PORTLAND – A commercial semi-truck driver dragged a huge boulder from IKEA to I-205 Saturday and he didn’t even realize it was there, police said.
A landscaper alerted police after following large scrape marks all the way from the Cascade Station IKEA store to the freeway, and then spotting the truck with the boulder still under it.
Photos: Semi-truck drags huge boulder
“Officers believe the driver of the truck had gone the wrong way around the turn-around to make a delivery at IKEA. In the process the trailer drove over the landscaping and his rear axle picked up the boulder and began dragging it along as he drove,” said Lt. Robert King with the Portland Police Bureau. “The driver apparently did not know he was dragging a huge boulder. “
The boulder damaged the undercarriage of the truck, which eventually caused the driver to stop on the freeway.
“Thankfully, the boulder did not dislodge into another lane of traffic causing an accident,” King said. “The investigation revealed the driver may have been sleep-deprived.”
An Oregon State Police trooper placed both the driver, who was from Colo., and vehicle out of service for violations.

I'm surprised he could even hit something that big without realizing it.. It's odd that it didn't hang the trailer up much.




http://www.kgw.com/news/Semi-truck-d...129264468.html