by Steve Bradley
At 2 pm on Wednesday, December 1, a tractor trailer combination rolled over, again, in Tibbits Forest on NYS Route 7. The eastbound truck, carrying pallets of floor tile believed to be headed to Bennington, lost control on a curve about three-eighths of a mile east of the Man of Kent Pub. The driver and the other occupant were uninjured. The trailer began to overturn while the truck was still on the asphalt, taking the cab with it. The truck and trailer slid on their sides, taking down a utility pole along the way, then came to rest with the trailer over the bank and the cab resting mostly on the shoulder. The floor tile went through the roof and scattered on the bank.
This section of the road has seen many such accidents over the years and prompted local officials to call upon the NYS Department of Transportation to attempt to mitigate the danger.
