11.07.2014

Bridge bashing

An 80ft articulated boom lift was badly damaged on Wednesday near Norfolk , Virginia, when a truck carrying it smashed into a bridge on Interstate 64.
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The scene after the incident as emergency services look to recover/remove the truck

The bridge/ overpass sustained some damage to the large I-beam it smashed into, but the roads were reopened later in the day. No one was hurt in the incident. The riser knuckle on the boom lift, a JLG 800AJ, was simply too high to pass under the bridge, possibly due to not being fully stowed? The impact appears to have broken at least one of the wheel axles.
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At least one of the wheels broke off