Posted on 07/22/2017 9:25:30 AM PDT by csvset
Man dies after his vehicle carrying 2,000 pounds of missing railway plates overturns
By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot Jul 21, 2017 Updated 13 hrs ago AULANDER, N.C.
A man died Tuesday after he lost control of his vehicle loaded with more than 100 railway plates missing from a work area.
Tarris Lamont Wilkins, 40, of Windsor, died at the scene about 7 a.m. on Brick Mill Road north of Windsor, said 1st Sgt. Rodney Sawyer of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
The 1995 Ford Explorer was loaded with more than 100 rail plates weighing about 2,000 pounds, he said. The plates are used to fasten rails to wood cross ties. Investigators believe the weight of the plates shifted as Wilkins went around a curve in the road. The Explorer overturned and Wilkins was ejected, he said. Plates were scattered over the area.
Minutes earlier, Wilkins was seen at the intersection of a railroad and Brick Mill Road less than a mile from the crash scene, said Bertie County Sheriff John Holley. His vehicle was loaded with plates that had been lying near the tracks as crews made repairs, he said. An officer with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission stopped to question Wilkins. As the officer called the Bertie County Sheriffs Office for help, Wilkins left the scene, Holley said.
Were the Clintons’ involved? They’re known to steal bent nickels.
Few years ago had rash of thefts by crack heads of highway
guard rails
Would unbolt them an drag to scrap yards
State police caught one druggie dragging one down shoulder
of interstate highway
He's got a REEALY BIG model railroad set!
There is a guy in Maryville, TN that had a full scale Engine behind his home on an oval.
It was operational. 1970’s.
missing as in "stolen." just because something is missing does not mean it doesn't exist...
Eh. Last night’s epi of the German cop show “Bukow & Konig” was centered around a murder in the scrap-picking social set.
I just took in 800# of scrap steel and only got $23 for it... not even worth the time it took loading it really, but better than paying to get rid of it. His 2000# would have barely been $50 IF the scrap guy took all his stolen steel... They know to keep an eye out for city property like water main and man hole covers... I would assume railroad steel is on their list too.
I probably have about that same amount sitting.
It isn’t worth the effort to haul it.
it’s gotta hurt...
Most of them probably would not pass a drug test.
“Yep, Tarris Lamont died in the commission of a crime of worthless scrap.”
Might have been worth $150 at the scrapyard.
I guess his nickname of "Crow" wasn't for his ability to scatter and fly to safety.
A deliberate misnomer, perhaps?
“The penalties for screwing with railroad tracks are very severe.”
In a roundabout way I know of a American who helped a Chechen Mafia steal 12 miles of rails in Georgia back in the early 90’s.
Working for a railroad, I see piles of those tie plates all the time. They make an enticing target for scrap metal thieves. I think that the scrap yards classify them as “short steel” which sells for a better price per pound.
Unscrupulous scrap dealers could care less where the material comes from. As long as the cops don’t show up and know what they’re looking for, they’ll buy metal from anyone. It all goes into the furnaces in china anyways.
“You’d be surprised how much time and effort these guys put into procuring scrap. They’d be better off finding a job that pays 12 bucks an hour......... “
Yea, and work under some idiot boss’? Part of the reason for collecting scrap and cans is the independence.
I cant think of other ways to be self employed immediately for zero cash
Which Georgia?
Maybe he was redecorating his house.
Goods pics!
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