Treacherous Auto Accident Rescue in Missouri

Sunday, April 6, 2003, Eureka Police & Firefighters responded to a challenging and treacherous accident on Interstate 44. A tractor trailer, involved in an accident ended up with the tractor hanging off a bridge, approximately 50 feet in the air, over a railroad, on fire, with 2 persons trapped in side. The accident occurred at approximately 2:45 pm, on westbound Interstate 44, ? mile east of the Eureka / Highway 109 exit. Eureka is located in Southwest St. Louis County, 35 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri. The weather had been in the upper 30