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Tancaichean Falamh/Running on Empty

Documentary following tow truck drivers in California. As the season winds down, one driver quits and another leaves the mountain for good.

Gach geamhradh, air Pr矛omh-rathad a h-Ochdad ann an California, faisg air Bealach Donner agus baile Truckee, tha sgiobaidhean de thobhadairean a' cur am beatha ann an cunnart gus draibhearan ann an 猫iginn a sh脿bhaladh agus a thobhadh. Seo fear dhe na rathaidean as cunnartaiche ann an Aimearaga, agus tha am program seo a' leantainn dhraibhearan a dh'fhaodas faighinn suas ri c貌ig-deug calla san latha.

Tha an seusan a' tighinn gu cr矛och, ach chan e a-mh脿in an aimsir a tha a' teasachadh an-脿irde. Tha droch n脿dar a' goil air Bealach Donner. Th猫ab l脿raidh mh貌r a dhol air muin Sam. Tha Justin a' cur a bheatha ann an cunnart gus bhana a thobhadh bho L霉badh an Duine Mhairbh.

Every treacherous winter on California's US Interstate 80, near Donner Pass and the small town of Truckee, teams of hardcore tow truck drivers risk their lives rescuing stranded motorists on one of the most dangerous roads in America. It is all about high risk and high reward, with each driver responding to as many as fifteen calls a day, sending them out in blinding blizzards and ice
storms in the dead of night.

As the season winds down, all hell breaks loose on Donner Pass. Sam nearly gets run over by a big rig. Justin stares down death to tow a moving van off Dead Man's Curve. One driver quits and another leaves the mountain for good.

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