Friday, February 13, 2015

Garbage Trucks Loses Control; Crashes in Tamaqua

Around 6:30am Friday, emergency personnel were called to East Elm Street, near the intersection with Market Street, for a motor vehicle accident.


TamaquaArea.com is reporting that a Tamaqua Transfer garbage truck lost it's brakes, crashed through a utility pole and snow bank, then stopping against a tree.

No word on how many, but some of the workers on the truck were taken to to the hospital.

Link to TamaquaArea.com
http://tamaquaarea.com/2015/02/13/garbage-truck-loses-control-on-hill-snaps-pole-and-crashes-into-tree-in-tamaqua/