A reader submitted this photo of a Coke truck that didn't clear the 10-feet 6-inch railroad bridge over Washington Street west of Ashley Street Wednesday afternoon.
Photo courtesy of Sandford B.
A Coca Cola truck was two feet too tall for a downtown Ann Arbor railroad bridge Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
The semi collided with the bridge over West Washington Street near First Street just before 1:42 p.m., but the driver was not injured, Ann Arbor police Sgt. Mauro Cervantes said.
The bridge's clearance is 10 feet, 6 inches. The truck was 12 feet six inches tall, Cervantes said.
“The driver claimed he didn’t see the sign,” Cervantes said. "He was cited."
West Washington Street near First Street was still closed at 4:15 p.m. as workers from the railroad company inspected the bridge, a dispatcher with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said. The truck's trailer was still on Washington Street at the time, but the cab had been driven away.
At 4:30 p.m., Cervantes said wreckers were still working to tow the truck's trailer.
"It did have significant damage,” he said.
A Triangle Towing worker at the scene said similar accidents have happened several times in the past.
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