‘Oh my God!’: Video captures firetruck sliding down icy Missouri street

fox59.com ^ | 18 hours ago | Kevin S. Held

[V_TWIN]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) – Freezing rain coated streets across the St. Louis region with ice Sunday night into Monday, resulting in several car accidents and ER trips for people attempting to navigate the dangerous conditions in their vehicles.

Even first responders were not immune from Mother Nature’s wrath, as videos recorded Monday morning captured the moment a firetruck from the Rock Community Fire Protection District spun out of control and nearly slammed into homes in a Jefferson County subdivision

[V_TWIN]

As a side note, please let the record reflect that all toothless rednecks DO NOT reside in Southern states. 😏

[Mogger]

Guess they never heard of tire chains.

[BBQToadRibs2]

While there was an emergency, it does appear they were going too fast under known piss poor road conditions.

(Internet pretend expert observation)

[nwrep]

Overweight, out of breath, cigarette puffing people filming.

[EvilCapitalist]

I hate spinning rides.

[V_TWIN]

(Internet pretend expert observation)

There’s a lot of that.......self included. 😏

[Dr.Deth]

I certain expected to hear a word starting with that letter and ending in those three in that situation.

[READINABLUESTATE]

Wheee! Let’s do it again!

[TangoLimaSierra]

Like a glove.

[z3n]

Amazing that that truck didn’t end up going through a house.

He was already down the straight-away of the hill and had recognized his inability to brake at all, so he attempted to make the turn early and put his front tires into the lawn of that corner-lot, which sent the back end of the trunk around hard like a catapult, and it slid staight into the driveway between two houses.

I bet the driver got out and said, “yeah, I meant to do that. Now who was holding my beer?”

[V_TWIN]

And that was an “E” ticket ride to be sure.

*monitoring for recognition of obscure reference*

[cyclotic]

I once spun my car like that into a parking space, but it was intentional. That looked a bit scary.

[V_TWIN]

Inside the cab......you know it did! Lol!

[EvilCapitalist]

I don’t get the reference.

[V_TWIN]

Just like we practiced it!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It used to get you into the best, newest and most scary rides…

[gitmo]

This is a maneuver to deploy the fire hose more quickly. It’s well known to firefighters. /s

[EvilCapitalist]

I only ever went to Disney World, and in 1991, so it’s been a few years.

[InvisibleChurch]

That’s how we drive on dry roads in Florida.

[EvilCapitalist]

You probably drive like that to avoid the alligators.