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This has come full circle from the mistake of loading the wrong equipment on the wrong truck to the "driver error" to the shut down of of one of the busiest highways in Texas to a death and the resulting lawsuit through trial, judgement and appeals court decision.
March 26, 2015 was the date of the accident. This story was one year later.
One year later: driver in deadly Salado bridge crash no longer driving a truck
>>>>That sunny Thursday morning a year ago, Martinez was driving a flatbed tractor trailer and hauling a boom lift back to a rental company when he entered a construction zone on I-35 that included a lower than-normal bridge under construction.
DPS investigators concluded the height of the bridge was 14 feet, one half inch tall. Approach signs indicated a height of 13?″ which is the maximum allowed height for any loaded truck not subject to an over height permit from the TxDMV. Such a permit, available online, provides constantly updated alternate routes for truckers to guide them around low bridges.
The height of the boom on Martinezç—´ truck bed was 14?″, investigators found; four and one half inches too high to safety clear under a row of massive but unattached concrete beams in place to form the new FM 2484 bridge. He and the trucking company were cited for the issue.<<<<<
Fast forward and read the recently released decision from the Texas Fifth Court of Appeals:
UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMER | No. 5-18- 665-CV. | 2
March 26, 2015 was the date of the accident. This story was one year later.
One year later: driver in deadly Salado bridge crash no longer driving a truck
>>>>That sunny Thursday morning a year ago, Martinez was driving a flatbed tractor trailer and hauling a boom lift back to a rental company when he entered a construction zone on I-35 that included a lower than-normal bridge under construction.
DPS investigators concluded the height of the bridge was 14 feet, one half inch tall. Approach signs indicated a height of 13?″ which is the maximum allowed height for any loaded truck not subject to an over height permit from the TxDMV. Such a permit, available online, provides constantly updated alternate routes for truckers to guide them around low bridges.
The height of the boom on Martinezç—´ truck bed was 14?″, investigators found; four and one half inches too high to safety clear under a row of massive but unattached concrete beams in place to form the new FM 2484 bridge. He and the trucking company were cited for the issue.<<<<<
Fast forward and read the recently released decision from the Texas Fifth Court of Appeals:
UNITED RENTALS NORTH AMER | No. 5-18- 665-CV. | 2