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Truck Crashes in Pennsylvania
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A confused truck driver caused a train wreck in York County on Thursday
Mike Argento, margento@ydr.com Published 1:41 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2017 | Updated 2:05 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2017
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The train wreck was, according to Newberry Township Police Chief John Snyder, a real trainwreck - literally and figuratively.
It began when a truck driver hauling a load of washers and dryers wound up driving into the wrong Goldsboro. He had intended to deliver his load to Gouldsboro, Pa., a town in Monroe County just east of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area. But he had entered the wrong town into his GPS, which sent him to Goldsboro, the town along the Susquehanna River in northeastern York County.
The driver headed through town on Broadway at about 8:20 Thursday evening, and when he got to the railroad tracks, which run along the river, he had a choice - he could try to turn around, or try to make the sharp turn onto narrow River Street, or drive straight and go right into the river.
The driver tried to make a left onto River Street and got hung up on the tracks, Snyder said. It is not an uncommon occurrence, the chief said. They have had other truck drivers get hung up on the tracks after their GPS sent them to the wrong Goldsboro/Gouldsboro.
"It's not the first time it's happened," Snyder said.
In this instance, though, just as the driver got out of his truck to see whether he could extricate himself from the situation, a southbound Norfolk Southern freight train bore down on him.
"It was the worst timing, ever," Snyder said.
The driver tried to signal the engineer with his flashlight, but it was too late. The train couldn't stop.
It slammed into the truck's cab and dragged the tractor trailer about 100 yards down the track before coming to a stop, ripping open the trailer and scattering washers and dryers along the tracks.
"It was a mess," Snyder said. "You could say it was a real trainwreck."
Nobody was injured, Snyder said.
Mike Argento, margento@ydr.com Published 1:41 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2017 | Updated 2:05 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2017
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Ted Czech talks about some of this week's crime stories. York Daily Record
The train wreck was, according to Newberry Township Police Chief John Snyder, a real trainwreck - literally and figuratively.
It began when a truck driver hauling a load of washers and dryers wound up driving into the wrong Goldsboro. He had intended to deliver his load to Gouldsboro, Pa., a town in Monroe County just east of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area. But he had entered the wrong town into his GPS, which sent him to Goldsboro, the town along the Susquehanna River in northeastern York County.
The driver headed through town on Broadway at about 8:20 Thursday evening, and when he got to the railroad tracks, which run along the river, he had a choice - he could try to turn around, or try to make the sharp turn onto narrow River Street, or drive straight and go right into the river.
The driver tried to make a left onto River Street and got hung up on the tracks, Snyder said. It is not an uncommon occurrence, the chief said. They have had other truck drivers get hung up on the tracks after their GPS sent them to the wrong Goldsboro/Gouldsboro.
"It's not the first time it's happened," Snyder said.
In this instance, though, just as the driver got out of his truck to see whether he could extricate himself from the situation, a southbound Norfolk Southern freight train bore down on him.
"It was the worst timing, ever," Snyder said.
The driver tried to signal the engineer with his flashlight, but it was too late. The train couldn't stop.
It slammed into the truck's cab and dragged the tractor trailer about 100 yards down the track before coming to a stop, ripping open the trailer and scattering washers and dryers along the tracks.
"It was a mess," Snyder said. "You could say it was a real trainwreck."
Nobody was injured, Snyder said.
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Relying soley on GPS has gotten so many drivers in trouble, low bridges, weight restrictions, streets too small and this driver just found out that PA is famous for having multiple towns with the same name.
For a trucker a GPS is a tool but is not the only tool, use your phone and map, verify the route.
Dummy
One of out members, I won?t call him out but he said that calling for directions today is stupid because with GPS we don?t need to call.
Relying soley on GPS has gotten so many drivers in trouble, low bridges, weight restrictions, streets too small and this driver just found out that PA is famous for having multiple towns with the same name.
For a trucker a GPS is a tool but is not the only tool, use your phone and map, verify the route.
Dummy
Yep, we've been trying to get the various GPS companies to correct a route issue for a while because trucks get stuck. We put up signs etc and truckers blow right past them and end up stuck due to a hairpin turn.
Won't be a sale, Scratches & dents appear to be worse than normal.
The dryers at the back of the trailer will likely be a screaming deal for somebody. That train likely didn't even feel like, cut through that trailer like a hot knife threw buttah.
quote:Originally posted by Big Sky Redneck
One of out members, I won?t call him out but he said that calling for directions today is stupid because with GPS we don?t need to call.
Relying soley on GPS has gotten so many drivers in trouble, low bridges, weight restrictions, streets too small and this driver just found out that PA is famous for having multiple towns with the same name.
For a trucker a GPS is a tool but is not the only tool, use your phone and map, verify the route.
Dummy
Yep, we've been trying to get the various GPS companies to correct a route issue for a while because trucks get stuck. We put up signs etc and truckers blow right past them and end up stuck due to a hairpin turn.
Signs mean nothing to a lot of these guys, I?ve seen pics and videos where they have driven past signs and huge flashing lights only to plow into a low bridge.
I made that mistake once and followed my GPS, went over a mountain pass in Arizona that I should not have been on amd I paid for it. Lesson learned about GPS?s.
I figgered it out.
Some have that capacity, some do not......
All was good till it told me to continue on down the road when I got to the range. About 1/2 mile farther it said make a right, arriving at your destination. It was an empty area.
quote:Originally posted by CaptFun
Typing in the town name correctly would go a long way. Putting in a Zip code even more so. On road trips I generally use the in car GPS system as well as Waze. If they don't agree then I whip out the Rand McNally atlas. Usually that is because Waze knows about some traffic that the car doesn't.
That's just one of the things that happens when you think you're driving a truck vs big rig.[}:)]
quote:Originally posted by mag00
That's just one of the things that happens when you think you're driving a truck vs big rig.[}:)]
The Enterprise, interstellar truck tractor phtttt
Only street in town with that name, addresses get bigger going North and East; even numbers are on the right when going North or East, GPS puts "me" a mile South & across the freeway from home.
I had a Pizza Hut less than 3 blocks away that would always call for directions.
Makes me feel sorry for the fools with zero sense of direction, and not enough sense to use a street map.
Especially when their job is to know where to go......