[Scan-DC] Serious crash Montgomery County

[Rick Bestany]

People were dying for that delivery. 




----- Original Message -----

From: "Ed Tobias" <edtobias at comcast.net> 
To: "Bruce Harper" <brucebharper at gmail.com>, "Scan DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 9:00:28 AM 
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Serious crash Montgomery County 

A tanker full of embalming fluid? Gives new meaning to the old song "Dead 
Man's Curve." 



-----Original Message----- 
From: Bruce Harper 
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 8:46 AM 
To: Scan DC 
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Serious crash Montgomery County 

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Ed wrote: 

> What's a tractor trailer doing on the Clara Barton? 

Not to cast aspersions on all truck drivers, but some of them aren't 
the sharpest crayons in the box. We just had an incident in Roanoke 
yesterday because a truck driver ignored the warning signs. A tanker 
truck carrying 4,800 gallons of embalming fluid took a steep, winding 
mountain road out of Roanoke (VA 116), lost control, and rolled over 
an embankment, spilling the hazardous material and causing an 
evacuation of nearby residents. 

>From the Roanoke Times article: 

"That section of Jae Valley Road is a notorious trouble spot for 
tractor-trailers because of its mountain curves and steepness. In 
2010, the Commonwealth Transportation Board voted to ban trucks longer 
than 28 feet from traveling through the area after a series of wrecks, 
including a farm vehicle that spilled a load of cattle, killing 59 
animals. 

The road is marked with signs telling truck drivers with vehicles over 
28 feet not to use it to pass through the area. Trucks making 
deliveries to that stretch of road are still permitted. 

County spokeswoman Amy Whittaker said the driver, David H. Bennett, 
61, of Conway, South Carolina, was charged with failure to obey a 
highway sign and failure to maintain control. He was driving a 2001 
Freightliner tractor with a tanker trailer attached, she said." 

The whole story is here: http://tinyurl.com/ldoaazz 

Bruce in Blacksburg 
______________________________________________________________ 
Scan-DC mailing list 
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc 
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm 
Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net 

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net 
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html 

______________________________________________________________ 
Scan-DC mailing list 
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc 
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm 
Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net 

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net 
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html