Truck takes out overhead highway sign in Saudi Arabia

By Ben Hooper
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A truck with its bucket extended upward for dumping crashes into an overhead highway sign in Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Qutteineh/YouTube video screenshot
A truck with its bucket extended upward for dumping crashes into an overhead highway sign in Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Qutteineh/YouTube video screenshot

QATIF, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A Saudi Arabian motorist recorded a truck with its dumping bucket extended taking out an overhead sign on a stretch of highway.

The video, posted to YouTube by Mohamed Qutteineh, shows the truck driving full-speed into the overhead sign, which comes crashing down onto the road below.

Vehicles can be heard honking their horns at the truck prior to the crash in an attempt to warn the driver, but the motorist does not appear to notice the trouble.

Authorities said the Saturday crash in Qatif, Eastern Province, was under investigation and the cost of repairing the sign would be imposed on the truck driver, who was not injured, and the owner of the vehicle.

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