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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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