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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums20 tons of butter saved after tractor-trailer crash; driver uninjured during first day on job
BOWDOINHAM, Maine No one was injured and 41,000 pounds of butter were unscathed Wednesday in a tractor-trailer crash that snarled traffic on Interstate 295 for several hours.
Maine State Police Trooper Chris Rogers said the driver of a tractor-trailer out of Springfield, Mass., 41-year-old Kevin Bryant, was on his first day on the job Wednesday morning when he fell asleep and careened into a wooded area near mile marker 40. Rogers said the truck scraped along a guardrail before plunging into a stand of trees.
It was quite a sight. It burrowed a hole so far into the woods, you couldnt see the truck from the road, Rogers said. Ive never seen anything quite like it.
Rogers said Bryant had left Springfield at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, which means hed been driving for almost four hours by the time the accident was reported at 8:18 a.m. Bryant, who is from Chicopee, Mass., received a citation for an out-of-date logbook from the Maine State Polices Commercial Vehicle Truck Weight division, said Rogers.
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/03/22/news/midcoast/20-tons-of-butter-saved-
Maine State Police Trooper Chris Rogers said the driver of a tractor-trailer out of Springfield, Mass., 41-year-old Kevin Bryant, was on his first day on the job Wednesday morning when he fell asleep and careened into a wooded area near mile marker 40. Rogers said the truck scraped along a guardrail before plunging into a stand of trees.
It was quite a sight. It burrowed a hole so far into the woods, you couldnt see the truck from the road, Rogers said. Ive never seen anything quite like it.
Rogers said Bryant had left Springfield at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, which means hed been driving for almost four hours by the time the accident was reported at 8:18 a.m. Bryant, who is from Chicopee, Mass., received a citation for an out-of-date logbook from the Maine State Polices Commercial Vehicle Truck Weight division, said Rogers.
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/03/22/news/midcoast/20-tons-of-butter-saved-
Fell asleep and logbook out of date on your first day?
I'm going out on a limb and guessing it was his last day.
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20 tons of butter saved after tractor-trailer crash; driver uninjured during first day on job (Original Post)
bluedigger
Mar 2012
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Yeah, lol! But on the positive side, at least they don't enforce the 5-second rule.
pinboy3niner
Mar 2012
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bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)1. The lobsters will be thrilled.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)2. It's good you're following along.
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)3. My prediction about the driver?
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nolabear
(41,991 posts)4. Oh thank God! Paula Deen's Easter Dinner is saved!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)5. We're gonna need...
...a bigger tub of popcorn.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)6. Weird thing about semis, always land butter side down. n/t
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)7. Yeah, lol! But on the positive side, at least they don't enforce the 5-second rule.
davsand
(13,421 posts)8. Did he go into a skid?
Fer Pete's sake, don't ever let that guy drive the Pam truck!
Laura