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Truck 5403 in Arlington, Va. was exposed cruising down the wrong side of the street during Monday’s snow storm.
This is snow joke!
An unidentified Virginia snowplow driver was taken off the road after video surfaced of the city vehicle zooming down the wrong side of the street.
The Arlington Water, Sewer and Streets Bureau removed the erratic operator from active duty after local filmmaker Jason Berry posted a YouTube video of the plow’s crazy course.
Berry found himself driving in the path of the plow and veered away from the oncoming vehicle. He then decided to tail the plow and publically shame the city worker in the video “Crazy Snow Plow Driver – Truck 5403.”
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Jason Berry said he filmed the plow’s path because the vehicle almost hit him earlier. He feared for the safety of other people on the road.
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“The first thing I thought was, Get out of the way because he is not moving,” Berry told NBC Washington. “He was coming right at me in my lane and it was like, move the car, you’re going to die.”
The driver of truck 5403 has been a county employee for at least 10 years, according to Dave Hundelt, the bureau’s chief operating engineer.
“This is completely unacceptable behavior for snow plowing and it was in violation of Arlington County’s plow driver practices and training,” Hundelt said in a statement. “As soon as the County learned of the unacceptable behavior, we identified the driver and removed him from duty. We will be taking appropriate action with this employee.”
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At one point, the plow almost collides with an oncoming vehicle.
Washington, D.C. and Virginia were walloped by another winter storm on Monday, dumping several inches of fresh snow onto area roadways.
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Loudon County, Va. accumulataed more than 10 inches of powder and Washington received up to 8 inches of snow.
Berry said the next time flurries fly, he doesn’t want to see this wild plow driver on the road.
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“I don’t want this guy out there plowing streets ever again,” he said.
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