Trucks go over cliff in Norway
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- čas přidán 1. 04. 2012
- Police say a Lithuanian truck driver suffered broken bones but survived after his vehicle tumbled 60 metres down a snow-covered cliff in central Norway, bringing a tow truck with it.
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I always feel conflicted when I give a "thumbs up" to a video with a serious accident that could have cost several people their lives. But the fact that the tow truck driver got out, and the truck driver survived, that definitely warrants a thumbs up!
not to mention the camera work... didnt miss any of it huge thumbs up for getting all of the action from start to finish
Understood.
you thumbs up a video when it shows you what happened. If you don't want to see the truck go over the edge, THEN DON'T CLICK THE VIDEO. LOL
Clicking the video means you want to see it. The thumbs up means the video delivered as promised. Only a jerk clicks to see something, and then thumbs it down because they saw what the title said they would see...and they didn't like it.
Lucky lucky
That's why I never vote anymore, because I can't always tell which way people are interpreting it.
If this had been filmed in Hollywood, both trucks would’ve exploded in huge fireballs the instant they went over.
Exactly what I was thinking. Someone show this to hollywood filmmakers.
Or maybe that would happen if we were not living in a fake Matrix - huh?! u thought about that one?!! HUH?
Someone needs to edit this to include the massive explosions at the bottom.
@@rosskstar damn
movies are made for entertainment.. i don;t think you're grasping that it doesn't have too follow reality
The driver comes home from work. His wife "Honey, how was your day at work?" .... He replies "Oh was one of those days where everything went down hill!"
Your so bad 😂
Funny comment. Thanks for the laugh. Thumbs up!
@@paparoysworkshop ... Your welcome. Regardless how serious things are in life we should never lose our humor (;-))
Literally
😅
Incredible that the tow truck driver actually closed the door behind him, when he leapt for safety.
What, do you leave the door ajar when leaping from a multi-axle vehicle? Jeez
@@markyncole I, a Norwegian citizen, can confirm that the steering wheel is on the left side of the vehicle. We drive on the right side of the road. Perhaps the injured driver was in the other truck?
@@markyncole It states clearly that the "driver of the semi being towed" went down and survived.
You. DON’T want to get dragged away or pinned down bij a open door...🤔
Yeah, but he lost his lunch.
"Have You Driven A Fjord Lately?"
you are a god of comments
Joey Jamison Well, someone really did drive into one this day. He would have wished he hadn't gotten past his Momma's VOLVO when this had happened. MAN....That's why they say "SCANIA horizons before you leave"....Wha DAF....Uck...??!!!!
Joey Jamison Yep, a Vikingfjord
😂
Comedy Gold Jerry!!!!
This camera person needs to be absolutely the best. 8 years ago and caught the whole thing on potato. Flash to 2021. 4-8k videos and everyone just records their feet when the action happens. Well done that camera operator:)
so true plus no screaming new video would have had screaming from start to finish
Filming is only for those with rock-solid constitutions.
Yeah, thats true.. why are "all" people filming their feets or the sky when the action hits? i cant understand. Really annoying. Really common on fail complilations. Maybe many of them are fake? just for the money?
Don't forgetting banshee screaming or saying worldstar 150 times a minute.
You forgot to mention: recording in portrait mode of course! ;)
"At Farmers we have seen a thing or two" this is why we don't have any offices in Norway..
NOWAY NORWAY IS OUR MOTTO
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brilliant!
best reply in ages
"I said I wanted to drive in a Ford, not a Fjord!"
that'll be $460,000 for the tow, thank you
What a bargain, I would almost bet that that case on the video cost the towing company more than that
$American, please.
@Peder Hansen income - expenses = profit; if the trucking company got their truck towed to service station for 460 000 USD, judging by that video the profit of the towing company ended up being heavily negative, meaning they lost a lot of money. The trucking company of course will be glad if the towing company did not charge them that much.
to speak the truth, I think that what really happened was that insurance companies were the ones that paid this case
I used to be an over the road semi truck driver and one time coming home through the Rocky Mountains I saw the back end of a semi trailer from a cliff. Apparently the driver went over the edge and the trailer landed on top of the truck . It was so steep and that trailer HAD to weigh so much that I'm pretty sure they never got the driver out of that truck!!!
The woman who was filming this didn't scream. Amazing!
And filmed the whole thing!
In fact, she laughs at the 0:45 mark, obviously not caring that someone may well be dying right in front of her.
Well, I was gonna say if you've seen something enough, the " shock " wears away. Some people too stay calm under stress.
@@someoldguy383 I don't hear any laughter.
@Fredrik Larsson - 🏆🏆🏆
There’s norway he’s keeping his job
No, he's being deported back to Lithuania. Read and view the video.
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Yeah but thats the truck driver, not the tow truck driver.
@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki I think you did not understand the joke
🤣😂🤣
is there a bell end in norway?....no, i hang to the left....:-))..i got your joke,lol
in Russia that's called a "short cut"...
Or tuesday
In Russia, you dont fall down the Fjord, the Fjord falls into you.
You need a zil or an ural to make that short cut!
shortcut to what?
@@brukernavn3409 to get to the bottom of the mountain :D Jeez dude
The truck from Lituania was running on worn out summer tyres and had only one chain on the right rear wheel.
Right now there is a court case going on as both parties want compensation for their trucks.
Many of these Eastern European drivers use hard Chinese and Russian tyres on the trucks. They don't have chains or don't know how to fit them.
They don't pay for toll roads and many of them don't even buy diesel, they steal from other trucks.
These are not stories. One morning when i woke up my diesel tank was empty. I had filled up 700 liters the night before.
How did it end up?
@@dustojnikhummer Knowing the court system and how the dude is running worn out tires, I guess neither of parties got the amount they wanted. hahaha
Indian Pot im Lithuanian
@@inactive859 They have changed the law now. M+S tyres are illegal to use from coming winter. Minimum markings should be M+S with 3 peak mountain flake with threads of at least 5 mm thread depth is compulsory. There was a truck one winter that crashed and the drivers were sleeping inside the truck one Christmas after the owner told them to manage themselves until the new year.
Locals in the town got together and put them up from Christmas to New Year so they would not freeze to death.
There have been horror stories in the news with trucks being fitted with magnets and other gear to cheat the recorder in the truck that monitors the drivers. Some of these were done professionally so one can imagine it was the company that was behind this.
The Eastern European drivers are paid very badly even though they drive in Norway. These are not drivers but slaves.
I got talking to a driver in 2005 and got to know that he was being paid 4 euro an hour by a Danish company Kims Transport. When I did not believe him he showed me his pay slip. Same time I was paid 18 euros.
When I was driving, I had diet money and had my hotel room covered and did not need to cook my own food.
Why do I get the feeling that this a not too uncommon occurrence in Norway. Everyone is acting so calm and bored with the situation.
There was even a laugh, if I'm not mistaken.
@larzuga1 Yeah, a truck going over a cliff with a person inside, let's all yawn or laugh!
Not common at all. We know how to drive on snowcovered roads. The towed truck was polish.
@larzuga1 yeah loud americans are so annoying
Not a common event, just not American!
Historically, Norwegians are admired for their excellent seafaring skills.
Not to mention their mountaineering skillz 😋
As we see they are also effective with tree removal (;-))
Huh?
He was Lithuanian.
@@yanetsmith8354 oh, well, that explains everything.
LOL
0:31 Tow truck driver jumps OUT just in time! (He even shut the door! Nice job!)
Omg! I missed that! Thank you for this comment! I had to rewatch it! I was stunned everyone wasn't more upset!
Holy shit well spotted, just made it!
He must have been ready to bail at the first sign of shit heading south.
Maybe the driver of the pulled truck should have done the same. I think his life is worth more than a truck.
Yeah, don't wear a seat belt during a tow like this
He wanted to get his Thermos and lunchbox back.
rule number 1 : when drivning truck i Norway 1 hand on the door handle and 1 hand on the whell allways ... if the truck starts to slip then get out as fast as you can and dont think about the truck thats what my boss told me .
my boss told me to get on chains instead ;P
And don’t wear a seatbelt👍🏻 takes to much time😱
and probably when the situation is like this, remove the door first, so you can jump out easily if something like this happens!
@@CostaWanti Oh my Goodness, Don't wear a seat belt.....so you don't survive when you go out of your windshield headfirst because the massive brain injury you'll have will be life changing, the one you wouldn't have received if you would have had on your seat belt.
@@janisbentzen4503 If you're in a situation where you think your vehicle might fall off a cliff then you generally won't be going fast enough for that to happen.
Now we know what “oh shit” sounds like in Norwegian.
@@jinglemyberries866 HE says "-what the hell did he do here! Idiot!" He was probably talking about why the driver steered so close to the drop of. There was plenty of room on the inside.
@@jinglemyberries866 0:46 "Hva i helvette som skjedde?" Means "What the hell happened?"
@@jinglemyberries866 He said "wtf just happened".
@@trulsgudvarpaulsen2379 IN THE BEGINNING - LOOK AT THE FRONT TIRES OF THE SECOND TRUCK. The driver was steering TOO far to the left making the front tires *skid* downhill into the guard rail rather than steer away from it. - Joe - (from Alaska)
@Lavalambtron It's all Greek to me.
A perfect case for any "quick release " mechanism on that tow hook.
Crazy lucky. That was an expensive tow. Lucky everybody survived.
He even closes the truck door before it falls. Classic Norwegians.
Thank you for telling us he survived. Hard to believe.
They just need to call Matt's Off-Road Tow and Recovery
Lol that's funny
that big rip off??!! avoid
@@josepeixoto3384 It was a joke. Sounds like you're a dumbass that needed his services but didn't want to pay for the mess they got themselves into.
He's now bigtime CZcamsr.
"Built Fjord tough!"
100% of us didn't search for this
Nobody:
CZcams: hey kids, you wanna see a Norwegian truck fall off a cliff?
I thought there was hair on my screen...
That's how I get out of a bad relationship. As quick as that tow truck driver and it always saves my life😁😁
"We're gonna need a bigger truck!"
I hate when my vehicle tumbles 60 meters down a snow-covered cliff in central Norway.
Free Translation: "You have got to be shittin' me, right"?
No, it was: "Hold on, watch this shit!"
About right. " what the hell happened ... what the hell did he do now??"
A long walk home and an awkward conversation when you get there.
ALL THOSE "ATTABOYS" THROWN AWAY WITH ONE "AWSHIT"...
@@harryballsacky , lol , isn’t that the truth.
Nice that the videographer actually didnt flinch away
What a disaster!! I’m glad the drivers survived
hello boss were going to need a second tow truck ps dont send the new guy
Not sure what they’re saying, but it sounded to me like “I think you both just lost your jobs”. Lol
These kind of situations is why insurance exists. You are at the mercy of nature when going up an icy hill with that kind of situation
The girl holding the camera was just stating that she got it on video. The tow truck driver was asking "what the hell happened", then "what the hell was he doing here".
Legend says they're still rolling down that hill.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
'Let me through, let me through.'
'Are you with the emergency services?'
'No, I'm a scrap metal dealer....'
Aw, I am so glad the drivers both survived!
0:20 The Lithuanian driver has his front wheels pointing outwards. This is why the tow truck can’t budge him imo...
And after that he went downnnnnn
facts
Thank God no one lost their life. That was scary!
When NOT wearing a seatbelt SAVED a life.
You can unbuckle yourself within a second.
Imagine if the driver that went down the hill wasn't wearing a seatbelt... He'd be a flying potato
Spring is a good time to wait to tow a truck.
Them darned Vikings, always trying to turn everything into a longship!
😅
Trucks bringing goods from other countries are a constant problem in the winter in Norway. The truck being towed was from Lithuania. They are never on the correct tyres or have chains and are constantly being pulled over for such driving offenses. Their drivers don't have experience on the snowy mountain roads either. I don't think the company 'Faulk' will even tow trucks that are on poor tyres or without chains anymore. They have to wait for a flatbed to come get them. The tow truck driver was at the mercy of the driver behind him being able to control his truck. They were both damn luckly. I hope the Lithuanian driver is now a taxi driver in Tallin and never gets behind a heavy truck ever again.
.. true!! =]
You would never get me up on that road to begin with!
“Living life on the edge...” 😬
That scene is in the opening montage for the TV show “Ice Road Rescue” which I find quite interesting (the personalities of the drivers especially).
Tow truck driver was clearly awake ! :)
I got so into it I was leaning my phone to look over the cliff at the end😅
Camera work is amazing. You stayed so still and calm while getting an action shot
Whats weird is that nobody is even freaking out. Just another day for them
No shit!
Norwegian recovery drivers , specially big trucks have fatalities almost every month , whether its the accident they are going to recover , or a recovery accident.
No, they dont. Dont freak out and dont have "fatalities almost every month".
nice job filming, stayed right on subject, by the way not tow drivers fault, other guy swinging too wide for curve ahead
Nice to see I'm not the only one who had this turn up in my recommended videos in February 2021... only 9 years later...
I'm trying to figure out the algorithm that does this to me.
We can do this your way, my way, or the Norway. Let’s try the Norway. Perfect.
Had to watch that twice he looked like he teleported out of that truck lol.
FLASH....AHH....AHHHHH
I'm happy he's alive still
Phones boss.
“ Hi it’s me. I killed two wagons and the new guy. I suppose a reference is out of the question ?”
I can't believe how laid back this women was, normally they'd be screaming their heads off.
This is europe not america.
European women are much different to american women
Probably because she's just used to this kind of stuff I can't imagine she'd be in that situation otherwise saying it'sbecause they're from one country or another seems a little bit shallow
@@mqe73M not shallow at all, different countries has different cultures and attitudes to stuff...
Yeah he survived...But the smart driver jumped out of his truck and didn’t go over the cliff.
The transport truck driver was still in his truck, trying to help the tow truck pull him up the hill.
This comes from the National Geographic series “Ice road Rescue”. I watched as many episodes as I could; these rescues are spectacular! I strongly recommend watching this series.
Do you know what episode this is?
This clip didnt come from the series, they just borrowed it
I'm so glad he was physically ok. Thanks for letting us know. My heart was in my mouth. That must have been one helluva insurance claim.
If I were the driver who went down with his truck, id never look at another truck for the rest of my life
That's horrific, it made my stomach flip. I can't imagine the terror. I'm so pleased the truck driver survived..the rescue afterwards must have been a difficult mission to put it mildly.
Translating the tow truck drivers words when looking down on the tubling trucks:
"What the Hell happened here?"
"What the Hell did he do here?"
thanks for translation. Looked like the truck driver wheels were turned towards the cliff and caused the problem which would explain the tow mans reaction.
This is when you drive with one hand on the wheel the other on the door handle!!!
Dude was outta that truck like a crackhead running from the cops!😂
I'm hoping that wasn't laughing I heard...
If you did, are you gonna call the police ?
No hysterical screams of “oh my God!” or streams of profanity from the camera person, which is quite different from how an American would react.
Doesnt that stop bad shit from happening tho?
I don't know what they're saying but they seem pretty casual & chill if theres a guy inside or not. I thought I actually heard her chuckle.
i think it was an " oh OH ".
Just seeing this in my feed. But how can that guy call himself a tow driver? I couldn't see any chains on that tow truck. Seems like chains should be mandatory on that road.
He literally had enough grip to tow a semi up a hill.. The accident happened because the semi braked for some reason, which made it slide out. The semi had summer tires on and was the only vehicle without proper tires. Foreign semis (this guy was Lithuanian) driving around on Norwegian winter roads with poor tires is a major problem in Norway, they get stuck constantly all winter.
The whole thing could also have been avoided if the semi driver put his chains on. He had them in sealed bags but didn't tell the tow truck driver that he even had them, because if he used them he would have to pay his employer.
@@Brukernavnn I am from oregon. big mountains with deep snow in winter. Nothing compared to Norway. But you must have chains available on the truck to drive on the freeways from Nov to April. There are steep fines for not chaining up even when there is little snow on the road. Still, we slavic people are champions at trying to get away with breaking the rules. If you buy the chains in the fall but don't use them you can return them for refund in spring. Not smart in this case. Used to take me about 2 hours to chain up 5 tires. Now I know tricks and can get it done in less than 20 minutes. Truck driver very unwise to not chain up, but I still say tow driver also should have had chains on. One last question. Is it not cheaper to pay for chains than to pay for a tow? Here chains cost about $300, a tow about $1000.
@@odomn Good tires mean 9 times out of 10 you wont need chains. Had the truck driver had good tires this wouldn't have happened. He also had his tires pointing ina bad direction.
Now I know how to say "Are you okay?" in Norwegian.
I understood: “You lucky sonofa...!” But I’m still learning Viking. ;-)
Nope, you don’t know.
I thought he said Thats me sacked
00:08 - You could see this wouldn't go very well right there.
Are u still alive??
Tow truck driver was just like "dam now how am I getting home?"
A moment of silence for the trees that gave up their lives to slow the trucks fall to a slow-motion rotisserie chicken roll.
We must cellebrate we have some more bio waste to burn....
Having grown up in the mountains of Colorado I can relate to the tow truck driver.
What was that flat lander doing here?
I agree, mountain driving is dangerous enough in the summer. In the winter with fresh snow on the ground it's like playing russian roulette. Glad they both survived, and hopefully learned from this incident.
He was trying to take a short cut.. I have no idea, that's the only reason I can think of. 🤣
CR Norway.
There's Norway I'd be driving on those roads..
That's Swede
Snort!
@@ilikethisnamebetter It did happen in Norway.
@@EllieChristine744 Yes. Fin.
I'd drive the roads, having tons of experience in Chicago winters. It's the cliff that I can't handle (heights! EEK!). 😲
All this year, after reading a book about Norway and then watching several videos here on CZcams I thought Norway sounded so wonderful. But growing up in Pennsylvania I figured the drawback of Norway was the winter weather, especially if you had to do much driving.
Truly scary to watch, but good to hear that everyone survived.
Lots of driving up and down curvy mountainside roads.
Winter in Norway is beatifull, its just our road networks are extremely underdeveloped. All the politicians want to only spend money in the capital and the big cities.
I am so glad he survived without permanent injury. That had to be so scary and the broken bones hurt 💔
Thank goodness the trucker survived! 😲 How scary it must've been!
Weren’t there two? 🤔
I have been known to tie the driver's door open with a rope on occasion to make for a speedy exit if things go badly wrong
Can you loop chain round nearby trees back to tow truck just in case hoping towed truck breaks away in a fall?
Norwegian translation of the drivers comment "Damn! I really liked that truck!"
I dont know this man or anything about him but I am SO glad he got out of that truck the way he did.
Looked like Tom Cruise though he was a touch over 5 feet tall
It's alright Swift will hire him
I’m guessing the other guy didn’t die because the trees broke the fall.
At first I didn't notice, the tow-truck driver jumped out of the truck--thank goodness.
F*^k. The people filming were eerily quiet. If it was me you would hear anything but beeps. That’s a crazy and horrible thing to see. Weird.
Note to self: Don't tow wearing shorts and t-shirt.
Driver Sven now gets to hear the following from his boss the next few years; "Sorry Sven, no paycheck this week".
Sven is insured , also his truck is insured also the company he works for is insured , they will make fun of him for a day or two and that`s it . Don`t forget that Norwegians don`t interact with other humans for no reason
@@RICOFURNITURE Yes you are I'm sure right about this. Just making light of popular video. Glad the driver made it out. Dangerous stuff driving on those roads. Stay safe out there drivers of large vehicles on dangerous roads!
@@RICOFURNITURE Maybe not, the truck driver was Lithuanian so probably a subcontractor. Glad to see he survived at least!
@@jessicaandersson4313 yes , you`re right : at least he is in one piece :)
* Trucks go off cliff and explode *
Guy in charge: All right, sent the next one...
"Alright. Go down there and keep towing."
One nimble driver got out in time.
He had time to close his door behind him.
Seriously......right!
I had to watch it several times to see where that person came from.
Unless you can get out before it goes over, you are safest inside the vehicle... it's designed to help you survive a crash.
With the operative word being "a" - so _one_ crash. No vehicle is designed to protect the occupant(s) as it bounces down a hillside impacting the ground several times, i.e. multiple crashes. Also there is a real risk that one of the bounces, perhaps the last one, could be the vehicle slamming into the ground upside down, which would likely flatten the roof, because vehicles are not designed to fall 50-100 meters or more and then slam into the ground on their roof. Jumping out of a vehicle after it has "gone over the edge" might be a bad idea, by it is not correct to say that a vehicle falling down a steep hillside is "designed to help you survive" (from that sort of accident).
@@pulaski1 You have a lot more protection falling down a hillside in a vehicle than you do falling down the hillside without the vehicle.
@@blogintonblakley2708 A fair point, but I thought we were contrasting the driver of the truck being towed (who stayed in his vehicle) with the driver of the tow truck driver, who jumped out onto the road and didn't fall at all.
Norway did I just see two trucks go over a cliff?!!
So glad he survived!!
He survived cause Volvo. If I`d been a Renault he`d have been as dead as a door-nob.
Thats not true...the designers are still swedish...
AB Volvo is Swedish owned.
Please can you post a video of their recovery. It would be amazing.
Carve a trail to the shoreline and float them out.
I guessing a barge or two and a crane. Tow Truck driver is going to have a hard time getting insurance after that fiasco!
And I was thinking, "Glad no one was in those trucks." Happy the person that was inside came out okay. Whoa.
The best move that driver ever made was jumping out of that cab! Just in time, too. Holy shit!
On the plus side the fall was cushioned by the trees and the ground below.
Looks like someone was a little late getting the tire chains on the tow vehicle.
"There's Norway you can a Fjord to do that again."
He wondered..
"what exactly would Chuck Norris do?"