Grain bin crushed under bridge

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An oversize load wound up crumpled and wedged under a railway bridge east of Brandon on Wednesday morning.

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An oversize load wound up crumpled and wedged under a railway bridge east of Brandon on Wednesday morning.

A semi trailer hauling a grain bin was headed south on Highway 110, the Brandon East Access Route, around 11:45 a.m. when it tried to go under the railway overpass near Highway 457 and got wedged underneath instead.

The semi trailer stopped so abruptly that a pilot vehicle behind it rear-ended the stuck grain bin as well.

Ian Hitchen / Brandon Sun
A grain bin ended up wedged under the railway bridge on Highway 110, the Brandon East Access Route, on Wednesday morning.
Ian Hitchen / Brandon Sun A grain bin ended up wedged under the railway bridge on Highway 110, the Brandon East Access Route, on Wednesday morning.

The driver of the pilot vehicle was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the semi-trailer was not injured.

The crash forced the precautionary delay of an east-bound train while crews checked out the bridge.

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