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Tractor-trailer gets stuck in Turnpike tollbooth, causing damage, then drives away, state police say

By WPXI.com News Staff

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By WPXI.com News Staff

State police are investigating after an oversize load got stuck in a tollbooth area along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, caused damage, then drove away.

At around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, a white tractor-trailer marked “oversize load” with a bulldozer on the trailer was traveling south on Route 66 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. The tractor-trailer allegedly went through barriers, struck a concrete wall in a tollbooth area and hit a camera and light.

The truck backed up four times to get unstuck, then continued south on the turnpike, according to a report. A white pickup truck acting as a safety flagger traveled behind the oversize load.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 724-755-9463.

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