15.04.2012
Bridge bashing with a boom lift
The boom of a self-propelled lift being transported on a flat-bed truck struck a bridge in Lincoln, Rhode Island on Friday, causing the superstructure to shear off and fall onto a passing pick-up truck.
The lift was travelling on route 146 and struck the I-295 overpass when the incident occurred. The driver of the pick-up James Reilly, 52, miraculously escaped serious injury, although his vehicle was completely crushed. He was taken to hospital, but later released.
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The superstructure crushed the vehicle, but the driver escaped uninjured
Quite how the incident came to pass is still unclear.
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