A recent viral video captures a GMC Sierra driver engaged in a determined battle against a muddy highway embankment. Rather than call for a tow truck, the driver relentlessly maneuvers their way up the slippery slope, only to lose traction before making another attempt. Incredibly, after countless failures, the driver finally gets four wheels back onto the blacktop.
The footage, seemingly recorded by a drone hovering overhead, shows a four-lane highway divided by a large center embankment. While the road surface appears clean and clear, the center median is covered in snow and mud, creating some tricky terrain.
At the start of the video, the GMC Sierra is seen rocking back and forth in the embankment, leaving deep muddy tracks as the pickup struggles to gain traction up the slope. The truck climbs up one side of the V-shaped divider valley, only to slide back down, reversing direction back up the other side in an effort to gain momentum.
It remains unclear why the driver ended stuck up in the divider. However, the video shows another snow-covered pickup truck stuck nearby with tracks leading toward it. The presence of the second truck would suggest that the Sierra driver may have been attempting to assist another vehicle, but ended up trapped themselves.
With each rocking motion, the GMC Sierra gets closer and closer to freedom. While this self-recovery technique is commonly used off-road, attempting it so close to highway traffic adds another level of danger. If another vehicle were approaching at high speeds when the Sierra finally makes it to the top, the situation could have taken a dangerous turn.
Fortunately, after multiple tenacious attempts, the driver finally crests the embankment, regaining traction and safely re-entering the highway without further incident.
While it’s better to exercise caution in such situations, we gotta give it up to the GMC Sierra driver for their persistence. Check out the full video right here:
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In the time it took and the risk it took, they could have gone to the next exit and turned around. Not to mention the wear and tear to the truck transmission.
Was that Pete Hegseth in the other vehicle on his way into work?
Just a stunt for the internet. Click bait. The drone just happened to be there? Right.
That poor Indy 500 edition Sierra. 😢
“Never understood the power of a regular cab General Motors truck.”
Looks like it’s 2-WD
The markings on the trucks identify it as a 2wd, 1993 Chevy C1500 Indy pace truck. Not that non-car people would know the difference. The big question is why was the truck there? Internet stunt is a good candidate. It seems like any time we see something totally bizarre, someone has a cell phone or other camera pointed toward the action.