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Hammer Lane Legends

39: I Broke My Neck On The Job

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Automotive, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7611 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 39: I Broke My Neck On The Job, Tony and Brian sit down with Ken, an LTL driver in Pennsylvania. In Ken's years of trucking, he's been through his fair share of insane events. He shares his experiences driving in New York as well as his near death experience, when he broke his neck and still managed to drive his truck back to the terminal! You won't find any shortage of hysterics and unbelievable stories between Tony, Brian, and Ken in this episode. So, sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride as Ken dives in headfirst on this one!

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0:00.0

He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car,

0:12.3

across the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.

0:15.5

The only people are really pulled over were truckers.

0:18.2

He said, we're going hot and he didn't slow down.

0:21.6

He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,

0:25.6

but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.

0:30.6

I noticed his plane was really low.

0:33.6

He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around. You know, 30 seconds more, he could have hit us.

0:40.3

And I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood

0:47.3

and shot through my window just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.

0:53.3

That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.

1:02.3

Welcome to the show, everybody you're listening to Hammer Lane Legends.

1:04.8

I'm your host, Tony Merkel.

1:05.9

And I am Brian Merkel.

1:07.1

We're really glad that you're here.

1:07.9

If you're crazy and wild experience you want to share with us from the road or on the docks or wherever you are in the driving industry, go ahead and shoot us an email at hammer lane legends at gmail.com. That's hammer lane legends at gmail.com. Or go to the website, hammer lane legends.com. Hit the contact section and you can reach us that way as well. Either way works for us. Just get a hold of us.

1:28.0

And if you are somebody who likes preparing for the future, go to prepare with hll.com.

1:33.3

That's prepare with hll.com. And you can get yourself emergency preparedness food for that

1:38.5

emergency coming down the road. Listen, guys, we are always going to have something pop up, right?

1:43.9

I mean, once it was Mount St. Helens,

1:45.5

then it was 9-11. There's always something happening in the world that you're going to need to be prepared for. And that's why we offer PreparewithHLL.com. And you can get yourself some emergency preparedness food. And that food lasts up to 25 years. And if you get the four-week supply, we'll knock $100 off for you. It's a great deal. Go ahead and check it out. Prepare it with hll.com. We have a voicemail line. So if you are somebody who has a story, not multiple stories, and you want to share it with us, go ahead and call the voicemail line. Dad, what is that number? That number would be 515, 585, merk.

2:18.2

That's 515, 585, 6375.

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