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WATCH: Big rig driver tries to navigate steep curve, goes over embankment instead

By Joy Johnston, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

A semi trying to navigate a steep curve fell off an embankment Thursday in California, officials said.

By Joy Johnston, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. — A semitruck driver in California may think twice before trying to navigate a steep curve again.

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The California Department of Transportation said on its Facebook page that a crew was working Thursday along a one-lane highway in Mendocino County, where a retaining wall is being constructed.

A crew member captured the scene on video as a long semitruck tried to navigate the steep curve. While the crew shouted words of warning, the driver lost control, and the truck went over the embankment.

State Route 175 between Hopland and Lakeport is limited to vehicles NOT OVER 39 feet in total length! Our contractor's crew was out working on SR 175 yesterday afternoon when they saw this long truck trying to make it through a one-lane section of highway where a retaining wall is being built. Multiple signs are posted to warn truck drivers of this length restriction, but drivers continue to try to go through. Sometimes they simply get stuck, but others end up going over the embankment. This driver was not injured, but it must have been the ride of his life! Note that the audio of this video was edited to remove expletives of surprise from our crew. Please help spread the word: NO VEHICLES ALLOWED OVER 39' IN LENGTH FROM HOPLAND TO LAKEPORT ON SR175. Thank you.

Posted by Caltrans District 1 on Friday, October 12, 2018

Caltrans said the driver wasn't hurt.

The transit agency says it hopes the incident will remind big rig drivers that no vehicles greater than 39 feet in length are allowed along that stretch of highway.

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