The mail must go through
True to the slogan “The mail must go through” a tractor-trailer driver in Massachusetts came off the interstate after a snowy weekend and his semi skidded across two lanes of traffic and took the mail through the guardrails, off a bridge into the frigid Charles River. According to WFXT-TV in Boston, the crash occurred at around noon when the air temperature had reached 25 degrees and Weston, MA was hit hard by a snowstorm just the day before. The tractor and trailer loaded with mail tumbled down about 50 feet into the river below. The video below dramatically shows the fall. As it falls and the trailer’s cabin hits the water, the truck almost flips upside down before making a hard landing on its side.
The driver miraculously was able to get himself out of the cab and stand on top of the rig in the river. Weston Deputy Fire Chief Justin Woodside said firefighters were quick to respond because they were already out on the road in the area, shoveling hydrants from Friday’s snowfall. “We were able to make an effective rescue,” Woodside said. “Our two members went in with wet suits and we got him within about maybe four minutes or so upon arrival.” Weston Fire Chief David Soar said in an interview with The Boston Globe that crews saw “hundreds” of mail packages floating in the river. “While they had the boat in the water, they were scooping up as much mail as they could,” Soar said on Sunday. “We got most of it out of the water. Some of it probably sunk, but they got a lot of mail out of the water.” Crews were on the scene until around 9 p.m. while dive teams attempted to remove the vehicle from the water. The driver was taken to the hospital and released uninjured.
Trucking for postage:
What do you call a trucker that doesn’t drive anymore?
Semi-retired.
After driving for about six hours, a trucker decides to pull over and sleep for a little while. As soon as he falls asleep, he is awakened by some knocks on the door of the cab.
“Can you tell me the time, please?” asks a jogger.
“Yeah, it’s 4:30,” answers the trucker. He falls asleep again, but he is roused again by another jogger who wants to know the time.
“It’s 4:40!” yells the trucker. Deciding to really try to sleep a little, he writes on a piece of paper: “I DON’T KNOW THE TIME.” He sticks the paper in his windshield.
But he is awakened again. “It’s 5:25,” says another jogger.
I got a job interview for a truck driver position.
The interviewer told me the terminal yard was in a town 30 miles from my house.
I said, “Forget it, I don’t want to drive that far to work.”
A truck has just overturned on the I-90 loaded with Vicks Vapo rub.
Police have said there will be no congestion for eight hours.
January 26th birthdays
1953 – Lucinda Williams, 1958 – Anita Baker, 1905 – Maria VanTrapp, 2009 – Suleman octuplets
1967 – Vince Carter, 1961 – Wayne Gretzky, 1934 – Bob Uecker, 1925 – Paul Newman