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Archive for January 18th, 2008

Posted by admin on January 18, 2008


Log Truck Smashes Into School Bus In Jefferson County

A school bus driver and three students were taken to a Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, hospital with minor injuries after the bus they were riding in was hit by a log truck.

The school bus driver is 30 weeks pregnant.

All those injured were treated and released at Punxsutawney Area Hospital.

Police said the truck was trying to make a sharp turn when it slid. The bus driver was able to avoid the truck’s cab, but then hit the trailer.

Fire officials described the section of road as narrow but dry at the time of the wreck.

Posted by admin on January 18, 2008


Car collides with log truck, another car

A Neah Bay man was arrested on investigation of drunk driving after he collided with a log truck and a pickup early Monday morning, the State Patrol said.

Dustin Brunk, 22, was turning onto state Highway 112 in his 1996 Nissan Altima from a parking lot seven miles east of Neah Bay at 8:35 a.m. and collided with a logging truck traveling east on the highway, police said.

Brunk’s car spun around and was hit from behind by a 2005 Ford F150 driven by Joseph Dickhunt, 53, of Sequim traveling west on Highway 112, the State Patrol said.

Brunk remained in custody in the Clallam County jail on investigation of drunk driving on Monday night.

Ralph Napier, 59, of Forks, who was driving the 1997 Peterbilt logging truck, was not injured.

Brunk and Dickhunt suffered no injuries, but Brunk’s two passengers were hurt.

Thomas C. Johnson, 18, of Neah Bay was taken to Forks Community Hospital with an injured arm, bruises and scratches.

The hospital declined to release information about Thomas’ condition or if he had been released.

Rarriana Moccardime, 18, of Neah Bay had cuts from glass in her scalp but refused treatment at the scene of the wreck, State Patrol said.

The State Patrol said that the Altima was destroyed.

Officers estimated $1,500 worth of damage to the log truck, which was from the wreck.

The State Patrol estimated about $2,000 worth of damage to Dickhunt’s Ford.

Posted by admin on January 18, 2008


Log truck driver escapes rollover

A 70-year-old driver had a lucky escape yesterday when his log truck rolled on Glen Huon Rd, near Huonville.

The truck was travelling east towards Huonville yesterday when it failed to take a left-hand turn.

The truck crossed the road and ended up in a culvert on the right-hand side of the road.

The driver suffered minor bruises and lacerations and was taken to the Hobart Private Hospital but discharged soon after.

The trailer lost its load of veneer logs and the traffic was impeded for nearly five hours.

The crash scene was attended by the Tasmania Fire Service, which dispersed diesel fuel that had spilled on to the road.

Huonville police constable Craig Vermey said the driver was “a very lucky man”.

“The driver’s side of the prime mover went down into the ditch, so he would have suffered the full impact,” he said.

“I was surprised that he only had minor injuries.”

Police believed the load on the truck may have moved, causing the trailer to roll.

The bend had a recommended speed of 45km/h and police said witnesses believed the truck was travelling at that speed or less.

The logs were being taken to Watson’s Sawmill in Huonville.

Last year, a 40-year-old log truck driver was trapped for nearly four hours when his fully laden log truck crashed off the Bridle Track Rd between Sheffield and Kimberley.