It’s critical to always stay alert behind the wheel, not only to stay in control of your own vehicle, but to watch out for other drivers as well. That much is clear watching the following video, which shows a GMC Terrain slamming into a highway retaining wall.
The video was recently posted online and depicts an incident that occurred in San Antonio, Texas, on May 14th, 2021. According to the description, the folks shooting the video were traveling on Interstate 10 around 2:00 in the afternoon when they noticed a GMC Terrain swerving though traffic. The folks followed, trying to determine if the driver was texting while driving, or perhaps having medical issues. As the Terrain went up an interchange, it plowed into the retaining wall.
The video opens with the chase car just behind the GMC Terrain as it hits the wall. It appears as though the driver doesn’t even attempt to turn through the bend, and instead heads straight ahead into the wall. The impact causes the front passenger-side wheel to fall off, which starts to roll down the interchange ramp.
Rather than stopping on the shoulder, the driver in the GMC Terrain keeps driving down the ramp, eventually pulling in between two merging lanes. After a line of traffic passes, the crossover finally moves over to the shoulder.
At this point, the folks in the car following the crossover get on the phone with emergency services to report what’s going on. A passenger in the GMC Terrain then exits the vehicle and starts to look over the damage.
The way the passenger moves around the vehicle seems to suggest she isn’t totally sober (she’s also barefoot), which could explain why the crossover was weaving and failed to make the corner to begin with. Drugs and/or alcohol certainly seem like a strong possibility from her behavior.
Check it out for yourself. One word of warning, though – the video does include quite a bit of profanity, so if you’re sensitive to that kind of thing, be advised.
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Hefty repair bill. Thankfully this didn’t turn out any worse than it did.
On the first line ”it is critical to stay alert” and people are putting are putting it on auto-pilot and taking a nap or ” no worries here give me a couple more beers and a couple more shots i have auto-pilot and that will keep it between the ditches and if 50 gets behind me I will be dead center in my lane.
This person was clearly texting and not paying attention to the corner. An intoxicated driver would see a turn and overcorrect and also be weaving all over the road. Much stiffer fines and possible jail time are necessary for so many selfish drivers who still think it’s their privilege to text and drive.
Clearly intoxicated. I’ll have to disagree with Hyper Camaro 2SS above. Just watch her as she looks at the car and then attempts to “repair” part of it. From my 10 years in law enforcement, she is clearly drunk or under the influence of something. Now, it’s also very possible texting was involved.
Funny part to me? She’s towards the back attempting to fix something. Never mind that the entire front tire is gone. Let me just put this part back together and nobody will ever notice! haha.
Also, I just took a better look at the picture of the tire. Han anyone else noticed that it’s nearly bald? Where I’m from, that would have been a ticket alone for unsafe equipment on the roadway.
Yeah stand right between your vehicle and the wall dummy and no u can’t fix the damage on side of the interstate because your also missing a tire what’s wrong with people kid’s here’s why staying in school and off drugs are very important %100