Watch Near Head-On Tractor Trailer Collision [Shocking Dashcam Video]


A tractor-trailer driver was nearly hit head-on by another semi that was trying to pass a snowplow in oncoming traffic.

The early January incident, which was caught on a dashcam video, was recently uploaded to YouTube (partially NSFW for language) where it went viral. See embed below.

This near collision occurred on Highway 11 in Nipegon, Ontario, Canada, in a snowstorm. Ontario Provincial Police have the matter under investigation and are on the lookout for the oncoming-lane driver.

As the other semi approaches in the wrong lane, the driver can be heard shouting “What the hell are you doing.. No — No!” followed by an expletive. The dashcam driver was fortunately unhurt, but he had to swerve his 82,000 pound rig into the guard rail, thereby narrowly missing the two other vehicles.

The driver, identified by CBC as Art Ginter of Winnipeg, Manitoba, said that “I didn’t know if I was going to get out of the situation. I didn’t know if I was going to die.” He estimated the damage to his truck is about $25,000, for which he will have to pay a $2,500 deductible. Ginter added that he was traveling less than the speed limit and that he tried to stop his vehicle when the danger became apparent. “But… you don’t want to be hitting the brakes too hard, because then your trailer might start coming around on you. And then it would have been a whole lot more of a mess.”

The video — which has more than one million hits — apparently was uploaded by the Ginter’s wife, who explained in part that “the oncoming semi was in the wrong lane passing a snow plow on a double solid line going uphill and heading into a curve while carrying a dangerous load (that is what the sign on the trailer shows)…Physically my husband is okay but his semi suffered a lot of damage. He avoided the other truck by inches and saved his load. We are still looking for the other driver and appreciate all the eyes out there on the road. We are praying that they will step up on their own and accept responsibility… ”

Watch the dashcam video of the near head-on collision in Ontario:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce9lF_9m7yQ

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