Truck driver falls 40ft off motorway bridge in desperate bid to flee policeman trying to arrest him

A truck driver spotted driving the wrong way fell 40ft off a motorway bridge in a desperate bid to get away from the police who stopped him.



Amazingly the man survived the fall, got up and carried on running from cops - before finally being stopped by a police dog.



The arrest was caught on the officer's bodycam as he approached the man on the I-471 road in Northern Kentucky, USA.



It was around 1am on December 1when the the trucker was pulled over and when police realised he had outstanding warrants they tried to arrest him.



The officer was heard saying: "You're under arrest."



"For what? What?" the man shouted back.



The driver started to run, fell over some debris on the road and then fell about 40ft.



The officer could be heard quickly calling for back up on his radio, with more officers, an ambulance and a police dog arriving, WLWT5 reported.



The driver, identified as Eugene Lydell, 55, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was cited for resisting arrest and s taken to hospital following the fall.



The arresting officer, who has not been named, said: "I thought he was dead.



"When we were looking over the side ... he, he was ... I mean, he fell over and it was a flat smack right on his back.



"I don't know how he's still living."