Talk about a close call!
One man in Texas is feeling extremely blessed after he narrowly escaped death while driving on an interstate.
A video that has gone viral on X shows the moments an overpass partially collapsed while he was driving under it.
Fox News filled in the details:
A Texas driver caught a partial overpass collapse on video this week as he was driving underneath it.
Leonel Vasquez and his brother were driving on Interstate 27 in Tulia, Texas, from his work in Amarillo when they saw a tractor-trailer hit the overpass, he told Storyful, FOX 4 reported.
No other injuries were reported.
The tractor-trailer was hauling a crane when it hit the overpass, Sgt. Adrian Briseno with the Texas Department of Public Safety said, according to KHOU-TV.
The overpass remains closed.
Watch the moment it happened here:
Texas Overpass Collapse on Video interstate 27 in Tulia, Texas 🇺🇸
pic.twitter.com/Y21nS6MLeY— WanderVisions Lens (@wandervisions) May 31, 2025
Civil engineer Matt Dursh broke down the bridge’s partial destruction in a thread.
Read here:
The bridge was hit at the center of the span where the maximum bending moments of this type of bridge occur.
The strike damaged the bottom flange of the concrete I girder, exposing prestressing strand and causing the girder to fail under the self weight of the structure. 2/ pic.twitter.com/FqQgiIxStZ
— Matt Dursh (@MattDursh) May 27, 2025
Other girders were significantly damaged in the strike. While standing, this girder has significant bottom flange damage with exposed prestressing strand.
The top flange of the concrete girder is delaminating from the deck, with a visible horizontal fracture along the deck. 4/ pic.twitter.com/eNVuKYAxSE
— Matt Dursh (@MattDursh) May 27, 2025
Despite the significant damage to the bridge it still remains standing. This shows the resiliency and ductility of the structure.
Engineers design bridges and other structures for a ductile failure where the structure deforms before collapse.
Brittle failures are avoided.
— Matt Dursh (@MattDursh) May 27, 2025
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