Apr 29, 2008 4:25 pm US/Eastern
Man Recovering After Truck Rolls, Lands On His Car
The Truck Driver Was Not Hurt
MIRAMAR (CBS4) ―
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A toppled 18-wheeler pins the front end of a white sedan on University Drive in Miramar.
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After the accident, crews worked quickly to remove all of the Coca-Cola products that fell.
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The steering wheel of the car is almost touching the 18-wheeler's front wheels.
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A South Florida driver continues to recuperate in a hospital Tuesday afternoon after an 18-wheeler flipped onto his car in Miramar.
Police say the accident happened as a tractor trailer full of two-liter Coca-Cola bottles fell over on top of a white Honda Civic, trapping the driver of the car, Eduardo Ibarro.
The collision took place on University Drive just underneath the Florida Turnpike before County Line Road around 6:00 a.m.
The southbound lanes of University, between Riviera Boulevard and County Line Road were shutdown for hours as rescue crews carefully removed the trapped driver from his white car.
"The crews from Miramar Fire Rescue as well as Miami-Dade County Rescue worked diligently for nearly an hour to extricate the patient from the vehicle," said Miramar Battalion Chief Bill Huff. "The patient had significant entrapment in the vehicle; the tractor trailer was actually on top of part of the passenger's department [side], and trapping the patient's leg under the dashboard."
Ibaarro was transferred to Memorial Regional Hospital where he is listed in good condition.
After the accident, crews worked quickly to remove all of the Coca-Cola products that fell.
Police say the driver of the truck was not hurt.
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