04/23/13 Semi Truck carrying bridge girder rolls over onto car. Portland, OR

[gmuhr]

At 15:02 Portland Fire was dispatched to a rollover accident involving a semi truck hauling a bridge gider, with reports of a car under the girder on fire. Miraculously the driver was able to self extricate before crews arrived on scene, and had only minor injuries.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

[ff168577]

Wow.  What a lucky man.  Excellent Photo's.

[Guest]

Wow.  What a lucky man.  Excellent Photo's.

 

I'd say he was an unlucky man because he looked exactly like a woman.

[Image7801]

Great photos. Going around the corner a little too fast, eh?


BTW - I assume the Duplex/Thibault running as Truck 3 is a reserve? Any other photos of that rig?

[Guest]

Great photos. Going around the corner a little too fast, eh?


BTW - I assume the Duplex/Thibault running as Truck 3 is a reserve? Any other photos of that rig?

 

Yes, it's a spare housed at Eng. 14's station. No photos I know of.

[hank]

Good photos!

 

tHANKs

[Guest]

Great photos. Going around the corner a little too fast, eh?


BTW - I assume the Duplex/Thibault running as Truck 3 is a reserve? Any other photos of that rig?

Is it just me or does the ladder look like it is sitting a little crooked?  That driver of the car hopefully left the scene and went and bought a lottery ticket.

[Guest]

Is it just me or does the ladder look like it is sitting a little crooked?  That driver of the car hopefully left the scene and went and bought a lottery ticket.

 

Yes it looks odd to me too. It must be lens distortion. Notice the windshield on the passenger side is much taller than on the driver's side. I'll mention it to Greg next week. He's busy all weekend.

[Image7801]

Yes it looks odd to me too. It must be lens distortion. Notice the windshield on the passenger side is much taller than on the driver's side. I'll mention it to Greg next week. He's busy all weekend.

I'm going to take a stab here: Was this taken with a Canon 24-70mm, by chance?

[gmuhr]

_{Yes, it is lens distortion}

 

_{I'm going to take a stab here: Was this taken with a Canon 24-70mm, by chance?}

 

_{Yes, it is lens distortion.}

_{You are correct it is a Canon 24-70L on a full frame camera.}

_{Probably could have fixed that better in post but I just did quick edits to get these out to the media.}

[Image7801]

I used to have the same issues with that lens when I shot with a Canon. My Nikon 18-105 was that way, too. Great set of photos, by the way.

[Guest]

Nice pic of the scene