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Firm suspended after truck carrying helicopter strikes B.C. overpass sign

International Machine Transport ordered to park 20 trucks while transportation ministry investigates

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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