Going off-road in a vehicle capable of actually handling it is a blast. It might not excite those who enjoy full-throttled flybys of 1,000-horsepower supercars, but there's a certain thrill to expertly navigating treacherous terrain at a crawl, squeezing around gnarled trees and jagged rocks. But things can go wrong at 5 miles per hour or 155 mph, and a new TikTok captures a low-speed tragedy where a Jeep Gladiator fails to ford a stream.
The driver slowly inches into the water, inching toward a drop-off before realigning the truck. The driver first lowers the front driver side tire, followed by the passenger side. The bottom of the truck looks precariously close to a bit of the river floor jutting out. The truck's rear driver side tire drops, but as the driver attempts to lower the last wheel, the rock jutting out appears to catch the rear bumper and undercarriage.
