Driver rescued from truck dangling off a West Virginia bridge

A man was hoisted to safety and uninjured after his truck partly skated off an icy bridge road in the US

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The tractor-trailor had earlier lost control on the icy bridge road, causing the cab of the truck to veer off the bridge.

Local fire and rescue teams set up a crane to winch the man from the cab.

He was not injured.

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