Truck gets stuck under bridge on bike trail
The Olentangy Trail near Spring Street was closed for several hours Thursday after a semi driver drove onto the pedestrian-bike trail and struck two bridges before becoming wedged under the second one.
Columbus police cited the driver for reckless operation and failure to follow a traffic control device in the 9 a.m. incident.
The semi’s driver, whom a police spokesperson could not identify later because paperwork was not available, exited the northbound lanes of Route 315 onto Spring Street, only to realize he made a mistake, police at the scene said.
Police said the driver told investigators he mistook the smaller Olentangy Trail for an entrance ramp back onto Route 315 northbound, drove north on the trail and his trailer became trapped under the Interstate 670 overpass.
The driver, who isn’t from central Ohio, was headed to the Greater Columbus Convention Center Downtown.
Officers redirected bicycle riders on the trail while they cleared the truck from the path.
The contents of the trailer attached to the semi were removed and the trailer was eventually hauled off of the trail by a tow truck around 1:30 p.m.
An Ohio Department of Transportation inspection A semi is stuck below an overpass after the driver accidentally drove onto the Olentangy Trail from Route 315 on Thursday. crew was sent to the scene to assess the damage to the bridge, spokeswoman Breanna Badanes said.