Thursday, November 13, 2008
By Van Darden
Tribune-Herald staff writer
A Central Texas man was in Colorado police custody early Wednesday, held on a driving under the influence charge after the 18-wheeler he was driving flipped over, spilling a 45,000-pound load of beer.
Bobby Dodge, 56, of McGregor, was driving east on Colorado Highway 58 about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when he tried to enter an onramp to Interstate 70 too fast, Wheat Ridge, Colo., police spokeswoman Lisa Stigall said.
The rig overturned and the full load of beer, which Dodge had picked up from Coors Brewing Company in nearby Golden, smashed inside the truck, Stigall said.
The onramp was closed for nearly seven hours while cleanup crews manually unloaded the trailer, Stigall said.
Dodge, who Stigall described as a contract truck driver, was cited for driving under the influence and taken to the Wheat Ridge city jail.
Stigall said this incident was the second time this year a truck had overturned on that onramp.
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By Ratso
Nov 13, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this
Bandit was Eastbound and down, while Bobby was "loaded" and truckin'...
By Smoky
Nov 13, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this
Where was Bandit?
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