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Semi freed from Kansas railroad bridge

A semi-truck is stuck under the Victoria railroad bridge Tuesday morning.
A semi-truck is stuck under the Victoria railroad bridge Tuesday morning.

VICTORIA, Kan. — Drivers in eastern Ellis County were rerouted Tuesday morning after a semi became lodged under a railroad bridge.

The truck was too tall to navigate the bridge, just off Old U.S. 40 on Cathedral Avenue. At approximately 9 a.m., the truck had been cleared from the scene.

According to Cole Dinkel of the Victoria Police Department, no one was hurt in the incident and the semi only suffered scrapes on the trailer top. Emergency responders let the air out of the truck’s tires to allow it to pass under the bridge.

Dinkel said such an incident happens about once a year at the Union Pacific bridge at Third and Cathedral. The driver is believed to hail from Texas.

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