Dump Truck Hits Overhead Highway Sign
03/05/09 - Wacky News
“When [the truck] left the construction site and re-entered the highway, the dump body was upright,” said Trooper William Tate, a state police spokesman. “For obvious reasons, that’s wrong.” Mitchell, who drives for Herb Holden Trucking of East Windsor, got as far as an overhead sign for Exit 63, three-quarters of a mile east of the exit. The raised truck body struck the sign. The sign barely moved. The impact, however, yanked the truck’s dump body back and thrust the truck’s cab — with Mitchell inside — 20 feet into the air. Mitchell remained there until Vernon firefighters, using a ladder-tower truck, rescued him about 10:20 a.m. Mitchell was not injured, authorities said, but was taken to Hartford Hospital to be checked.” w/ photo
