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GALICE — A tractor-trailer owned by a Nebraska trucking firm got stuck and caught fire on the eastern end of the remote Bear Camp Road early Tuesday morning.
The incident marks the second time this month that a truck owned by Omaha-based Werner Enterprises, Inc. became bogged down on the narrow mountain road, and suggests the Bear Camp Road is still being mistaken as a main road to the coast by people who have no knowledge of the area. Mail Tribune - Truckers learn perils of Bear Camp Road the hard way - April 18, 2007
Another link to the story with more background OregonLive.com: Everything Oregon |
My wife and I went across this road last September but I had the advantage of knowing that is a logging road. [About two-thirds of this road is single lane with turnouts.] [ The 60 some mile trip took over 2 hours.] I missed the turn off for this road in broad daylight. I can't imagine someone that is totally unfamiliar with the area finding it in the dark. When you first make the turn you go about 100 yards and you think "do I really want to be taking this?"
I took the turn that the Kim family took but realized my mistake in 25 feet. Again this was in daylight.
The driver spinning the tires long enough to catch them on fire is beyond my imagination. It is stated that he is 44 years old. Truck driving must be a second career for him.
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