any conditions.
- DasRubberDuck ( @DasRubberDuck@feddit.de ) 14•11 months ago
Bridge needs more triangles…
- slippery_salmons ( @slippery_salmons@lemmy.today ) English8•11 months ago
Dang Poly Bridge 3 is out?
- Nemeski ( @neme@lemm.ee ) 7•11 months ago
I wouldn’t trust that bridge even if the water was lower…
- Gleddified ( @Gleddified@lemmy.ca ) 7•11 months ago
My man Jeremy Clarkson Speed and Powered his way right into that
- CuriousGoo ( @curiousgoo@beehaw.org ) 4•11 months ago
Was this an Amazon Delivery Executive?
- Flyspeck ( @Flyspeck@lemm.ee ) 3•11 months ago
Reminds me of that scene from the movie Sorcerer
- PersnickityPenguin ( @PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
I was thinking about Clarkson tbh
- nyakojiru ( @nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•11 months ago
The death drive in this one was too strong, literally