Tuesday’s fatal crash occurred at 2:57pm on the US Highway 75 at the Stacy Road overpass in Allen, Texas – about 20 miles north of Dallas, according to police.
The driver of the 18-wheeler collided with another vehicle and led the trailer to fly over the right side of the highway and crash onto the road below.
‘It was surreal, it felt like something you see in a movie,’ a witness told ABC 8.
Another witness added: ‘It was like slow motion. There is a truck coming down [and] you can’t believe that a truck is coming down off the bridge – and then boom.’
Shocking footage shows the moments before and after the semi-truck flew off the overpass and exploded. The truck was seconds away from landing on a car that drove under the overpass.
A dashcam showed the moments before the semi-truck drove off the freeway in Allen, Texas on Tuesday
Horrific footage captured one car drive underneath the overpass before the truck flew off the US Highway 75 right above
The semi-truck instantly exploded and other drivers ran from their vehicles to try to help
The other driver, who was uninjured, remained on the highway in his black sedan until police arrived.
Police are still investigating who was at fault in the collision and both parties have yet to be identified.
‘People started coming out of their cars to see if they could go help, but there was just no way,’ witness Edith Pearson told ABC 8.
Pearson was seconds away from turning onto the service road where the semi-truck fell.
‘Oh my god, oh my god, I almost turned here,’ Pearson is heard saying in a video she recorded of the crash.
She later added: ‘I went home and I just started crying and felt like my life – I felt like I died with that person because it was so close.’
Packages spilled out from the semi-truck with USPS labels on them. An employee from the mailing company was at the scene taking photos but it is unclear if the driver was employed by USPS.
USPS wasn’t immediately available for comment.
Witnesses were shocked to see the scene unfold and described it as ‘a movie’
The semi truck flew off the highway (above). The other driver in a black sedan was injured. It is unclear who is at fault
Emergency service teams were cleaning up the accident for hours
Letters and packages labeled USPS were uncovered from the scene. It is unclear if the driver was an employee at the company
Bystanders stood by and watched emergency services clean up after being unable to help the driver.