Garbage Driver
A man came out of a gas station restroom in East Henrietta, N.Y., “looking confused,” a witness said. Perhaps he’d already been confused when he parked the garbage truck he was driving. It didn’t stay parked. While he was using the facilities, the vehicle rolled across the street, slammed into a 200-year-old building, causing structural damage which forced the business occupying it to close. “They crashed into my dream,” said Jeri Flack, whose business — “what I’ve been living for and hoping for my whole life” — had the now-sadly-appropriate name, “A Beautiful Mess.” She’s reaching out to the garbage company for compensation. (AC/WHAM Rochester) ...He went to do his business, and he did hers in.Original Publication Date: 05 November 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
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