Fracking water tanker wrecks historic Pennsylvania bridge

[KamaAina]

Fracking EPIC FAIL.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fracking-water-tanker-wrecks-historic-pa-bridge-article-1.1959016

A 136-year-old truss bridge in Greene County was no match for a water tanker truck used by a natural gas driller, which partially collapsed the roadway on Sunday.

The driver of the 35-ton truck did not see the Pollacks Mill Bridge's four-ton limit. He was not quite halfway across when the structure's floor beams buckled and collapsed under the weight of the vehicle, WPXI reported....

Not only did the collapse force traffic to be diverted, but a gas line running under the bridge which services 4,500 nearby residents had to be shut off, official said. Up to 50 vehicles per day travel over the 1878 bridge, which had its beams replaced in 1990.

The water tanker was towed off the wrecked bridge on Monday, which runs over Ten Mile Creek about halfway between Pittsburgh and Morgantown, W.Va. Inspectors will determine whether the 160-foot long span can be salvaged, the Observer-Reporter said.

[valerief]

1. I'm sure the frackers will raise their hands and say, "Not my problem," when

asked to repair the bridge damages and pay for the energy loss and traffic diversion damages.

[arcane1]

11. Just another "externality" after all

[valerief]

12. Yep, more corporate socialism. nt

[rgbecker]

2. Holy Shit!

The Fracking job makers are hiring drivers who can't read?

I hope Pennsylvania gets their money out of these guys.

[tech3149]

9. We don't have an extraction fee as far as I know

Gov Gashole doesn't want to inhibit their ability to profit!

[Historic NY]

3. I hope he get a fist full of tickets...

exceeding weight limits are expensive. He better get a loan now & have insurance.

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/17000-fine-for-exceeding-bridge-weight-limit/

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Oh they're sorry!

That it wasn't done at night.

[badtoworse]

5. The driver of the truck is an idiot. What he was hauling is irrelevant.

Fracking has nothing to do with it.

[yeoman6987]

7. So true but using fracking is more exciting

And will get more eyeballs.

[In_The_Wind]

8. True!

[blue neen]

10. What he was hauling certainly is relevant.

"The truck's driver, Jason Wayne Strawderman, 38, of Beverly, W.Va., said he dumped the contents of the truck into the creek to lighten the load. The tanker, if full, holds 4,200 gallons."

He dumped that fracking water into the creek.

[badtoworse]

13. If the water was going to the site, it hadn't been used yet, so it should be clean.

If it wasn't then you have a point.

[bobclark86]

6. Less to do with fracking...

And more to do with dumbasses who can't read.

Wonder if it would have been put on DU if it were a milk truck taking a shortcut between dairies...

[starroute]

14. Pennsylvania also has way too many aging, unsafe bridges

So there's plenty of blame to go around. But it's also true that fracking tends to put extra wear-and-tear on local infrastructure. Even without this one idiot driver, it's likely to break stuff over time.