Mount Vernon, WA – The trucking company involved in a Washington state bridge collapse says it received a state-issued permit to carry its oversized load across the bridge.
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Ed Scherbinski is vice president of Mullen Trucking in Alberta. He said in an interview with The Associated Press that the Washington state Department of Transportation had approved of the company’s plan to drive a piece of drilling equipment along Interstate 5 to Vancouver, Wash.
He also said the company hired a local escort to help navigate the route.
Scherbinski said company officials are as bewildered as everyone else. He said he’s not sure whether the Mullen Trucking vehicle was the cause of the collapse, but the driver could see the bridge falling in his rearview mirror.
so the driver had a permit to hit the bridge?
This is too fishy.
So the truck was not the problem.
Obama wants to spend obscene amounts of money on infrastructure.
Obama wants to draw attention away from his scandals.
A backwater bridge collapses, only 2 cars on it.
Bridge story becomes national news.
You do the math.
The truck could see the bridge collapsing in its rear view mirror, but he’s unsure if he was the cause! His response & that of comeon’s is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard all weekend!!
Isn’t the sky to lit for night time?