- Date
- 2003-10
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- accidenttransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In early October 2003, a truck traveled on its roof along King’s Highway and stopped near the Corner Store. The driver appeared uninjured and returned before the Deputy arrived, though the report did not explain how the truck overturned.
Evidence limits
This is a humorous newspaper account and does not provide an accident report, injury assessment, or enforcement outcome.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2003, “Roofsliding Contest has a Winner”.Reports an early-October truck traveling on its roof along King’s Highway, the driver escaping apparently uninjured, and returning before the Deputy arrived. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the November 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A truck roof-sliding incident prompts an unusual Beaver Island traffic story”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-roofsliding-accident-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2003, “Roofsliding Contest has a Winner”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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