Shocking moment truck flips as it falls 70-feet over Wisconsin interchange ramp landing upright and the driver survives
- A video captured the moment a truck flew off a ramp and plunged 70 feet onto a Wisconsin interstate
- The driver lost control of a pickup truck on an elevated ramp and skidded over snow piled against the barrier wall before falling onto Interstate 94 on Saturday
- Footage from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation shows the truck flip violently before landing upright on I-94
- Incredibly, the driver survived and was conscious and breathing
A driver is lucky to be alive after skidding off an interchange ramp in Milwaukee and plunging 70 feet onto the highway below.
The crash happened on Saturday morning on the I-94 at the Zoo Interchange near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The crash was filmed on a camera owned by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
A video captured the moment a truck flew off a ramp and plunged 70 feet onto an interstate
The pickup truck was traveling on I-94 when the driver suddenly skidded off the eastbound ramp. The truck hit a snowbank which was stacked up on the right shoulder of the road.
The driver suddenly lost control and went up and over the barrier wall plummeting plunging 70 feet down to the highway below, but landing upright.
Two people helped the driver until sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene. 
The driver lost control of a pickup truck on an elevated ramp and skidded over snow piled against the barrier wall before falling onto Interstate 94 in Wisconsin on Saturday
The car can be seen plummeting towards the ground after going over the barrier wall
Deputies with the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said the driver was still conscious and breathing after the crash.
The sheriff's office say the driver did not appear to show any signs of being impaired.
He was taken to an area hospital to be evaluated.
Milwaukee County said it is working as quickly as possible to remove snow from the side of highways in order to avoid crashes such as this.
Footage from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation shows the truck flip violently before landing upright on I-94
The car fell 70ft and the driver managed to survive the drop. He was conscious and breathing
'The biggest risk with that is the melting and the freezing creates sort of a ramp, a natural ramp,' Milwaukee County's Director of Highways and Maintenance Eddie Santiago said to WISN.
'The snow is as hard as concrete so a lot of our equipment is out there, basically chipping away at the, literally chipping away at the snow and ice to get that removed,' Santiago said.
Investigators attempt to work out what caused the truck to flip and plummet to the ground
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