Big rig drags car, driver pinned underneath trailer on busy Chicago-area highway: Video

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Friday, December 3, 2021
Shocking video shows big rig dragging car along busy Illinois highway
Shocking video shows big rig dragging car along busy Illinois highwayA passing motorist captured harrowing video of a big rig dragging a car that was pinned underneath the semitruck's trailer on a busy highway.

CHICAGO (KABC) -- How's this for a nightmare morning commute?

Illinois police say the driver of a Honda Accord, 19-year-old Laylisha Gardner, was changing lanes on Tuesday when she somehow got herself wedged underneath a speeding big rig.

A nearby driver captured the bizarre scene on video as the driver behind the wheel of the tractor-trailer unknowingly dragged the car along a busy highway just west Chicago.

At one point in the footage, Gardner is seen desperately waving for help through her driver's-side window.

Police officers were able to stop the truck and rescue Gardner. No one was injured in the incident.

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