A serious winter storm is making its way across America and it has left snowy and icy circumstances in its wake.
That brings us to a safety digital camera video which caught a reasonably odd sight in Nashville, Tennessee.
As you’ll be able to see, the whole lot begins off usually as somebody backs a Ford F-150 out of their driveway. Nonetheless, issues shortly take a flip after the truck pulls onto the steep and icy avenue.
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After the driving force turns the wheel, the truck slowly slides down the hill because the rear finish swings round. The truck continues sliding perpendicular to the road and ultimately goes out of view.
CNN talked to the driving force who stated he was leaving to choose up his daughter from a sleepover. Nonetheless, he didn’t understand the street was a sheet of ice till it was too late.
As soon as the truck began sliding, he simply “performed it cool” and let the chips fall the place they could. Nonetheless, this was a bit extra precarious than it seems within the video as there was a automotive parked on the backside of the hill. Fortunately, the truck solely slid roughly 450 ft (137 meters) and got here to a cease earlier than hitting the automobile.
After choosing up his daughter, the driving force determined to not take possibilities going again up the hill. As an alternative, he parked on the backside and walked his method again dwelling.
SLICK STREETS: Dwelling safety footage reveals a pickup truck sliding down an icy street in Tennessee virtually instantly after backing out of the driveway. https://t.co/KU38SM32om pic.twitter.com/lmOlTdxudM
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