March 3, 2010
Trespassers beware–the sequel!
The drowned truck has been freed from the creek tonight by Lassen Canyon’s tractor crew. With a grinding tug through gravel and spinning tractor wheels, the vehicle was pulled up on the bank this evening.
It is obvious that this was not a stolen rig. Nothing had been stripped, nice wheels, tires, three-wheeler and a cab full of someone’s soggy belongings. A pink address book lay on the foot well, suitcases and bags and a very ruined stereo set sat dripping.
I thought this last photo says it all. It wasn’t a thrasher before…but it has become one in quite a hurry!
How prophetic.
Trespassers beware! « Czygyny’s Weblog said,
March 4, 2010 at 9:18 am
czygyny said,
March 4, 2010 at 9:34 am
I met the hapless fellow who was driving the truck, last night. A relative brought him back to the scene to survey the damage.
His jacket was still damp, his hair in disarray and seemingly disoriented, he seemed grateful that I was not angry with him for trespassing, but I told him earnestly that I was just glad he was alive.
We all make poor choices and bad mistakes…some we skate by without serious trouble, some are expensive, some are deadly.
I thank God that he was spared his life in this pre-dawn, very cold and terribly dangerous accident…and I am sorry that he lost so much in the aftermath.
I hope and pray that this incident will take a curse and turn it into a blessing for a young man down on his luck.