Guilford ,VT : dump truck crashed on a snow-covered road after hit telephone pole and flipped on its side on Wednesday , November 26th 2014
Police say a dump truck crashed on a snow-covered road in Guilford Wednesday, spilling its load of hot asphalt and closing the roadway.
Vermont state police say at about 11:50 a.m., Thomas Fenton, 56, of Leeds, Massachusetts, was headed north on Route 5 near the Massachusetts state line when he lost control of the truck. It went off the road, hit a telephone pole and flipped on its side, spilling the hot asphalt into a field.
Police expected the road to be closed for about five hours as crews cleaned up the scene.
Fenton was not seriously injured. The dump truck was heavily damaged and is considered a total loss.
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Dump truck crash closes Route 5 in Guilford