{"id":178097,"date":"2026-03-04T18:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:08:24","slug":"florida-man-records-truck-flying-above-cars-during-wild-crash-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178097\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man records truck flying above cars during wild crash in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Truck <\/p>\n

MELBOURNE, Fla. – A high-speed collision in Melbourne<\/a> on Saturday resulted in a vehicle being launched into the air after a driver failed to brake for stopped traffic.<\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

Beauregarde McDonald started recording the green Toyota Tacoma seen in the video after it “pulled out almost hitting me and then proceeded to drive like a maniac.”<\/p>\n

READ: Car slams into telephone box, fence and tree killing driver and seriously injuring passenger in Hudson: FHP<\/a><\/p>\n

“I had a feeling something was going to happen, but I didn\u2019t know it would be this,” McDonald continued.<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

The dramatic footage shows the green pickup overtaking McDonald and rapidly catching up with vehicles stopped a little farther ahead. The driver “was accelerating the entire time until a last-second brake attempt,” McDonald said, with the video capturing the powerful impact, which sent the truck flying.<\/p>\n

McDonald said that the white car was “pretty beat up” and that its driver and passenger were in “an absolute state of shock and in rough condition.”<\/p>\n

The Source: Information for this story was collected by Storyful.<\/p>\n

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