CBT
06-01-2007, 10:26 AM
Great, something else I have to worry about, some dumping a burning hot load on the Marauder...
Trash truck dumps burning load on U.S. 460
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June 1, 2007
SUFFOLK - About eight tons of garbage caught fire in a trash truck Thursday as it traveled down Pruden Boulevard out of town.
The fire, and the subsequent dumping of the truck's load, snarled Suffolk traffic for almost three hours on one of city's busier roads.
Trash trucks are expensive, and the driver had been told to dump any trash that caught fire to avoid damaging the vehicle.
Drivers are encouraged to find a parking lot or other out-of-the-way place, said Giovanni Donatelli, operations supervisor for Bay Disposal, the regional trash company that owns the truck.
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But the driver saw the fire in the compactor around 9 a.m. and dumped the entire load onto the roadway, covering both west- and eastbound lanes of U.S. 460, or Pruden Boulevard, near the Pruden Center for Industry and Technology.
The city's Public Works department and Bay Disposal sent staff to clean up.
By 11 a.m., one eastbound lane was open and by noon, all four lanes were open to traffic.
Fire Department spokesman Jim Judkins said there will not be an investigation.
P olice spokeswoman Debbie George said the driver will not be charged in the incident.
Trash truck dumps burning load on U.S. 460
http://media.hamptonroads.com/images/space.gif
June 1, 2007
SUFFOLK - About eight tons of garbage caught fire in a trash truck Thursday as it traveled down Pruden Boulevard out of town.
The fire, and the subsequent dumping of the truck's load, snarled Suffolk traffic for almost three hours on one of city's busier roads.
Trash trucks are expensive, and the driver had been told to dump any trash that caught fire to avoid damaging the vehicle.
Drivers are encouraged to find a parking lot or other out-of-the-way place, said Giovanni Donatelli, operations supervisor for Bay Disposal, the regional trash company that owns the truck.
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But the driver saw the fire in the compactor around 9 a.m. and dumped the entire load onto the roadway, covering both west- and eastbound lanes of U.S. 460, or Pruden Boulevard, near the Pruden Center for Industry and Technology.
The city's Public Works department and Bay Disposal sent staff to clean up.
By 11 a.m., one eastbound lane was open and by noon, all four lanes were open to traffic.
Fire Department spokesman Jim Judkins said there will not be an investigation.
P olice spokeswoman Debbie George said the driver will not be charged in the incident.