Driver captures terrifying moment semi-truck loses control on icy highway

 By 
Annie Colbert
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A driver in central New Jersey came within feet of an out-of-control semi truck.

Black ice on the I-95 turnpike caused a string of accidents, and sent the huge truck flying over a median. The driver who captured the crash on camera says in the video's YouTube description that he was stuck behind two immobile trucks when he pulled out his phone to take a photo. That's when he heard the sound of the truck behind him.

Several multi-car pileups — including one involving dozens of vehicles — in icy conditions on interstates in the Philadelphia area claimed at least four lives and injured dozens on Sunday as hundreds of crashes were reported across eastern Pennsylvania. There were multiple deaths due to weather-related accidents up through Delaware and New Jersey as well.

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