Monday, May 05, 2008
A semi-truck carrying ice cream tipped over Friday evening after the driver lost control of the rig coming around a curve on Togwotee Pass.
The driver, Paul Robertson, of Eugene, Ore., was arrested on disbelief of driving under the control.
Paul Robertson and his fiancee, Jewell Robertson, also of Eugene, were driving from Nebraska to Twin Falls, Idaho, to make a delivery when they rounded a curve on the descent to Moran Junction and the trailer and cab tipped over on its side about 5:30 p.m. Snow flooded the driver's window as the truck ground to halt in the oncoming lane of traffic.
Jewell Robertson, 34 said she "instinctively" unbuckled her seat belt as the truck started to tip. She was thrown forward and fell on the driver during the crash. She said she had to kick out the windshield when the truck stopped. She had some cuts and scrapes but declined medical treatment.
"I was thinking about getting us out safely before the truck blew up," she said.
Paul Robertson also declined medical treatment but was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
"He just had a couple sips," Jewell Roberston said later as she watched a Grand Teton National Park ranger drive off with her fiance in the back of his cruiser. Wyoming Highway Patrolman George Nykun said he discovered a bottle of vodka near the side of the road and said Paul Robertson admitted it was his and that he had thrown it.
John Williams of Bull's Conoco in Dubois responded to clean up the wreck. He said he thought it would take all night to save the 20 pallets of ice cream, which he thought would remain frozen in the cold temperatures.
"There's a couple [accidents] a year," Williams said. "It's usually out-of-state truckers who don't know the road."
Jewell Robertson said she thinks an angel saved their lives.
"I can't even say I cheated death; it was the grace of mercy of God himself, angels," she said.
She said she was thankful she can come back to her nine children.
"We no longer have ice cream to send but we have ourselves to carry, to our beautiful family," she said.
The driver, Paul Robertson, of Eugene, Ore., was arrested on disbelief of driving under the control.
Paul Robertson and his fiancee, Jewell Robertson, also of Eugene, were driving from Nebraska to Twin Falls, Idaho, to make a delivery when they rounded a curve on the descent to Moran Junction and the trailer and cab tipped over on its side about 5:30 p.m. Snow flooded the driver's window as the truck ground to halt in the oncoming lane of traffic.
Jewell Robertson, 34 said she "instinctively" unbuckled her seat belt as the truck started to tip. She was thrown forward and fell on the driver during the crash. She said she had to kick out the windshield when the truck stopped. She had some cuts and scrapes but declined medical treatment.
"I was thinking about getting us out safely before the truck blew up," she said.
Paul Robertson also declined medical treatment but was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
"He just had a couple sips," Jewell Roberston said later as she watched a Grand Teton National Park ranger drive off with her fiance in the back of his cruiser. Wyoming Highway Patrolman George Nykun said he discovered a bottle of vodka near the side of the road and said Paul Robertson admitted it was his and that he had thrown it.
John Williams of Bull's Conoco in Dubois responded to clean up the wreck. He said he thought it would take all night to save the 20 pallets of ice cream, which he thought would remain frozen in the cold temperatures.
"There's a couple [accidents] a year," Williams said. "It's usually out-of-state truckers who don't know the road."
Jewell Robertson said she thinks an angel saved their lives.
"I can't even say I cheated death; it was the grace of mercy of God himself, angels," she said.
She said she was thankful she can come back to her nine children.
"We no longer have ice cream to send but we have ourselves to carry, to our beautiful family," she said.
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