Yahoo News Driver, 61, 'glad to be alive' after car crushed under lorry in Massachusetts
![A 61-year-old has said he is grateful to be alive after the car he was driving was crushed when it slid under a lorry in the US. Fire officials say they are amazed Ricki Artruc was not seriously hurt after the car he was driving in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, hit a piece of concrete in the road and became airborne.The brakes didn't work and the car crossed a grassy area onto a highway ramp, where it became wedged under the tractor-trailer. The car was then dragged "a good distance" on Route 146 and the roof was crushed. A spokesman for Uxbridge Fire Department said Mr Artruc climbed out of the driver's side door. The 61-year-old driver, of Southbridge, told NBC Boston he's "just glad to be alive".He added: “When I hit [the piece of concrete], it just launched the car in the air. I did a Dukes of Hazzard.“I could see I was coming to the tractor-trailer and I knew I couldn’t stop. I had no brakes, nothing, I knew I was going to hit it.”Uxbridge Fire Department said Mr Artruc was taken to hospital and is recovering from minor injuries.](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/oxGWC_5L2a6dYYNpwiYfNg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/evening_standard_239/843367fa6bd2698d72e18d9ed10132bb)
![A 61-year-old has said he is grateful to be alive after the car he was driving was crushed when it slid under a lorry in the US. Fire officials say they are amazed Ricki Artruc was not seriously hurt after the car he was driving in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, hit a piece of concrete in the road and became airborne.The brakes didn't work and the car crossed a grassy area onto a highway ramp, where it became wedged under the tractor-trailer. The car was then dragged "a good distance" on Route 146 and the roof was crushed. A spokesman for Uxbridge Fire Department said Mr Artruc climbed out of the driver's side door. The 61-year-old driver, of Southbridge, told NBC Boston he's "just glad to be alive".He added: “When I hit [the piece of concrete], it just launched the car in the air. I did a Dukes of Hazzard.“I could see I was coming to the tractor-trailer and I knew I couldn’t stop. I had no brakes, nothing, I knew I was going to hit it.”Uxbridge Fire Department said Mr Artruc was taken to hospital and is recovering from minor injuries.](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/1SG_7cJSK2OO0UF.8cky0Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/evening_standard_239/0f1afc1ec77282c832d525b07d872273)
A 61-year-old has said he is grateful to be alive after the car he was driving was crushed when it slid under a lorry in the US.
Fire officials say they are amazed Ricki Artruc was not seriously hurt after the car he was driving in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, hit a piece of concrete in the road and became airborne.
The brakes didn't work and the car crossed a grassy area onto a highway ramp, where it became wedged under the tractor-trailer.
The car was then dragged "a good distance" on Route 146 and the roof was crushed.
A spokesman for Uxbridge Fire Department said Mr Artruc climbed out of the driver's side door.
The 61-year-old driver, of Southbridge, told NBC Boston he's "just glad to be alive".
He added: “When I hit [the piece of concrete], it just launched the car in the air. I did a Dukes of Hazzard.
“I could see I was coming to the tractor-trailer and I knew I couldn’t stop. I had no brakes, nothing, I knew I was going to hit it.”
Uxbridge Fire Department said Mr Artruc was taken to hospital and is recovering from minor injuries.
