Crash leaves 18-wheeler dangling off edge of Texas highway; crews rush to pull driver from cab

Firefighters in Texas pulled a daring rescue after an early-moing crash left an 18-wheeler dangling off the edge of a highway ramp.

Crews rushed to the scene at around 4 a.m. Wednesday, after a truck hauling a massive water tanker collided with a small Honda on an interstate ramp in Forth Worth, fire officials said.

Using an elevated ladder and haess system, fire crews hoisted a firefighter nearly 50 feet into the air and pulled the shaken driver from the cab, Forth Worth Fire Department spokesman Tim Hardeman said.

Nearly three hours later, crews also rescued a man and woman from the Honda, which had become wedged between the tanker and a guardrail.

The truck driver was treated for minor injuries at the scene and released, Hardeman said.

The man and the woman, who were not identified, were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

"It was a miracle that they survived," Hardeman told the Daily News.

By midmoing, the truck had been pulled off the edge of the ramp and a towing company was preparing to haul it away, he said.

Hardeman said that the truck was used to bring water to gas well drilling sites and that the tanker was empty at the time of the accident.