Not a Good Day

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From NBC-2 news and the Associated Press:

A Tampa-area truck driver is dead after stepping from his burning truck into an electricity-charged puddle during a delivery. It happened late Monday afternoon at a cattle-feed processing facility in Plant City.

Authorities say the driver's truck clipped a utility pole during a turn, leaving the pole upright but causing the electric line to fall on the truck.

The power line caused the truck to catch fire, forcing the driver to bail from the cab. Officials say he stepped out into a puddle, which had also been charged by the downed electric line.

The man's name has not yet been released.

 

[jimwalker]

Re: Not a Good Day

Dang i live here and didn't here that one.Not just shure what choices he had.Maybe been better of driving away from it first no matter what damage he would caused.

 

[roger]

Re: Not a Good Day

Jim, once enough voltage is flowing through the truck to ignite it, there is a chance the engine has died also.

This happened to a line truck here a while back when his cable got into an overhead primary, from what the operator said the engine died almost immediately and then the tires were on fire.

Who knows.

Roger

[ June 15, 2004, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: roger ]

 

[charlie tuna]

Re: Not a Good Day

iwas close by where a truck clipped the guy wire while backing into a loading dock. the cable was across the back door hinge. the driver got out of the truck and figured he could swing the cable end to free it off the top of the truck--- cable hit the bottom of the primary fuse--killed him!