James Hewett presents ‘Near-miss in Phoenix’

May 21, 2018

Updated Jun 30, 2018

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Trucker James Hewett was hauling on Buckeye Rd. nearing 67th Avenue on Friday, April 27, when another tractor-trailer made a no-doubt too-quick decision to turn right on red off 67th into his travel lane. Hewett’s fast reaction saved a disaster, as shown in the video above, the latest in Overdrive‘s “Dashcam Central” series featuring vids from readers’ road cameras.

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