Photos: When it happens, it happens
Freddie Conde, tractor-trailer driver signals firefighter from York Area United Fire & Rescue after his truck flipped on its side at the intersection of Haines Rd. and Mt. Rose Ave. in Springettsbury Township, Tuesday, July 15. 2014. Sonya Paclob - Daily Record / Sunday News
I was looking forward to edit my videos from the Can-Am Police-Fire Games. I had great shots from Judo and archery. When I was coming down a steep slope, I saw trailer on it's side. This can't be good, I said to myself.
I parked my car at a near gas station and walked across the to the truck. Then, I saw a man stuck in the tractor-trailer. I knew it from that time, I had to take over as a photographer.
The driver of the tractor-trailer lost control of the breaks. Turned to sudden that hit five cars in the process.
Ruth Mejia of La Feria, Texas, is being assisted by firefighters from York Area United Fire & Rescue and Wrightsville Rescue Company at the intersection of Haines Rd. and Mt. Rose Ave. in Springettsbury Township, Tuesday, July 15. 2014. Mejia was the passenger of Freddie Conde, the driver who's tractor-truck flipped on it's side. "My breaks went out coming down the road," Conde said, "I tried to go into the grass." Sonya Paclob - Daily Record / Sunday News
Luckily, no one was seriously injured from the crash. I hope and I prayed I would never see a dead body. The firefighter did use the Jaws of Life, but the person was OK.
I am lucky I also had my camera with me that day. No dead batteries or not enough memory on card. I was there at the right time. When it happens - it happens.