TEXAS CREEK, CO - New surveillance video shows the moment a runaway semi truck ran a stop sign, narrowly missing a serious, high-speed crash with an approaching car and SUV.
Narrow miss by out of control semi truck in Texas Creek CO. A semi with overheated brakes is NB on H69 at H50 then runs a stop sign and narrowly misses striking passing vehicles. Before going down an embankment. No injuries. CCTV From Barrys Den Diner pic.twitter.com/PaZSP8RCFM
— CSP Canon City (@CSP_CanonCity) August 7, 2018
A timestamp on the video from Barry's Den Diner shows this happened Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 69 east of Cotopaxi in Fremont County. Colorado State Patrol says the truck's brakes had overheated and it could not stop. The semi ended up crashing down an embankment.
This is a close up from the semi truck crash on 8/5/18 at H69 @ H50 at Texas Creek CO. pic.twitter.com/tNcKo28TYw
— CSP Canon City (@CSP_CanonCity) August 7, 2018
Despite the serious damage to the semi, no one was hurt.