Dive summary:
- D.C. firefighters received a call last week to come save a garbage truck driver who was stuck 25 feet in the air after his truck tipped back.
- The truck has an unlucky, just right weight imbalance while unloading that sent the drivers side of the vehicle straight into the air.
- A front-end loader was used to stabilize the trash truck while another fire truck assisted two rescue squads in rescuing of the driver.
From the article:
Members of Platoon No. 1 were alerted for the High Angle Rescue Alarm at the Fort Totten Transfer Station. Units arrived to find a trash truck that had tipped back while attempting to unload, leaving the driver trapped approximately 25 feet in the air. Units used a front end loader to stabilize the trash truck and Truck 11 assisted Rescue Squad 2 & 3 with rescue of the driver. ..
