An excavator driver had a lucky escape when his machine tipped over a bridge.
An excavator working on the rehab project of the Route 1A Hampton Harbor Bridge tipped over Friday morning, Jan. 23 causing it to dangle over the side railing and onto the beach.
Denis Switzer, of the state Department of Transportation, said the excavator was on the bridge removing a section of concrete at the time of the incident.
“They were removing a curb from the bridge as part of the demolition process,” Switzer said. “The excavator picked up the piece to load it into the truck but before it could make it into the truck, it tipped.”
The excavator, he said, rolled over on the bridge rail and sidewalk while the arm hung over the beach area.
“The concrete was too much weight,” Switzer said.
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