Irish rail shared a video of an incident that happened at lunchtime today to highlight the dangers for truck drivers not knowing their load height. The video shows an articulated truck which is transporting a tractor and a digger driving beneath a bridge in a busy area in Dublin centre, Amiens St. As the truck drives through the bridge the crane of the digger catches on the bridge causing a serious hazard. Irish rail warns that had pedestrians, cyclists of motorists had been on the other side of the road there could have been a fatality.
Had pedestrians, cyclists or motorists been on the other side of the road, people could have been killed at Amiens St this lunchtime.
Know your load height for the safety of all. @RSAIreland pic.twitter.com/IDA648GMLm
— Iarnród Éireann (@IrishRail) April 8, 2019
Irish Rail shared also shared on their Twitter page that engineers have cleared bridge at Amien street it is now safe for traffic. Normal service resuming with a 10 minute delay. Luckily, there were no injuries were reported.
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This isn' t the first such an incident has happened at the Amiens St bridge. Last month a similar incident occurred when a truck got stuck under the bridge.
#Amiens St is now closed at the @IrishRail Bridge & diversions are in place. Expect delays, avoid the area if you can #Dublin #traffic #BankHolidayWeekend ? @fionaluciamcg pic.twitter.com/jmqrRbBIP2
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) March 15, 2019
