A driver was killed and a passenger injured when a backhoe loader fell on their vehicle. According to local news reports, law enforcement officials say the backhoe was being transported on a trailer when it hit a bridge in Oro Grande, California.
The car was partially crushed and continued down the road before crashing into a tree. The passenger was airlifted to a local hospital, and the driver, 66-year-old Alan Todd, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Reports cited a California Highway Patrol report that said a 2023 Peterbilt was transporting the backhoe loader on a 2008 Trail King low boy trailer.
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Rod Sutton
Sutton served as the editorial lead of Construction Equipment from 2001 through 2025.
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