Kentucky legislators to honor team that rescued driver from semitruck hanging over Ohio River | News from WDRB [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Kentucky General Assembly will honor the team behind the Second Street Bridge rescue on Tuesday.

The presentation to first responders will be held Tuesday morning at the Louisville Fire Headquarters. According to court records, a man was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic when he hit a stalled vehicle, lost control and crossed into another lane, hitting a semitruck.

Louisville Metro Police said officers responded just after noon to the bridge on a crash involving a semitruck, a pickup truck and two passenger vehicles. The crash caused the semitruck to break through the western barrier of the bridge and partially dangle over the Ohio River.

A woman was stuck in the cab of the truck, hanging off the bridge over the river. Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said she was “extremely lucky” the truck didn’t fall into the river.

Louisville firefighter Bryce Carden exhibited poise under pressure as he followed his training while being lowered by a rope to a …