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Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged For Bridge Strike, Explosion In Capital Region Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged For Bridge Strike, Explosion In Capital Region
Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged For Bridge Strike, Explosion In Capital Region A tractor-trailer driver who suffered severe burns in a bridge strike and explosion in the region has been criminally charged. The Schenectady County incident happened at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, in Glenville on Maple Avenue. Fire officials said 60-year-old Sylvester Basil, of Clute, Texas, was transporting individual containers of compressed natural gas when he slammed into the steel truss railroad overpass. Earlier Report: Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Glenville Bridge Strike, Explosion The impact sparked a massive explosion and fire that gutted the truc…

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Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Capital Region Bridge Strike, Explosion Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Capital Region Bridge Strike, Explosion
Tractor-Trailer Driver Severely Burned After Capital Region Bridge Strike, Explosion A tractor-trailer driver is hospitalized with severe burns after he crashed into a railroad bridge in the region, triggering a massive explosion and fire. The Schenectady County incident happened at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, in Glenville on Maple Avenue. Fire officials said the truck, carrying individual containers of compressed natural gas, was too tall to clear the 10-foot-high steel truss overpass and exploded on impact. Photos and videos on social media show flames shooting up hundreds of feet into the air, as well as the truck’s cab gutted by fire. When emergency crews firs…

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Tractor-Trailer Hits Railroad Overpass In Capital District Tractor-Trailer Hits Railroad Overpass In Capital District
Tractor-Trailer Hits Railroad Overpass In Capital District A Capital District roadway was closed for hours after a tractor-trailer struck a railroad overpass, CBS6 reports. It happened Thursday morning, June 9 at the crossing on Maple Avenue in Glenville. A driver from Montana was heading northbound when striking the overpass, the outlet reports. A tractor-trailer hit a bridge in #Glenville -- but not the one on Glenridge Road that often gets hit. This one was nearby on Maple Avenue. pic.twitter.com/hylNQtWztA — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (@WNYT) June 9, 2022 Photos from the scene showed the tractor-trailer with extensive damage and dozens of boxes …

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by Michael Mashburn