Worst Day at Work Ever: Semi-Truck Rolls Into Pipeline, Area Ruled No-Fly Zone

As professional drivers, the folks wheeling semi-trucks should be a cut above the rest of us. But getting paid to do something doesn’t guarantee that you’re always going to do it perfectly, and when a big rig is involved, the consequences of any mistake can be embarrassingly huge. Earlier this week, an unoccupied semi truck rolled into an excavation site at the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in remote Saxon, Wisconsin. It collided with the pipeline, releasing a cloud of natural gas that forced the evacuation of nearby homes and the imposition of a no-fly zone in the area, a local CBS News affiliate reported Tuesday. Video posted by Milwaukee’s Fox…

Read the full story at The Drive →