Trucker Shares Terrifying Footage: ‘Here’s What Improper Loading Can Lead To.’

Trucker Shares Terrifying Footage: ‘Here’s What Improper Loading Can Lead To.’
Published on March 6th, 2017 by Steve Wilcox

A truck driver recently shared this dash cam footage, showing a scary accident that occurred when the truck’s load shifted inside the trailer.

The clip shows the driver traveling at a low rate of speed, and suddenly overturning around the :49 second mark.

The footage was uploaded by YouTube user Soslan Cooper, who wrote: “That’s what improper Loading can Lead to. This happened to me when I had 4 months of experience . Driving a dry van. The Load shifted and there was nothing I could do at that point. I was going below the speed limit.”

Watch the video below.


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