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Let's drive over a rickety bridge when the river is too high (i.gifer.com)
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[–] sci@feddit.nl 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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%C2%B010'09.1%22N+118%C2%B007'00.0%22E/@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.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

Yaaaaaaay!

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

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.