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At least three trucks 🚚 get stuck every week. 👀 KemptonPark bridge Find out more here ⬇️
A truck stuck under a clearly marked bridge on Elgin Road in Kempton Park, 9 January 2015. A local said that it happens all the time on this bridge with this being the fourth one in a matter of weeks. Picture: Neil McCartney
It’s a railway bridge with a dip, not dissimilar to the same railway overpass that saw a gas tanker become stuck, leak, and eventually explode on Christmas Eve in Boksburg last year.Local resident and member of the provincial legislature Refiloe N’tsheke said at least three trucks get stuck there every week.ALSO READ:
“When I was engaged in the Boksburg tanker explosion, I conducted an audit in the region on the condition of bridges and signage. The thing that bothered me most was that I was left with the impression that no modern interventions have been considered, as far as bridges, especially low-hanging bridges, were concerned,” he said.But there is a difference between the two sites.
“It’s not unlike the potholes signs we see all over South Africa. As far as I can tell, they seem to be installed only to say: ‘We told you about it, so if you run into it, you cannot blame us!’”
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