Video shows car hydroplane, leaving a helpless Utah driver facing oncoming traffic

A chilling video shared by Utah Highway Patrol officials shows the terrifying moment a car hydroplaned during a storm and crashed into two other vehicles.

At one point, the vehicle spins completely around, leaving the helpless driver facing oncoming traffic on an interstate.

This terrifying perspective comes after the car slides out of the HOV lane, across two other lanes, and into the path of a truck.

The video is from the truck’s perspective, and it shows pieces of plastic tail lights flying when the vehicles collide.

Three vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred around 11 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, according to a time stamp on the video. The truck was traveling 45 mph at the time.

Identities of the drivers were not released.

“What do we mean by too fast for existing conditions? This. This is what we mean,” highway patrol officials wrote on Facebook.

“As of 5:30 (p.m.) we have handled 189 crashes statewide. This crash from Davis County was again, too fast and pure luck. Lucky there were no injuries and only three vehicles were involved.”.

The video is less than 15 seconds long, and had racked up 19,000 views and more than 400 reactions and comments as of Dec. 10. This includes a lot of arguments over “crazy drivers.”

“Play stupid games and win stupid prizes,” one commenter wrote.

This story was originally published December 10, 2021 at 8:58 AM with the headline "Video shows car hydroplane, leaving a helpless Utah driver facing oncoming traffic."