Teen driver crashes into semi-truck and spins out of control after she fails to yield while merging onto Oklahoma highway
- Girl, 18, was on Muskogee Turnpike, a state toll road connecting Tulsa and I-40
- She hit semi in occupying lane, spun across road and hit barrier and another car
- Teen and other car's occupants were uninjured, said Oklahoma Highway Patrol
- The girl's father sent the video to OHP for safety training purposes
A teenager driver had a lucky escape when she failed to yield to a semi-truck as she merged onto a highway in Oklahoma - and was sent spinning after crashing into it.
Shocking dashcam footage shows the 18-year-old motorist attempting to join the Muskogee Turnpike, a state toll road that connects Tulsa and Interstate 40.
Instead of letting the truck in the occupying lane pass, she tries to merge in front of it - but ends up hitting the huge vehicle and spinning out of control.
As her car swerves across the road, it also hits the central barrier and then an oncoming red car - destroying its hood - before coming to a stop.
The teenage girl attempts to join the Muskogee Turnpike - a state toll road that connects Tulsa and Interstate 40 - while a semi-truck heads down the occupying lane
After she fails to yield, the 18-year-old's car collides with the massive vehicle during the incident on Friday, May 10
The teen's car is sent spinning across the highway and crashes into the central barrier, seen above in her dashcam footage
Her vehicle then turns while a red car approaches the scene of destruction with no time to stop
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The shocked teen, who is heard gasping, and the occupants of the red car were uninjured, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), Fox 10 reported.
Footage of the accident, which occurred on Friday, May 10, was posted on the OHP's Facebook page after the girl's father sent the video to them for training purposes, and has had more than 1.5million views.
The teen driver did not yield to the semi, according to OHP officials - and many commenters on the post reinforced the 'always yield the right of way to ongoing traffic' rule.
The teen driver collides with the red car, completely destroying its hood. The girl's father later send the video to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol so it can be used for training purposes
One wrote: 'As a retired state trooper, the car in fact does have to yield to the traffic on the interstate.
'If they can't get over for reasons, such as the red car beside them, then the car getting on the interstate should slow down until they can safely merge.'
Another said: 'Not a wise decision to try and outrun the vehicle already at freeway speed or play chicken. Slow down and merge when safe!'
Meanwhile, a truck driver commented: 'I drive semi-truck and this type of situation happens quite often.
'Sometimes, we are just unable to move over and accelerating for us is basically out of the question. Hard to move forty tons very fast at all.'
