Saturday, March 25, 2000
Road worker hurt when truck flips
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Emergency workers rescued the driver of a concrete truck when the 64,000-pound vehicle overturned Friday afternoon at the Fort Washington Way construction site near the Roebling Suspension Bridge.
Doug Glover, 33, of Beth el, was treated at University Hospital and released. He works for Hilltop Concrete.
The truck was backing up to a ditch when it began sliding on soft dirt, said John Deatrick, Cincinnati's transportation director.
The truck flipped over and landed at the bottom of the ditch on its roof. Construction crews used an excavator to remove dirt around the truck's doors so emergency workers could free the driver.
The truck's drum, filled with concrete, was disconnected from the vehicle's chassis, said Kevin Sheehan, vice president of Hilltop Concrete. A crane then lifted the truck out of the ditch.
There was only minor damage to the foundation of what eventually will be the Second Street Transit Center, according to Jeff Wallace, spokesman for Parsons Brinckerhoff, which is overseeing the road project.
“This is the first time anything like this has happened,” Mr. Deatrick said. “We are going to do a full investigation into what happened.”
Mr. Wallace said the accident will not throw off the construction schedule for the road project, scheduled to be finished in August. Mr. Sheehan said the drum filled with concrete will be removed today.
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