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Stretch of Route 3 closed after turbine base detaches from rig
State police closed a portion of Route 3, from Bolton Road to Benton Road, for about three hours Wednesday after the base of a wind turbine and the trailer it was attached to became unlatched from the rig hauling the oversized load. Both the trailer and turbine overturned and rolled into a nearby cornfield, state police said.
September 17, 2009
in Watertown Daily News
HIGHWAY DAMAGED: Wind equipment to be removed from field in Ellisburg on Friday
ELLISBURG - State police closed a portion of Route 3, from Bolton Road to Benton Road, for about three hours Wednesday after the base of a wind turbine and the trailer it was attached to became unlatched from the rig hauling the oversized load. Both the trailer and turbine overturned and rolled into a nearby cornfield, state police said.
The southbound rig was being escorted by state police at the time of the accident. The road was closed until state Department of Transportation workers could repair damage caused... [continue via Web link]
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