An Indiana professor is working to improve construction …
Advertisement
Trucker sentenced for damaging covered bridge
Updated: Friday, 21 Dec 2012, 10:04 AM EST
Published : Friday, 21 Dec 2012, 10:04 AM EST
AUBURN, Ind. (AP) - A truck driver from Illinois has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for badly damaging a 140-year-old wooden covered bridge in northeastern Indiana by driving a too-tall semitrailer through it.
A DeKalb County judge ordered the sentence Thursday for 47-year-old Gerard Hudson of Waukegan, Ill. He pleaded guilty last week to a felony charge of criminal mischief.
The Star of Auburn reports Hudson told the judge he was sorry about the damage and that he was fatigued. Police said Hudson told officers that his rig's GPS device had directed him to cross Spencerville Covered Bridge about 20 miles north of Fort Wayne.
The one-lane bridge was closed after the semi tore down several 6-by-6-inch crossbeams and roof trusses. County officials expect repairs to cost more than $100,000.
Email This
Print This
View Story on a Single PageAdvertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
More on WISHTV.com
-
Here's some dramatic video of the massive tornado that ravaged Moore, Okla., on Monday.
-
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle …
-
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts congressman says investigators still don't know whether…
-
Learn more about the people who appear on air at 24-Hour News 8.
-
NEW YORK (AP) — Kenneth Battelle, the hairdresser who gave both Jacqueline Kennedy and …
-
A tornado roared through Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting …
-
Lisa gets the grand tour of IMS with Q95's Laura Steele! Plus she heads out to the …
