B.C.’s transportation ministry has suspended another company over overpass offences, and a shrink-wrapped helicopter body is to blame.
A semi-truck carrying the fuselage was travelling eastbound along Highway 1 through Burnaby on Monday afternoon (Jan. 15) when it struck a sign hanging from the Gilmore overpass. The transportation ministry says the driver had obtained an oversized permit, but that the height of the helicopter exceeded it.
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