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Who had 1:30 p.m., Saturday, in the pool?

Andrew Teman notices the Smartraveler report: Stuck truck at the Storrow tunnel inbound. Zachens reports:

It was less stuck and more torn open like a can of tuna.

Mats Tolander takes a photo of what's left of the truck hanging from the entrance to the tunnel (and somebody promptly edits the photo to make it a bit more understandable).

WBZ-TV joins in the fun, noting that the driver was "young" (with the "and stupid" implied):

... It appears that instead of stopping immediately after hitting the bridge, the driver kept going about 25 feet under the bridge, causing the truck's roof to be ripped off. ...

Ooh, thank you, WBZ-TV, for also providing a slide show for those of us not stuck in the miles-long backup the young Mario Andretti caused.

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Not his fault?

By SwirlyGrrl (not verified) | Sat, 09/01/2007 - 7:34pm

According to the WBZ slide show, he was attempting to avoid hitting a gigantic woman who had just left her wedding ceremony:

The entire roof of a large moving truck is peeled off on a Storrow Drive bridge when a young driver tries to clear the 10-foot bride.

Brilliant!

By eeka not logged in (not verified) | Sat, 09/01/2007 - 7:42pm

Thanks for sorting this one out!

It must have been Amanda Palmer.

By Gareth | Tue, 09/04/2007 - 8:35am

I know she used to be an eight-foot bride, but I hear she's moving up in the world.

Did I win?

By driftingfocus (not verified) | Sun, 09/02/2007 - 9:00am

I said 1:00. Did anyone say exactly 1:30?

how much

By lynn | Mon, 09/03/2007 - 7:09am

I'm left wondering how much that's gonna cost!

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