LINDA, California — A California Highway Patrol officer came within eight feet of being involved in crash with a water truck Friday.
According to CHP, an officer was stopped on the right shoulder of southbound Highway 70 in Linda to help another driver when an approaching water truck blew a steering tire.
The driver lost control and the truck overturned. All the while, the CHP officer was watching everything play out in the rear view mirror and braced for the impact. However, that impact never came.
The truck missed the patrol car by eight feet and hit the freeway fence.
The driver of the water truck was not injured in the accident.
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