Horrible Accident A Texas man survived for more than three hours after he was cut in half by a slow-moving 18-wheeler. Originally the call to Emergency Crews was for a dead person, but when paramedics got to him, he was breathing and he raised his arms to them. They had his torso airlifted to hospital, and the lower portion of his body was transported by ambulance. Although the man was pronounced dead three hours later, the fact that he survived for as long as he did was a shock: “I’ve seen a lot of very horrible accidents, but never one this horrible where the victim actually survived.”