A guy was pulling a car behind his RV some years ago. The brakes on the
car hung up and started spewing sparks, etc. The driver didn't notice.
Sparks caused organic trash on the roadside to ignite, which in turn
caused a forest fire. They located the guy and billed him something
over $1 million for the firefight and restoration. He had to pay.
He wrote this in to an RV magazine some years ago. He was sad. The
thing,of course destroyed their retirement plans for the rest of their
lives.

Pete Stanaitis
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Stealth Pilot wrote:

on the 14 feb 2006 someone posted shots of a tracked excavator sitting
atop a low loader zipping along at freeway speeds that had the arm
come up and spear through an overhead concrete road bridge.

(it really was that long ago)

does anyone know what eventuated out of the accident?

was the bridge repaired in situ or was the span demolished and
replaced?
what happened to the company that owned the excavator?

these photos resurfaced in an email recently and it piqued my
interest.
I've always wondered what the consequential happenings were regarding
that accident.

thanks
Stealth Pilot