spare mast pieces available ?

[Robert E. Seastrom]

one of the guys on my new engineering staff was the one who found him
lying in the road there.  unfortunate.

                                        ---rob


"Bob Bruhns" <bbruhns at erols.com> writes:

> The hit-and-run was a big story, and then I read that traffic was held up in the same area for utility work, and now I know why.
>
>    Bob, WA3WDR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Nan and Sandy Sanders
> To: tacos at amrad.org
> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 8:52 AM
> Subject: spare mast pieces available ?
>
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>>From DCRTV.net
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> No Injuries In 9 News Truck Mishap - 11/23 -  DCRTV hears that a Channel 9/WUSA technican failed to lower the 65-foot microwave mast
> as he drove away in a news remote truck. The mast hit the metal cross arm for a pair of traffic signals in Herndon Tuesday. The mast
> broke, but no one was injured. Luckily, the mast didn't strike power lines, which could have produced deadly consequences. The
> incident occurred at the intersection of Ferndale Avenue and Herndon Parkway, at the site of a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run, which 9
> News was covering. Besides extensive damage to the truck, the traffic signal pole and cross arm had to be taken down and replaced by
> two temporary wooden poles with wire strung between them to carry the traffic signals. Herndon expects to bill Channel 9 for the
> repair work. According to a station source, several safety features which might have prevented the mishap were not installed or
> activated on the truck. No word on any disciplinary action against the WUSA employee.....
>
>             Sandy
>             WB5MMB
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