CBS Denver
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — On Sept. 12 before the sun came up, it was raining hard and Dillon Road near Highway 287 in Boulder County washed out. Chase French was driving to work when his truck fell into the gap in the road.
“I couldn’t stop in time,” French told CBS4.
The truck was wedged between the road and the rushing river. French was still strapped into his seat belt and his airbags hadn’t deployed. He was okay. “I get on 911 … and I’m about to tell them where it’s at and all of a sudden my cab just explodes,” French remembered. The windows smashed, the air bags deployed, and the cab was crushed. French’s truck was hit by a white truck that also flew into the river.
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