Truckload of beer flips; driver not injured

By Chris Lambie
HALIFAX – Now that was a nasty spill. A truck carrying 46,368 bottles of Keith’s beer flipped on an overpass yesterday as it headed north from Robie Street toward the Windsor Street interchange. “It is sad,” said Capt. Scott Logan of the Halifax Regional Fire Service. “Chances are they won’t recover any of the beer.” “I had a tear in my eye, actually, when I was watching it,” said Halifax Regional Police Const. Mark Hobeck. “It was full of beer. We were hoping a Hostess truck full of pretzels would come by, but no such luck.” Firefighters helped the experienced female driver climb out of the smashed tractor-trailer. “We got her out of the cab,” Logan said. “She was shaken up, but really not hurt — just more frazzled than hurt.” The heavily damaged truck came to a stop up against a railing that prevented it from falling about 15 metres down to another roadway. “It would be a worse nightmare if she’d gone further,” Logan said. “That’s a long way down.” The accident is still under investigation. “We’re not sure at this point what the cause was, whether it was a load shift or whether it had anything to do with how it was being operated,” Hobeck said. Traffic had to be re-routed for several hours as Ace Towing righted the truck and removed it from the accident scene. The load of beer was headed to the CN yard before the 1:15 p.m. crash. “It was on its way to Ontario,” said Irene Lane of Olands Brewery. Another tractor trailer was sent to the scene to see if any of the beer could be recovered.

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