A Friday night drive went spectacularly wrong (and then some) after a car collided with a fuel tanker on Interstate 471 southbound in Newport, Kentucky, sparking a massive fire and a series of explosions that had witnesses convinced they were watching a Michael Bay film unfold in real life.
The crash occurred around 10:10 p.m. near the Memorial Parkway exit. The fuel tanker overturned, its cargo ignited, and before long, emergency dispatch was fielding the kind of call that makes even seasoned first responders do a double-take. According to a local news station, a dispatcher stated: “A tractor-trailer transporting fuel… exploded right across the bridge in Kentucky.”
Because apparently, just a regular fender-bender wasn’t dramatic enough.
Multiple Explosions, Big Plumes, and a Heat You Could Feel
Witnesses on the scene described the kind of chaos you don’t easily forget. Jacob Adams, who watched from nearby, said he lost count of the booms…