Posted on 10/06/2009 1:23:26 PM PDT by Willie Green
A tractor-trailer loaded with canned beans was struck by a southbound Norfolk Southern freight train at the Coile Street railroad crossing off Snapps Ferry Road about 6:45 a.m. this morning.
No injuries were reported as a result of the collision.
GPD Officer Jeff Craft said at the scene this morning that Bobby Coffey, the driver of the Swift Transportation tractor-trailer, told police he had been attempting to enter the lot of the So-Pak-Co plant when he encountered a closed gate and came to a stop.
The rear of the trailer was on the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, police said.
As Coffey, of Middleburg, Fla., was walking back to ensure that his trailer had cleared the railroad crossing, a southbound Norfolk Southern freight train operated by Jackie Nicley, of Maynardville, Tenn., struck the rear of the trailer before Coffey could move it off the tracks, according to Officer Craft.
The collision knocked the trailer off the tracks into a ditch, and the right side of the trailer burst open, spilling cases and cans of Bush's Best light red kidney beans onto the tracks and the ground beside them, Craft said.
"We've got beans everywhere," the officer noted by telephone from the scene about 7:45 a.m.
“Honey. I’ll be home early tonight. I’ve been fired for spilling the beans.”
Mr Coffey was checking his rear when a loud explosion caused the load of beans he was carrying to escape.
;^)
First in with the “Blazing Saddles” jokes.
I hate when that happens to me! LOL!
Who’s got the chili con carne with beans recipe?
So-Pak-Co should get hit with the tab for this. How do build a gate, which you know will be used by tractor-trailers, in a spot which doesn’t leave room for a tractor-trailer between the gate and the railroad tracks? The driver must have pulled up as far as he could, because he was concerned enough about the distance to walk back and check. He’s lucky he wasn’t seriously injured by flying debris.
I’m not a big fan of building codes, government construction inspectors, etc, but really, this specific brand of idiocy, this close to an active railroad track, should be illegal. The driveway approach also appears to be substantially raised, over a drainage pipe, so there’s no way a large/tall vehicle could pull off sideways upon realizing the gate was closed and a train was coming.
But of course, instead of rooting out and destroying really dangerous construction like this, the code enforcers are running around issuing citations for porch railings that are an inch too low, and sinks that have an S-trap drain pipe instead of P-trap drain pipe.
More like “Not So Swift” trucking company.
"Spill the beans, whoaaa, spill the beans..."
Put some pineapples in your baked beans and you’ll make Hawiian music.
I drive a big truck ,, I always feel bad for the driver.
So-Pak-Co should get hit with the tab for this. How do build a gate, which you know will be used by tractor-trailers, in a spot which doesn’t leave room for a tractor-trailer between the gate and the railroad tracks?
This accident never would have happened with a maglev train.
Traveling on an overhead guideway eliminates dangerous grade-crossings.
The beans would have been safely delivered while Maglev silently swooshed by at a brisk 300mph.
At least it was not the secret recipe baked beans. WHEW
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