GLENVILLE, NEW YORK — A Maryland truck driver hauling cheese plowed into a railroad bridge on Glenridge Road Tuesday morning. He ignored posted over-height warning signs and blamed his GPS. It was the second time someone hit the same bridge in less than 30 days.
The crash hit at approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day. Glenville Police responded to find that Juawan Valentino Johnson, 30, of Hyattsville, Maryland, had driven an 18-wheel tractor-trailer westbound on Glenridge Road and blown past multiple over-height warning signs. Johnson was heading from Clifton Park to the BelGioioso Cheese facility in Glenville when his truck slammed into the train overpass bridge.
The impact crushed the top of the tractor’s sleeper berth and destroyed the refrigeration unit. The truck carried approximately five pallets of cheese — none of it was damaged. Glenville Police confirmed no injuries were reported.
Johnson told Glenville Police his GPS sent him that way. Officers cited him for failing to obey a traffic control device, operating an over-height vehicle, and ignoring low bridge warnings. He faces Glenville Town Court at a later date. Crews temporarily closed Glenridge Road to tow the truck away.
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Second Strike on Same Bridge in Less Than Three Weeks
Tuesday’s crash marked the second hit on the Glenridge Road bridge in less than three weeks. On February 26, a Florida driver sheared the roof off his tractor-trailer at the same spot. Glenville Police said that driver also ignored the over-height warning signs.
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