It happened AGAIN: Truck damages Long Grove bridge’s cover
Lake County sheriff’s police investigate new damage that appears, on the right, on the new cover of the bridge on Robert Parker Coffin Road in Long Grove after the top of a truck collided with it Wednesday. (Courtesy of ABC 7 Chicago)
Yep — it happened again.
For the second time since its grand reopening on Friday, the Long Grove covered bridge was damaged on Wednesday by a passing box truck that was too tall to safely clear the wooden facade atop the opening.
Sgt. Chris Covelli of the Lake County sheriff’s office said the damage was not severe and that traffic never stopped. Repairs, however, will need to be made … again.
“It’s been a tough couple of years for the bridge,” Covelli said.
Wednesday’s collision — coming on the heels of Saturday’s damage caused by a school bus — occurred at about 1:20 p.m. when a truck from a medical supply company traveling west on Robert Parker Coffin Road clipped the bridge’s facade.
Read more here, and you might should wanna stay away from that bridge for a while.
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