{"id":5313,"date":"2025-05-20T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:56:41","slug":"when-your-dump-trucks-bed-is-up-but-your-brain-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/when-your-dump-trucks-bed-is-up-but-your-brain-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"When Your Dump Truck\u2019s Bed Is Up But Your Brain Isn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dump-Truck-Crash-Florida-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>A Florida dump truck collided with an overpass, ripping off the truck\u2019s bed.<\/li>\n<li>Fortunately, neither the driver nor the passenger of the truck were injured.<\/li>\n<li>Authorities closed the highway as the dump truck\u2019s torn bed was removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/trucks\/\">truck driver<\/a>,but I\u2019d like to think that if I were behind the wheel of a dump truck, I\u2019d notice if the bed was raised before heading out onto the road. However, in Florida late last week, a dump truck driver seemed blissfully unaware that the bed was up until he slammed into the Interstate 10 overpass.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A 54-year-old man was behind the wheel of the truck. Not only did he fail to notice the bed was raised, but his passenger apparently missed it too. They collided with the underside of the Interstate 10 overpass at State Road 285 around 2:20 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2022\/05\/11-foot-8-bridge-slowly-removes-equipment-from-camper-trailer\/\">Going Slow Under 11 Foot 8 Bridge Definitely Won\u2019t Save Your Camper Trailer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no word on how fast the truck was traveling at the time, but there\u2019s a 55 mph speed limit on the road where the crash occurred. The Florida Highway Patrol says the bed hit the overpass with such force that it was ripped off the truck\u2019s frame. Whether or not the truck can be repaired remains to be seen, but even if it can, it certainly won\u2019t be cheap.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>Neither <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2023\/09\/watch-a-ram-truck-inexplicably-cause-a-massive-high-speed-highway-crash\/\">the driver of the truck<\/a>, nor his passenger, were injured in the crash. Fortunately, no other motorists were involved in the embarrassing incident, which could have easily led to a pile-up had it occurred during busier hours.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath caused some disruption, with police closing the impacted stretch of highway while the truck\u2019s bed was removed, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10tv.com\/2025\/05\/16\/dump-truck-driver-attempts-drive-underneath-i-10-overpass-with-bed-raised\/\">reported<\/a> by Fox 10 TV.<\/p>\n<p>Crashes like these happen all too often, not just in the US, but around the world. Perhaps the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2021\/05\/north-carolinas-11-foot-8-bridge-perfectly-peeled-the-roof-of-this-truck\/\">infamous of all overpasses<\/a> in the country is the \u201811foot8+8\u2019 bridge in North Carolina. Over the years, hundreds of vehicles have hit the bridge in Durham, despite local authorities raising the original height from 11 feet and 8 inches to 12 feet and 4 inches.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dump-Truck-Crash-Florida-2.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" When Your Dump Truck\u2019s Bed Is Up But Your Brain Isn\u2019t\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1846\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dump-Truck-Crash-Florida-2-1024x738.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><figcaption>Florida Highway Patrol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida dump truck collided with an overpass, ripping off the truck\u2019s bed. 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