MCKINNEY, Texas — The NTTA cameras didn’t blink.

For 36 seconds, they captured what most couldn’t believe — a tow truck slamming into a disabled car on the Sam Rayburn Tollway, flipping over, and dangling from the edge of an overpass in McKinney .

It looked like a scene from an action movie. But for five firefighters who rushed toward that bridge Wednesday afternoon, it was just another call — one that would test everything they’ve ever trained for.

The crash that started it all

The video begins like any ordinary day on a Texas tollway.

A tow truck hauls two vehicles in the far-right lane. Ahead sits a disabled car. As the truck gets closer, there’s barely a swerve. No warning. Then — impact. In two camera angles, you see the truck veer into the guardrail, flipping on its side, comi

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