Driver escapes unscathed after car ends up underneath tractor trailer

By News Staff

Posted January 7, 2012 11:27 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

TORONTO, Ont. – The driver of a small car is lucky to be alive after his car ended up underneath a tractor trailer in Mississauga.

It happened around 8:30 p.m. on Britannia Road at Atlantic Drive, which is near Dixie Road.

CityNews reports the truck was turning when the car’s driver drove underneath the truck.

Amazingly, nobody was hurt in the incident.

There has been no word on whether any charges will be laid.

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