CLARENDON, Vt. (AP) - Officials in the Vermont town of Clarendon are looking for the driver of box truck that damaged a covered bridge by hitting the wooden overhead beams while passing through it.
The Rutland County sheriff’s department is investigating the crash that damaged the Kingsley Covered Bridge last week.
NECN.com is reporting that the good news for people who use the 120-foot bridge over the Mill River that was first built in 1836 is that on Monday it was deemed safe and it was reopened to traffic.
Mike Klopchin, the chair of the Clarendon Select Board, said he hopes the truck is found, so someone can be made to pay for the repairs.
“It was blatant,” Klopchin said.
The Rutland County Sheriff’s department wants to hear from anyone in the area if they received a delivery last Wednesday from a white box truck with New York plates.
Covered bridges being hit by vehicles that are too large to pass through is an ongoing problem in Vermont. Covered bridges have been hit in Lyndon, Tunbridge, and Woodstock in recent years.
Officials say part of the problem lies with drivers who pay attention to GPS units rather than reading signs that include height and weight limits.
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