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Trucker cooling heels until review complete

Workers review the damage Tuesday after a car carrier became stuck as it attempted to travel under the railroad bridge on McCalmont Road in Penn Township Feb. 24.

The driver of a car hauler that got wedged in a railroad trestle on McCalmont Road on Monday evening will not be dispatched again until his employer completes an investigation of the incident.

Jason Walker — chief operating officer at United Road Services in Romulus, Mich. — said John Duvall IV, 24, of Maryland, had been driving for United Road for less than a year when he tried to make it under the single-lane, 11-foot-6-inch-high trestle around 5:20 p.m.

While the truck's cab largely made it through the trestle, the empty car carrier Duvall was pulling became stuck inside after tearing down the roof and the sign indicating the overpass height.

“We are doing a complete review of the incident and all of the circumstances surrounding it, and we'll utilize that in taking any disciplinary actions (against Duvall),” Walker said.

He said Duvall did not have any other violations with United Road.

Read more in Friday's Butler Eagle.

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