evward t1_irf0gy0 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 3:55 PM

Reply to comment by heili in Bridge Painter dies after Semi- crashes into the bucket lift by [deleted]

I’m confused about how the semi hit the bucket and caused him to fall from the overpass. The overpass is like 75 feet up. So if the bucket is low enough to be hit then it is nowhere near the overpass.

heili t1_irf1odj wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:04 PM

So best I can tell is that he was here: https://goo.gl/maps/esGatTESg1on76St5

He had his bucket truck in the left lane with his bucket extended over the right lane and was low enough that the truck hit the bucket, which knocked him out of the bucket and off of the elevated portion of 376 onto the ground near or on Second Ave here: https://goo.gl/maps/Lav49NNK5SKx2oZVA

A fall like that would only be possible if he was not wearing safety restraints.

evward t1_irf2s79 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:12 PM

Thank you for clarifying. I reread the article and I had missed the part where his bucket truck was in the left lane of outbound 376

heili t1_irf8d0n wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:53 PM

That article was as clear as the Pittsburgh sky.

mvps412 t1_irfexk4 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 5:43 PM

Yeah I had to read it a couple times and I’m still not sure what it meant, now I get it thanks to Reddit.

steelcitykid t1_irfhpyo wrote on October 7, 2022 at 6:03 PM

Man I hope he died on impact. Can you imagine getting hit, perhaps not even seeing it coming, and you're just suddenly and violently thrown airborne flipping about and falling 70+ feet? And all this at 3AM where if the driver didn't know they hit anything, and/or the bucket operator was working alone, you're just waiting to expire until someone finds you smeared on the street below.

Rough way to go, hope the job site operators catch hell for that.