Trampoline Hits Tree, Other Weird TE Stuff

Winds that gust to hurricane strength can do some mighty powerful things.

Emergency utility trucks from new Orleans can cause some big sparks when the crane scrapes the underside of the Strafford Amtrak underpass.

The truck's two man crew arrived in Tredyffrin from New Orleans later Tuesday night after driving four straight days to get here to help with the power restoriation efforts.

They were heading south on Old Eagle School Road toward Lancaster Avenue when the truck driver discovered that the arm which carries a bucket and huge drill bit for drilling phone poll holes was a smidge too high for the underpass.

The noise was loud and a river of bright orange sparks and smoke poured out of the tunnel as the truck scraped the concrete bottom of the underpass at the Strafford Train Station.

The truck did make it all the way through and the two men inside were not injured. They were waiting for the light of the day to inspect the part of the truck that had a close scrape with the underpass.

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Editor's note: I was parked in the Strafford Train Station parking (northside) lot tweeting about a road closure on Old Eagle School Road when the utility truck incident occured.