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Caught this on the news up here. I have to share the road with scholars like this.
A lost Indiana semitrailer truck driver who*drove his rig onto a pedestrian bridge*at Milwaukee's historic Lake Park has been fined $579.80 for reckless driving and failure to obey signs, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Authorities are not yet naming the 50-year-old driver, saying they first want to determine if medical issues were a factor. He is from Whiteland, Ind., and drives for the Kentucky-based*Paschall Truck Lines.
According to the sheriff's office, the man drove his truck, with its 53-foot trailer, onto the walkway about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, damaging several trees, two pedestrian bridges and the adjacent concrete railings. The truck came to a stop on the peninsula behind the Lake Park lighthouse.
The driver told authorities that he had been following directions from his GPS. He was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation.
Ray's Towing Co. had begun the process of extricating the truck, which was expected to take about three hours Wednesday.
Both bridges were inspected by a county structural engineer, who reported that they were safe for pedestrian passage once the truck is removed, the sheriff's office said.
A lost Indiana semitrailer truck driver who*drove his rig onto a pedestrian bridge*at Milwaukee's historic Lake Park has been fined $579.80 for reckless driving and failure to obey signs, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Authorities are not yet naming the 50-year-old driver, saying they first want to determine if medical issues were a factor. He is from Whiteland, Ind., and drives for the Kentucky-based*Paschall Truck Lines.
According to the sheriff's office, the man drove his truck, with its 53-foot trailer, onto the walkway about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, damaging several trees, two pedestrian bridges and the adjacent concrete railings. The truck came to a stop on the peninsula behind the Lake Park lighthouse.
The driver told authorities that he had been following directions from his GPS. He was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation.
Ray's Towing Co. had begun the process of extricating the truck, which was expected to take about three hours Wednesday.
Both bridges were inspected by a county structural engineer, who reported that they were safe for pedestrian passage once the truck is removed, the sheriff's office said.
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