Truck Crumples Under Low Bridge In Binghamton, N.Y. (VIDEO)

Truck drivers in upstate New York don't seem to realize that they've gotten too big for their bridges.

For the third time in two months in Binghamton, a truck collided with a railroad overpass and got stuck, causing traffic backups, TV station WBNG reported.

On Tuesday, a 13-feet, 6-inches tall tractor trailer crumpled when it rammed into the bridge with an11 feet, 11 inches clearance. The accident damaged three Volkswagons and an Audi in the trailer that were supposed to be delivered to an auto dealership 100 yards from the overpass, The Press & Sun-Journal reported.

The bridge's height was posted on signs, news reports said, so authorities said they wanted to know why the driver attempted to pass under the railroad tracks.

Unlike the truck and its cargo, the bridge wasn't damaged, WBNG said.

Comments

[Steve Karmazenuk]

09:04 AM on 08/22/2011

"But I have got some good news for you."

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[Helen Greenfeld]

08:43 AM on 08/22/2011

No culpability or responsibility. Take away their licenses and fire them from their jobs. They should be paying attention when the drive. Period, end of story.

[WILLIEMOJORISIN]

01:30 AM on 08/22/2011

Doh!

[Maranda MassieGuthrie]

09:13 PM on 08/21/2011

spam

[erehwon2]

09:32 PM on 08/21/2011

spam

[fieryat41]

08:03 PM on 08/21/2011

Seems as though the drivers perception of height of truck vs the bridge was way off. Maybe a change in glasses is in order.

[ohiomark]

06:16 PM on 08/21/2011

There are several "truck eating bridges" around here and at least 3 times a year a truck gets eaten.

[Steve Karmazenuk]

09:06 AM on 08/22/2011

Annd you just gave Stephen King the plot for his next bestseller.

[ScaningTheWaves]

06:15 PM on 08/21/2011

The government idiots should be ticketed, especially for still allowing this to happen. Government, can't do nothing right.

[Roosting Chickens]

06:10 PM on 08/21/2011

Cancel my order for that new car. I'll walk.

[whomod]

05:54 PM on 08/21/2011

SPAM!

[gclafontaine]

05:49 PM on 08/21/2011

When a truck meets a low bridge, we all win.

[canadaloki]

05:11 PM on 08/21/2011

spam

[jeffhintx]

04:52 PM on 08/21/2011

The news clip stated that funding to lower the road went somewhere else.
That's the same as saying there weren't enough funds.
Welcome to the tea bagger paradise.

[burrcycle]

04:42 PM on 08/21/2011

I was driving a uhaul and before I could get to a bridge that was too short a sign on the side of the road started flashing at me that the truck was too tall. It was a solar powered led sign that only comes on when a truck is too tall. Couldn't cost the city too much money.

[RRtreerat]

04:06 PM on 08/21/2011

Go here and see how one city has, or hasn't, dealt with the same issue,
http://11foot8.com/

[gypsysailor]

03:58 PM on 08/21/2011

You must be this tall to go under the bridge. ~~~~~~~