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| Seeding the hills to prevent erosion, this time truck lost, man okay |
"Highway 1 at Devil’s Slide was closed in both
directions until around 2 p.m. on Friday as Caltrans workers recovered a
truck that rolled off an access road and into an embankment a day
earlier.
Caltrans spokesman Vince Jacala said a contractor was in a Caltrans hydroseed truck parked on top of a hill near Shamrock Ranch when it started sliding downhill. The man was able to jump out of the vehicle before the truck rolled off the road and was taken to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The truck was being used to spread grass seeds for erosion prevention on top of the hill. Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus said Caltrans will not be sending a truck back to the same location."
Related - California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), "Specifying seed and plant species". Note: photographs and 10 automated slides from the same website, Erosion control Toolbox.
Somewhat related - "Surviving a ride down Devil's Slide." Vimeo 2009 video, 2:23 minutes.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
Caltrans spokesman Vince Jacala said a contractor was in a Caltrans hydroseed truck parked on top of a hill near Shamrock Ranch when it started sliding downhill. The man was able to jump out of the vehicle before the truck rolled off the road and was taken to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The truck was being used to spread grass seeds for erosion prevention on top of the hill. Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus said Caltrans will not be sending a truck back to the same location."
Related - California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), "Specifying seed and plant species". Note: photographs and 10 automated slides from the same website, Erosion control Toolbox.
Somewhat related - "Surviving a ride down Devil's Slide." Vimeo 2009 video, 2:23 minutes.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
1 comment:
Yikes. He sure is lucky to be alive! Glad he was able to make it out in time...
Jon | Inlet Filter
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