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VIDEO: Jackknifed 18-wheeler slams into Fort Worth police car, disabled vehicle
Fort Worth police have just released dashcam footage of a jackknifing 18-wheeler that smashed into a police cruiser and a disabled vehicle during last month's ice storm.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Fort Worth police have just released dashcam footage of a jackknifing 18-wheeler that smashed into a police cruiser and a disabled vehicle during last month's ice storm.
On Feb. 2, the officers were responding to an accident in the eastbound lanes of I-20, when they stopped to check on the vehicles, the patrol car was hit by the trailer of the jack-knifing 18-wheeler.
Only one officer was inside the vehicle at the time.
READ MORE: 2 Fort Worth officers hospitalized after patrol car hit by 3 18-wheelers
He got out of the car and avoided being hit by a second big rig, with the help of the second officer.
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2 Fort Worth police officers hospitalized, cruiser hit by 3 18-wheelers
Both Fort Worth officers were transported to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The pair then had to make their way to the median to avoid being hit by a third 18-wheeler, which also hit the cruiser.
In the new dashcam video, you can clearly see the third crash.
The officers are standing in the median as the tractor-trailer smashes into the two vehicles and then the protective fencing.
Police also released the dashcam footage from the cruiser that was hit.
It shows the vehicle being struck by three 18-wheelers in less than 4 minutes.
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VIDEO: Fort Worth police cruiser hit by 3 18-wheelers in less than 4 minutes
Dashcam video shows the Fort Worth police cruiser being hit by the 18-wheelers on an icy day in February.
One officer suffered a head injury, the other had an ankle injury. Both were released from the hospital within a day.