Good Chaining Driver

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Spardo, Feb 25, 2025.

  1. Spardo

    Spardo Medium Load Member

    506
    2,489
    Feb 7, 2024
    St. Front la Riviere, France
    0
    https://france3-regions.francetvinf...-02-24-at-15-41-11-67bc8548dea52766392166.jpg

    This was in NE France. At first I thought that his load had shifted and was only held by the railings, but then I relaised that in fact it was an offset load, overhanging on the left side and his securement had saved a disaster.

    The outfit was crossing a canal bridge and to spread the load another bridge was placed on it but it was that that collapsed. Someone will be on the naughty step, and it won't be the driver. He was released from hospital later after being treated for head injuries. .
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Spardo

    Spardo Medium Load Member

    506
    2,489
    Feb 7, 2024
    St. Front la Riviere, France
    0
    Bloody hell that is much more dramatic then I saw, so one of the tracks had already weakened but didn't go straight away then when everyone was wondering what to do next, driver still in the cab, it collapsed completely. The driver obviously thought he was heading for the canal and jumped without a parachute landing on his head. He must have a skull like mine, 3 weeks ago I tripped while walking the dogs and went 6 foot vertical into the river, didn't stop till my head hit the bottom.
     
  4. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

    14,197
    43,188
    Oct 4, 2015
    Fitchburg,MA
    0
  5. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

    48,937
    226,928
    Sep 19, 2005
    Baltimore, MD
    0
    What’s going on there? A bridge built above another bridge and it collapsed?
     
  6. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

    11,894
    48,809
    Mar 4, 2015
    0
    I guess they laid a temp bridge over the other one because of the weight and one side of the temp bridge collapsed.
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.