UPDATE:
A man from Georgia is the latest person to fall victim to the train bridge along a major route of travel in Pierre.
Information from the Pierre Police Department says Patrick Boateng of Powder Springs, Georgia, was driving a truck southbound on Pierre Street yesterday (Sept. 17) afternoon pulling a trailer with a conex storage container. Boateng misjudged the height of his cargo and struck the train viaduct. The container came off the trailer and struck a parked vehicle causing $300 damage to that vehicle.
There was no damage to the bridge and no citations were issued. Damage to the storage container was not listed in the report.
This was the 3rd incident this week involving Pierre’s infamous train bridge. Late Wednesday afternoon, two campers received minor damage to their air conditioner units while traveling north under the train bridge.
INITIAL STORY BELOW:
In less than 24 hours, the infamous train bridge in Pierre has added three more to its tally of wins against tall vehicles.
This afternoon (Sept. 17), a truck hauling a storage container was southbound on Pierre Street and attempted to go under the train viaduct. The truck made it under the 11’ 3” bridge, but the storage container did not. Only southbound traffic was rerouted while a backhoe with a front end loader and a larger pay loader were being used to get the container out of the roadway. Further information is not yet available.
Late yesterday afternoon, two campers received minor damage to their air conditioner units while traveling north under the train bridge.
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