Tanker Truck Causes Bridge To Partially Collapse In Greene County
GREENE COUNTY (KDKA) – A water tanker truck trying to cross a historic Greene County bridge caused part of the bridge to collapse.
The Observer-Reporter reports that the Pollocks Mill Bridge is closed after the truck tried to cross Sunday afternoon.
The truss bridge was built in 1878 and spans the Ten Mile Creek near Clarksville.
The paper also reports a gas line that runs alongside the bridge had to be turned off.
The driver of the truck was identified as Jason Strawderman of West Virginia.
He was reportedly driving the truck for Buccaneer Enterprises.
Strawderman reportedly told police he jumped out of the truck when he felt the bridge give way under his back wheels, and then dumped the load of fresh water the truck was carrying.
The posted weight limit on the bridge is 4-tons.
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