Driver hurt after hitting truck bed stuck to bridge ; One trucker's dump truck bed hit a turnpike overpass and got stuck. Another truck driver hit it.

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: November 10, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

DAVID HENCH Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
11-10-2004
Driver hurt after hitting truck bed stuck to bridge ; One trucker's dump truck bed hit a turnpike overpass and got stuck. Another truck driver hit it.
Byline: DAVID HENCH Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Local & State

A West Gardiner truck driver was injured when he slammed into the bed of a dump truck that was hanging from the Route 35 bridge over the Maine Turnpike early Tuesday.

Scott Sheltri, 41, was driving south on the Maine Turnpike at 1:20 a.m. when he crashed into the truck bed hanging right in front of him, said ...

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