Dramatic footage shows a Louisiana utility worker dangling precariously on his harness from a fiery bucket truck before he plummeted to the ground.
The unidentified man was flailing high above the road, hanging from the flamed-engulfed cherry picker as growing flames from the truck spit out thick, black smoke below on Tuesday, the video shows.
WOW🚨: Insane footage out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana 🔥
A utility worker desperately fights to escape a bucket truck engulfed in flames. pic.twitter.com/ZW9QENO3Sv— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) March 4, 2026
His coworkers on the Baton Rouge street can be seen frantically scrambling to try and help him to safety.
After the man fell, he was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to WAFB.
The fire is believed to have been caused by a mechanical failure in the truck, according to fire officials.
