MOLINO — The driver of a tractor-trailer escaped without injury when the vehicle rolled down an embankment just before noon Tuesday along the northbound lane of Route 61, just south of Route 895, near the Little Schuylkill River, West Brunswick Township.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said Paul Breiner, Andreas, was driving a Peterbilt tractor truck owned by Leiby’s Inc. north on Route 61 when, for unknown reasons, it began to drift off the roadway and hit the guide rail. Police said the vehicle continued hitting the bridge, riding alongside it for about 200 feet. The vehicle drove alongside a second guide rail after the bridge and then turned over on its right side and down an embankment about 20 feet from the roadway.
The tractor-trailer was hauling nearly 80,000 pounds of gravel and stone.
Breiner was able to escape the vehicle and was not injured. He will be charged with a summary traffic citation, police said.
Deer Lake/West Brunswick Fire Department, Orwigsburg Friendship Hose Company, Auburn Ambulance, Schuylkill EMS, V&M Towing and Soley’s Garage assisted at the scene.