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Did I just watch someone die?

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5 points

Probably. That did not look good

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17 points

It seems likely. That vehicle was just swallowed by a flooding river. It’s technically possible the occupants escaped, but unlikely.

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I was hoping for a no, but thanks for the realistic analysis.

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It’s not easy for people to escape a submerged vehicle in still body of water, especially if the vehicle flips. Add in a raging river tumbling everything around, pushing everywhere… Even if you were able to escape the vehicle I don’t think your chances of making it to shore from the middle would be good.

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3 points

I wonder if they had time to think “I shouldn’t have tried to drive across the bridge.”

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1 point

In theory, they could get out if they rolled a window down before fully submerged or kicked through the back window.

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According to this the driver survived:

https://news.sky.com/story/truck-driver-takes-on-flooded-suspension-bridge-and-loses-12362557

Happened in the village of Uryum in Eastern Russia.

probable location in google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/53°10’09.1"N+118°07’00.0"E/@53.1675162,118.1063825,2661m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d53.1691944!4d118.1166667?entry=ttu

River is the Shilka river, a branch of the Amur river.

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Russia

Survived

Don’t worry, surviving in Russia is only a temporary issue. May this man one day succeed in his quest to solve this vexing problem.

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21 points

Yaaaaaaay!

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