Pennsylvania truck driver cited for taking out traffic light, pole in Cambridge

By adamg on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 12:03pm

Cambridge Police report a local driver was having none of it after a truck driver took out a light post at Broadway and Inman Street yesterday and just drove away - the local followed the truck and called 911 to report its plate number and direction.

Police say the crash, around 11:10 a.m., caused the pole to crash to the ground, and that officers caught up with the trucker at Portland Street and Broadway and issued him a summons.

Neighborhoods:

Cambridge

Topics:

Driving

Ad:

Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Comments

Thank you

By ECG (nli) on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 1:30pm.

Thanks you , local driver (or ped or biker) who followed through on this!

I owe you a beer

By Robert Winters on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 5:45pm.

This is right down the street from my house. If the person who chased down the scofflaw is identified, I will gladly buy him or her a beer (or several).

Leaving the Scene of an Accident

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 8:49pm.

Should be a felony with penalties the same as OUI.

I would think he would be a flight risk if he already fled the scene - why wasn't the driver arrested?

Certainly seems to meet some

By SaraK on Sat, 06/29/2019 - 2:38am.

Certainly seems to meet some sort of criminal level between reckless, endangering others, leaving scene and who know about OUI. I agree he’s high risk to not show and just hope he doesn’t hit a pedestrian or motorcyclist (or 10) in the meantime. So much for enforcement...

Can’t arrest for this crime, only summons.

By Pete Nice on Sat, 06/29/2019 - 8:43am.

It or were a person he should be considered a flight risk but not in this state.