Whew - at least the beer was safe

[rocky_warrior]

When I saw the headline, I was worried the worst had happened.  Luckily, tragedy was avoided...

Truck carrying 40K pounds of beer overturns in Vt.
Tue Jun 23, 6:40 am ET

SWANTON, Vt. – Police say a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturned in Vermont and closed a highway for several hours.

The truck went off the road Monday morning on Route 78 in Swanton. It rolled over and landed in a swamp on a wildlife refuge. The crash also knocked down some power lines.

Travis Greeno, assistant chief of the Swanton Fire Department, says the truck had to be offloaded before it was pulled out of the ditch. He said it was "going to be a long day."

The highway was closed for several hours.

The truck driver was not hurt. It is unclear why he went off the road.

No beer spilled into the swamp.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_fe_st/odd_highway_closure_beer

[muwarrior87]

thank goodness!! That could have been a tragedy.

[Robyrd5]

Great news. I'm sure all the underage swamp creatures were disappointed, though.

[BrewCity83]

Great news. I'm sure all the underage swamp creatures were disappointed, though.

They can get their beers at the West Virginia campus bars.

[IAmMarquette]

Been a rough week for beer truck drivers...

Beer Truck Tragedy Spills Into Morning Commute
Updated 12:13 PM CDT, Tue, Jun 16, 2009
By  ZACH CHRISTMAN

If you took the Eisenhower Expressway or the Tri-State into the city this morning, you should have brought a cooler and some ice.

Way more than 99 bottles of beer happened to fall when a big rig loaded up with Miller Lite overturned in the western suburbs Tuesday morning.

The truck rolled over on the ramp from the southbound Tri-State Tollway to the inbound Ike, spilling a huge load of beer cans all over the median in what could be the biggest tragedy of the morning.  The driver wasn't hurt.

There was a big gaper's delay as grown men driving by wiped back tears or tried to figure out if they could snag a can without anyone noticing.

The Tri-State was jammed inbound back to York Road, and westbound back to Manheim Road.

Just before 7 a.m., crews turned the truck back upright and started to clean up the beer.  A mid-morning update said the wreck was expected to be clear by 9:45.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic_autos/transit/Beer-Truck-Tragedy-Spills-Into-Morning-Commute.html

[rocky_warrior]

Man - how do I get on one of these "cleanup" crews?