Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” I don’t think plowing a septic truck through a residential fence and rolling it over in a family swimming pool is what Emerson had in mind, but that’s what a driver did recently in Conestoga, Pennsylvania.
The driver of the pumper truck lost control on a sharp turn, tipped down an embankment and dropped sideways into a residential pool, spilling a full tank of sewage in the process. The driver escaped without injury, and no one else was hurt in the incident.
WGAL News reporters say the homeowner works the third shift and was sleeping inside when the crash woke him up, but interestingly, he thought the sound was thunder and went back to sleep. Check out WGAL’s video coverage below.
A 50-year-old pumper from Davenport, Florida, has been arrested and charged for his role in the largest illegal dumping case in Polk County history.
The man released 10,000 gallons of used cooking oil beneath some trees on a vacant lot in Davenport, authorities say. He tells investigators that he did indeed dump the waste illegally but maintained that he had to do it in order to keep his job.
However, the company the man works for — Brownies Septic and Pumping — say the don’t know why he dumped the oil, insisting they refine and sell used oil in-house.
In an odd story out of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, first responders recount how they arrived on scene after a 911 call to find a couple that had apparently fallen into a large sewage tank.
The initial emergency call was a hang-up, and dispatchers called back but didn’t get an answer. Two members of the Boundary County Sheriff’s Department made their way to the location: a septic truck disposal area past a long, gated driveway.
When they arrived on scene, a man was laying on the ground near the opening hatch of a sewage tank. He reported that his wife was still inside.
After the woman made her way up the ladder and out of the tank, they both received medical treatment, and from the sounds of it, they were pretty disoriented.
