Snack-packed truck stuck in Camden
Because the cargo was Frito-Lay chips, a tractor trailer got wedged in Camden overnight.
Because the cargo was Frito-Lay chips, a tractor trailer got wedged in Camden overnight.
A heavier load, and the roof would not have gotten crunched, said driver-owner Javier Ocegueda this morning, standing on Haddon Avenue under a railroad trestle beside I-676. He and a friend were looking at the rig they drove all the way from San Bernadino, Calif.
Around 3:30 a.m., the 18-wheeler managed to squeeze under the trestle, winding up tilted, its top crushed.
None of the Doritos spilled, however.
Signs put the clearance at 12 feet, 9 inches.
This load needed an inch or two over 13 feet, Ocegueda said.
"It was dark so I didn't see the height," he said.
Another explanation: "The GPS told me to," he told an Inquirer photographer.
The trailer part actually belongs to a friend, who wanted to sell it for $5,000.
"Now I have to buy it, no matter what," said Ocegueda, who owns the cab, which says on its passenger side door, "Jesus Paid It All."
That spot snags a tractor trailer every couple of weeks, said a patrolman at the scene.
Usually, though, the driver is going slowly enough to stop when the initial contact happens, then backs out, he said.
