Truck breaks through ice at Mapleton Park pond
The city truck is stuck in 1 metre of water, but the driver is fine
CBC News
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 1:11 PM AT
Last Updated: Jan 18, 2013 3:01 PM AT
A Moncton truck is stuck in one-metre of ice in the Mapleton Park pond. (Courtesy of Dan Hicks)A city truck fell through the ice while scraping the snow off of Mapleton Park pond in Moncton on Friday morning.
Rod Higgins, the general manager of parks and leisure services, said the employee, who was driving the truck, was able to escape from the truck and is now fine.
“The truck is sitting in about one metre of water. Mechanical staff are on site and the truck will be pulled out shortly,” Higgins said.
Ice on the pond had been measured and was considered thick enough for the truck to drive on the surface.
The city’s news release said the truck “must have hit some soft ice or an underground spring.”
Public skating at the Mapleton Park pond has been cancelled because of the accident.
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