042621 FIREFIGHTERS WORK 2 HOURS TO FREE TRAPPED GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER

At 7:24 am Monday North Montgomery County Fire was dispatched to Old Highway 105 at Metts Road. Units arrived on the scene to find a Santek garbage truck on its side in a ditch and ravine and against a large pine tree. The driver who operates the truck from the right side was entrapped. Crews immediately went to work. A heavy-duty wrecker was requested to the scene to assist. Milstead Heavy Duty arrived and was able to hook to the rear of the truck. The driver was so wrapped in the cab that firefighters had a difficult time even getting tools into it. Crews worked with what they had for two solid hours. A medical doctor had already been alerted for the possibility of having to do a field leg amputation. The driver's leg was under the dash and behind the steering column. What made matters worse was where he ran off the road in the deep ditch there was a cross ravine the nose of the truck went into before striking a large pine tree. He was finally freed and transported to HCA Conroe in critical condition. Diesel fuel spilling started flowing into the creek. Commissioner Metts assisted Milstead at putting pads and booms down while waiting for a Hazmat team to arrive. Milstead Heavy Duty removed the truck however Sam Houston Electric was forced to cut power to about 1000 homes due to power lines directly above the scene. The driver's family arrived on the scene along with co-workers as they watched crews work to remove the driver. DPS is investigating the crash. Old 105 will be closed the remainder of the day between Metts and California as HAZMAT crews work to clean the spill.

[@TexasGhost11B]

Want to thank yall for the prayers and all those involved with my rescue God was with me yesterday an im alive! Going to be a long recovery but thanks to first responders I will survive thank you

[@Aspire2Cycle]

Glad your OK! March 15, 2021 I got run off the road with my garbage truck. God was with me, I should have made it. Still not 100% but wouldn't trade my job for anything. First few weeks after the crash was the hardest, had flashbacks every night. Make you appreciate all the little things much more.

[@TexasGhost11B]

@@Aspire2Cycle yes it does I find myself think everyday “How did I survive?”

[@Aspire2Cycle]

@@TexasGhost11B Me too. I try not to think about it but we still have my old truck sitting in our yard.

[@lynnthomas6414]

Praise God your ok, get well soon

[@ronyex8652]

Thank you for the prayers thats my older brother and I showed up with my father that also works with my brother

[@scaledirtslinger]

How is he doing?

[@ronyex8652]

@@scaledirtslinger he's in pain he let's off tears when he moves

[@carolfrazer8067]

There is so much weight to a garbage truck. Besides the truck itself, you have the garbage. When the load shifts there is no stopping the truck from flipping over. Prayers for the driver. Thank you so much EMS, Fire, Police, Heavy Rescue and anyone else.

[@Fro081]

That truck was no where near fully loaded, had it been....driver probably wouldn’t have made it.....luckily for him it only had about 2-3 tons on it.

[@havenzhai5187]

I drove garbage truck and many other types of trucks. Garbage is compacted, so it would not have the ability to shift. Not so with concrete mixer.

[@ImAyBeast]

Distracted driving

[@dagneytaggart7707]

Praying his leg is able to heal. If they were considering a field amputation, the situation was severe.

[@denniscarter8163]

Thank you Scott and all workers! Everyone try to stay safe!

[@daisyd8790]

Bless the Driver's Heart, and all who worked to free him. Goodness. I hope he is able to recover quickly and fully. These 1st Responders, and all related life-savers, are true Heroes. The whole operation to free this poor Driver was RISKY for all involved, from what I can see, and what I read in Mr. Engle's description. Wow. Just Amazing.... Your posts are the best, Mr. Engle !

[@buckberthod5007]

I'm glad he wasn't DOA. We just had a fatal rollover earlier today in my town

[@neil6212]

Another high quality and well narrated heavy rescue! This one is of such quality and detail to serve as a training video! Nice work Scott!!

[@CurtisAClark]

Excellent video! Glad the driver is ok. Praying for him to recover fast.

[@MrYAMAHA32177]

Thank you Scott Engle for all the great videos.

[@neldamartin1754]

Prayers for a speedy recovery

[@saramartin1234]

Amazing extraction the way the men worked as a team was breath taking. Blessings to you and your dedication to help those in need. Blessings. 🙏👠👠

[@countrygirlfishing]

Holy Cow glad he's ok !!!

[@bustertim5333]

Prayers 🙏🙏 for the driver

[@normanrambo4189]

Great job, thank you first responders, all you great firefighters, EMTS. God bless you all, prayers for the victim pray his leg heals.

[@swully-ol4lx]

great job to all that helped in freeing this gentleman from this garbage truck. 🙂

[@amecocoa3829]

This team put their all into this rescue.

[@marcss416]

Wow he was lucky to survive that!

[@danreich4320]

Kudos to all involved. Excellent video recording. Very good narrative too.

[@donnadsmith853]

Great Team Work My Brothers! Can tell you stay on top of your training and communicate well.

[@davidtyndall8880]

It's wonderful to see all those people working so hard to save just one man's life. The funny thing is that if you walked out there and told them that they were all fired not one single person would walk off until that driver was safe.

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

well duh. people who AREN'T paid to do this do it every day. and they don't get paid to *start* with. and if you fire someone, yeah they do have to leave immediately and are replaced right in the middle of whatever they're doing. it's not optional. so, lol.

[@elizabethcherry920]

Awesome video

[@lynnthomas6414]

Prayers for you and your family 🙏.

[@garylandrum9036]

Great job mcems

[@santaclaus6602]

That guy is REALLY LUCKY

[@Fro081]

Luckily the truck wasn’t packed out, had he been it’s a very good chance he wouldn’t have survived.....prayers to him & great job by the 1st responders....

[@kathymclain2632]

Praying for this man.

[@Chief21075]

God bless Texas

[@joemoore8054]

Nice job.

[@Hithere-xx1gk]

That rotaters outriggers did a number on that asphalt should have had boards there good recovery anyway

[@scottishbinlorryscotland7971]

Dear God I hop the driver is all right. Did they scrap the truck or fix it? I would fix it to save environmental

[@julieslittlepatchofdirt95]

Ex Co worker of mine. Prayers all.

[@fastlaynem]

He is certainly happy that he is not your ex-ex co-worker.

[@MrWc867]

I just found some updates on this, the driver claimed a car cut him off but by viewing his dashcam he took the turn too fast and there was no car. Any way I am glad he was not killed.

[@niecy304]

The driver was so wrapped around the cab that when aheadialroad firefighters tired to get him out, it was crushed by the power line

[@charlesgardner5989]

What was the cause of the accident driver era since no other vehicle was in involved I now it couldn't have been a blow out tire unless he was diving to fast

[@cruisingwithwilliam]

wow

[@jovanholland36]

O dang

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

What happened that the truck rolled over?

[@vanlifenomadfirekeeper]

Dam chief, law off the Donuts

[@choochoochoofkncoolasfthew3076]

Ur thing

[@julieslittlepatchofdirt95]

Going into second surgery

[@ironeagle2526]

keeps us up to date on his condition

[@charlesgardner5989]

How the hell did you end up in the ditch you fall asleep

[@rondean2733]

Not firefighters, they are firemen

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

Future Swift driver.

[@Aspire2Cycle]

Very dumb comment! Hope you never have to be in a life or death situation. Enjoy your life.

[@dwtrksvc]

So...you had to recover a truck...

[@keriwhitmire3239]

Why are the drivers on the right side ?

[@JohnHallgren]

Because as they are picking up garbage cans, they need to be on same side, just like postal delivery vehicles are right hand drive.

[@keriwhitmire3239]

Well they could still pick them up sitting on the other side

[@Fro081]

@@JohnHallgren they don’t have to be, I drive a garbage truck with the same body as this one & it’s left hand steer.

[@RecologySpencer]

Yeah usually it's right side, but occasionally left.

[@QuitDragoon]

Because you can’t really see the arm when you’re on the left side and you might hit a can or car

[@0524cami]

Good lord chief...be a better example in case your called in to do some actual Firefighting. I'm not making fun of him but he's a very young chief. Good health goes along away and leads to great examples of your fellow firemen

[@peterbarlow7781]

My thoughts exactly.

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

eh. too bad firefighters think they're so special. if they were reasonable and realistic, people would actually respect them. they just do stuff people do every day for free, except they get taxpayer money to do it. it's not heroic at that point. it's just a job. time to clue in, bois.