A semi-truck drove off I-90 into the parking lot of Missoula's Cracker Barrel Thursday afternoon.
Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Trooper Robert Strauch says a semi-truck driver was "choking on water" when he careened across I-90 crashing into several cars before rolling into a parking lot.
The MHP reports the semi-truck was traveling east on I-90 near Reserve Street when the driver drove off the left side of the road, crossed the median, and went westbound on I-90.
Cracker Barrell Crash
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The semi-truck struck a Ford SUV that was traveling west on I-90, then drove through a fence and crashed into two storage containers and two parked vehicles between Cracker Barrel and My Place hotel.
One man on the scene said he was sitting in his car in the lot when it happened and sprung into action. A trucker himself, witness John Wilke said he climbed into the big rig and saved the driver.