Truck wreck.

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> Read the caption on the first photo,
> then look at the second photo.
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> Look at the picture above and you can see where this driver
> broke through the guardrail, on the right side of the culvert,
> where the people are standing on the road, pointing.
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> The pick-up was traveling about 75 mph from right to left
> when it crashed through the guardrail.
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> It flipped end-over-end bounced off and across the culvert outlet,
> and landed right side up on the left side of the culvert,
> facing the opposite direction from which the driver was traveling.
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> The 22-year-old driver and her 18-year-old passenger
> were unhurt except for minor cuts and bruises.
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> Just outside Flagstaff , AZ , on U.S. Hwy 100.
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> Now look at the second picture below...
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holy crap!
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I did a similar manoeuvre myself about 3 months after passing my test many years ago - thank god there was nothing like that hole in the vicinity. Oh, my, goodness, as they say...
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well the angels where deffo on their side that day.Thank God for Angels :D
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Good picture but I have to say - good digital manipulation. I can't believe that the two guys standing next to the truck are really at the top of a cliff. Sorry to be a spoilsport but........

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Apparently he had Marmite sandwiches for lunch , and these saved his life !!
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That'll be the answer then!! Did he eat them or throw them into the canyon to break his fall?

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Ian in Cumbria wrote:Good picture but I have to say - good digital manipulation. I can't believe that the two guys standing next to the truck are really at the top of a cliff. Sorry to be a spoilsport but........

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Sorry Ian. Even snopes confirms it as true...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/c ... asp#photo4
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Alan

Seems true then. The thing that made me think it wasn't was the firemen standing between the wreck and the edge. Absolutely no need to do that and fireman aren't foolhardy (or they don't stay firemen for long!). Having looked again it may be that the long lens has foreshortened the view so much that they seem to be closer to the edge than they actually are. Even so - very lucky people in the truck. Wonder if they went out and bought a lottery ticket that weekend?

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