Considering my biggest fear of being a tow truck driver, back in my early youte, was having this very scenario happen, with me in the truck, it brings back memories of hauling cars around

DOH !

Police Video Shows You Actually Can Launch A Car Off A Flatbed Just Like In The Movies, But You Really, Really Shouldn't (msn.com)

 

Back when I was a teenager in the late 60's, I got to watch a weird one. Pickup towing a trailer didn't see the traffic ahead had stopped. He slammed on his brakes and swerved at the last second too late. They hit corner to corner jack knifing his rig. The boat launched off the trailer, skipped off the guard rail, slid down the bank and into Lexington Reservoir. Where it promptly sunk. Several injured.