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Re: Really bad backhoe (off topic)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Wed Jun 9 00:54:56 1999

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 00:53:19 -0400
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
To: Gregory Urban <urban@cs.umbc.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.990609002824.16252D-100000@topdog.cs.umbc.edu>; from Gregory Urban on Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 12:35:49AM -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 12:35:49AM -0400, Gregory Urban wrote:

> A backhoe in Baltimore MD has set a new standard, and it was unmaned at
> the time.  It seems while as flatbed was transporting a backhoe around
> the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), the backhoe hit a pedestrian bridge that
> spaned the road.  The bridge collapsed onto the road, killing 1 person and
> sending 3 others to the hospital in critical condition.

127 Digex DS-1's are affected. ETR is not yet known.

(Sorry. Just trying to add some operational content.)

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