Pay attention to your health, says trucker who survived QEII crash
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The man behind the wheel of a semi-truck which careened into a highway overpass last month in central Alberta believes his late parents were watching over him as he sat bleeding profusely and trapped in the vehicle’s cab.
“At some point in that crash, I honestly did die. I was gone somewhere I’ve never been before and it was calm and peaceful,” says Darryl DeWolde, a Calgary-area resident and 33-year veteran of driving large trucks. “Then I came back to the chaos.”
It was just after 7:30 on the morning of June 24 when DeWolde’s truck left the QEII Highway and slammed into the overpass at Hwy 616 near Millet.