15-ton steel silo falls off truck, lands on car

15-ton steel silo falls off truck, lands on car

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Story Published: Aug 10, 2007 at 3:50 PM PST

Story Updated: Aug 11, 2007 at 10:47 AM PST

By Thanh Tan and KATU Web Staff

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VANCOUVER, Wash. - A steel silo weighing about 15 tons rolled off a flatbed truck in the Vancouver area and landed on top of a parked car.

The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Friday along the Interstate 205 off-ramp from eastbound SR 14. The steel silo somehow got loose from the semi, rolled down an embankment and then landed on a parked car, crushing it.

No one was inside the car, a white Subaru that was sitting on a side street.  As it turned out, the owner had parked there to go on a bike ride and when she returned, she could not believe what had happened.

"I was pretty upset when I first saw it," said Cindy Werner.  "I lost another Subaru about six months ago.  Somebody stole it and set it on fire.  So it's not been a good year for me and Subarus."

A crane was brought in to get the silo off the car and out of the way. 

The flatbed carrying the silo is owned by Gresham Transfer, Inc..  Troopers inspected the truck and did not find anything unusual, but because the silo did destroy property, they cited the driver with loss of load, which is a misdemeanor criminal citation.

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