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TRUCK MADE TODAY WHEN IT CRASHED
INTO SEVERAL VEHICLES, A STORE
AND TOPPLED OVER A CONCRETE
WALL..
WHAT HAPPENED... AND ALL THE
CLOSE CALLS ALONG THE WAY...
OUR TOP STORY ON NEWSWATCH 16
AT 6...
GOOD EVENING, I'M... SCOTT
SCHAFFER...
AND IM MARISA BURKE...
CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL DAY
TO
CLEAN UP AFTER THE DUMP TRUCK
FULL OF COAL DUST WAS ON A
COLLISION COURSE
TODAY IN NORTHUMBERLAND
COUNTY...
THE TRUCK WAS COMING DOWN A
HILL
THIS MORNING INTO A COMMUNITY...
THE
LOCALS CALL DIAMONDTOWN..
ENTERING MOUNT CARMEL WHEN IT
LOST CONTROL .... ROUTE 61 WAS
CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ...
NEWSWATCH 16S NIKKI KRIZE HAS
THE LATEST LIVE FROM MOUNT
CARMEL TOWNSHIP...
CREWS SPENT MOST OF THE DAY
CLEANING UP GLASS AND 23 TONS OF
COAL DUST OUTSIDE THIS BUSINESS
NEAR
MOUNT CARMEL. IT WAS AROUND
9:20
THIS MORNING WHEN THE DRIVER OF
THE
DUMP TRUCK COULD NOT SWITCH
GEARS,
LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
AFTER A
SEVEN VEHICLE CRASH NEAR MOUNT
CARMEL. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER
OF THIS
TRI-AXLE TRUCK LOST CONTROL
WHILE
GOING DOWN A MOUNTAIN. THE
TRUCK LOADED WITH COAL DUST ..
FIRST CRASHED INTO TWO
VEHICLES...PUSHING A
TRUCK INTO THIS BUSINESS. THE
STAFF AT "CAR QUEST AUTO PARTS"
HAD A
FRONT ROW SEAT.
"IN A SPLIT SECOND, THE TRUCK
WAS UP OVER THE
TOP OF THE WALL HERE AND IT TOOK
OUT THE
DOORS."
"I LOOKED UP FROM THE COUNTER
JUST AS THE
COAL TRUCK WAS TURNING OVER. I
WATCHED IT SLIDE INTO THE
BUILDING AND MY
FIRST THOUGHT WAS MAKING SURE
NOBODY
WAS HURT."
POLICE SAY THE TRUCK WAS COMING
FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY... TO MAKE
A DELIVERY. INSTEAD, IT DUMPED
23 TONS
OF COAL DUST ONTO ROUTE 61 NEAR
MOUNT CARMEL.
"I COULD FEEL THE GROUND
SHAKING
UNDER MY FEET. IT REALLY
SOUNDED LIKE A
BOMB." ANDREW YOUNGS AND ED
GRECO WERE STANDING BEHIND
THE COUNTER AT "CAR QUEST AUTO
PARTS"...ABOUT TEN FEET AWAY
FROM THE CRASH.
"WE HAD ONE CUSTOMER IN HERE, A
GUY WHO
CAME TO PICK UP HIS PARTS.
THANKFULLY, HE
WAS STILL INSIDE WITH US AND NOT
WALKING
OUTSIDE."
"THE GRECOS HAVE OWNED THIS
PROPERTY
FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS AND THEY
SAY THIS IS
NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT A
VEHICLE HAS GONE
DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN AND CRASHED
INTO THEIR BUILDING."
"USUALLY THEY COME DOWN THE
HILL FROM
WILBERTON. FOR SOME REASON THEY
LOSE
THEIR BRAKES AND THIS IS THE
ONLY SPOT
THEY'RE GOING TO HIT."
A TOTAL OF SEVEN VEHICLES WERE
EITHER DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN
THE
CRASH...INCLUDING THIS VAN OWNED
BY
IT FF KNOPP. SHE DROPPE
AT
"GRECO SERVICE STATION TO HAVE
THE
BRAKES CHECKED.
TONY GRECO-GRECO'S SERVICE
STATION "THE
BAD PART IS YOU GOTTA CALL THE
CUSTOMER
AND TELL THEM THE CARS ARE
DAMAGED.
THAT'S THE BAD PART ABOUT IT,
BUT AT LEAST
NOBODY GOT KILLED HERE."
THE DRIVER OF THE TRI-AXLE
TRUCK WAS
HURT AND WAS TAKEN TO A
HOSPITAL. NO WORD ON HIS NAME
OR CONDITION...BUT POLICE SAY HE
WAS ALERT AND WALKING AROUND
BEFORE HE LEFT FOR THE
HOSPITAL. AS FOR THE AURO PARTS
STORE.. IT'S STILL OPEN! NIKKI
KRIZE NW16 LIVE IN
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.