PARIS — A pickup truck hauling an empty trailer hit a patch of ice on Route 119 on Friday and crashed over a guardrail.
Joel Chapman, 35, of Sumner said he was traveling west when he hit a patch of ice and briefly swerved into the oncoming lane. He said he overcorrected and hit the snow-encased guardrail, grinding along it for about 100 feet before pitching over the bank.
His truck came to the “smoothest, slowest stop” he could imagine, largely thanks to more than a foot of light snow from Wednesday’s storm, he said.
No injuries were reported and the truck was removed from the deep snow by a pair of tow trucks.
Paris Police Officer Bill Cook estimated damage to the guardrail at between $5,000 and $10,000.
Chapman said he was unsure how much damage was done to his truck, but it was still running when he finally came to a stop.
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- Paris Police and Fire Department personnel surround the scene of a pickup truck that went over a guardrail on Route 119 on Friday afternoon. Driver Joel Chapman, 35, of Sumner was not hurt.
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