A dump truck’s dash cam caught a wild ride on video after the driver blacked out, veered across a highway, and crashed into a residential pool.
It happened on September 16th in Melbourne, Australia.
According to local 3AW News, the truck driver is believed to have blacked out after suffering an intense coughing fit behind the wheel.
In the dash cam footage, the truck can be seen hitting a guardrail and drifting across three lanes of oncoming traffic.
Several cars swerve sharply to avoid colliding with the wayward dump truck.
The truck then strikes a pole, cracking its windshield…
…before crashing through a wooden fence…
…and into a backyard pool.
The crash toppled several power lines and “half a house was knocked down,” according to local reports.
The truck driver was pulled from the cab with minor injuries, including a black eye, and is expected to make a full recovery.
Barry, the brother-in-law of the truck driver, claims that the driver has no recollection of the incident.
“He came to it after the accident, while they were trying to free him,” Barry said.
“I believe there is footage from inside which shows him slumped over the wheel with his hands fallen to his sides… He doesn’t remember any of it.”
“The footage shows he wasn’t speeding, and you can tell the truck basically does not have a driver as it slowly veers across the busy road in the house,” said Neil Mitchell, an Australian reporter commenting on the incident.
Barry says that the driver doesn’t have a history of blacking out.
Watch the dash cam footage below.