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His dashboard camera. >> i remember my reaction from within the car just saying, uh-oh, this is not going to be good. >> he approaches the truck thinking the driver could be seriously hurt, but out pops dean hicks from the top of the truck with barely a scratch. >> i was in a state of shock. i told john that i was finished driving. >> john jesse helps hicks to his patrol car, calms him down, and later makes sure he has a hotel room for the night, something hicks has not forgotten. >> he went ove...

Truck that easy. apparently it did. >> its december 2008, and truck driver dean hicks from grand rapids, michigan, enters the washoe valley with an empty truck. hes on his way to carson city to reload. >> i did not feel any wind at all. no wind that would scare me or give me any indication that there was danger there. >> hicks has never ridden in the washoe valley before, but police officer john jesse knows in these parts when the wind picks up, it can be a doozy. >> you cant go through the vall...

And, like, you never expect it at all. finally another video that shows just how important it is to heed strong wind warnings. a big rig traveling near reno, nevada, is blown over like a sail, shocking the 72-year-old driver. >> i was thinking what happened? why am i off the ground? and i had no idea that a wind could do that, could move that truck that easy. apparently it did. >> its december 2008, and truck driver dean hicks from grand rapids, michigan, enters the washoe valley with an empty...

Hicks has not forgotten. >> he went over and beyond the call of duty in taking care of me, carrying me to a hotel, to recommend that they give me a nice room, that i had had an accident, and gave me one of the best rooms for half price, and i dont care where youre from, you cant beat that anywhere. >> how are you doing? >> hicks and officer jesse reunite for the first time five months later back in reno. >> good to see you. you are such an officer, ill tell you what. i didnt know how bad it look...

Up, it can be a doozy. >> you cant go through the valley and you dont want go through washoe valley when the winds that high. >> officer jesse sees hicks pass by and races to pull him over. theres an advisory that day prohibiting high-profile vehicles from being on the road, but hicks doesnt see it. hes approaching the windy valley and immediately feels wind between 60 and 80 miles an hour. he tries to slow his truck down, but its too late. >> the first inkling in my mind was when the truck got ...

Dear life. when the truck finally hit the ground it seemed like it rolled forever. when it finally came to a stop, the first thing that hit my mind was it stopped. it stopped! i thought it would never stop. finally when it did, everything in the truck had fell over on top of me, lying on one side. >> john jesse sees it all play out just as he feared. the stunning footage captured on his dashboard camera. >> i remember my reaction from within the car just saying, uh-oh, this is not going to be go...

I braced myself and held on for dear life. when the truck finally hit the ground it seemed like it rolled forever. when it finally came to a stop, the first thing that hit my mind was it stopped. it stopped! i thought it would never stop. finally when it did, everything in the truck had fell over on top of me, lying on one side. >> john jesse sees it all play out just as he feared. the stunning footage captured on his dashboard camera. >> i remember my reaction from within the car just saying, u...

Up, it can be a doozy. >> you cant go through the valley and you dont want go through washoe valley when the winds that high. >> officer jesse sees hicks pass by and races to pull him over. theres an advisory that day prohibiting high-profile vehicles from being on the road, but hicks doesnt see it. hes approaching the windy valley and immediately feels wind between 60 and 80 miles an hour. he tries to slow his truck down, but its too late. >> the first inkling in my mind was when the truck got ...

Later makes sure he has a hotel room for the night, something hicks has not forgotten. >> he went over and beyond the call of duty in taking care of me, carrying me to a hotel, to recommend that they give me a nice room, that i had had an accident, and ghav me one of the best rooms for half price, and i dont care where youre from, you cant beat that anywhere. >> how are you doing? >> hicks and officer jesse reunite for the first time five months later back in reno. >> good to see you. you are su...

And, like, you never expect it at all. finally another video that shows just how important it is to heed strong wind warnings. a big rig traveling near reno, nevada, is blown over like a sail, shocking the 72-year-old driver. >> i was thinking what happened? why am i off the ground? and i had no idea that a wind could do that, could move that truck that easy. apparently it did. >> its december 2008, and truck driver dean hicks from grand rapids, michigan, enters the washoe valley with an empty...