SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. — The driver and passenger of an 18-wheeler were hospitalized on Wednesday morning after the rig struck the Teays Valley Christian School’s gymnasium.
According to authorities, the truck became wedged against the building after impact, which caused significant structural damage to the gym.
Law enforcement on the scene say the driver told them they did not realize how abruptly Route 35 turns to Teays Valley Road in that area.
Teays Valley Christian School, located in Scott Depot, West Virginia, was closed Wednesday while school officials assessed the damage.
No one at the school was injured.
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here we have another in experienced driver not trained right or not enuff time with a trainer an not enuff time in school this has to come to a stop school for the new drivers need to be a little bit longer and ALL DRIVERS NEED TO SPEEK AND UNDER STAND ENGLISH NOT USE translators on their phones.
enough stupid!
@shawn, good to see the first comment from a perfect driver. I bet you can verify in all your 2+ million safe miles that you’ve never had a “oh shit” moment. congratulations. obviously the driver was southbound on 35, as most do they miss the exit to 64 east and kept going downhim and then “OH SHIOT!”
I live in florida and I went to a local trucking company to get interview hauling citrus. another driver was there as well. I’m white woman and he was black. nothing of us Americans. the company led us to believe we were going out for drivers road test. I was sitting there in the room with the other driver & noticed the black board had writing on it. it said 20 incoming Visa drivers. I thought that was weird nut weirder the recruiter was on the phone in front of us talking to some driver in south America. shr got off the phone and laughed making a statement that that was another caller from south America. anyways, some gut came in and looked both of us over and then the recruiter came back into the room and told us the owner said no to hiring us. I looked at her and asked why is that? and she said she didn’t have to answer that question. so. I got up and then the black guy got up and we walked out of the company. Tell me this isn’t screwed up?