Two people are in critical condition after a car got wedged underneath a tractor late yesterday afternoon.
It happened around 4 p.m. on Interstate 40 in Memphis, Tennessee.
According to Fox 13, the semi truck was driving east on I-40 when the truck driver “heard a thump” and realized there was a car stuck underneath the passenger side of the semi truck. He says he does not know how the car got underneath his rig.
Truck driver says he’s not injured. Says he felt a thump. Has no idea how the car got wedged under his truck. This is on I-40 E at Jackson. pic.twitter.com/6XPK6rauM9
— Jim Spiewak (@JimFOX13Memphis) June 6, 2017
The car, a blue Ford Mustang, was carrying two passengers, one of them a minor.
The two passengers were taken to hospitals in critical condition.
The truck driver was not injured in the incident.
Traffic in the eastbound lanes was affected until approximately 6 p.m.