The second truck in just a few days has ignored plenty of signage and perhaps some measure of common sense by getting itself stuck on the Smuggler’s Notch stretch of Vermont state route 108.
This marks yet another turn in a bizarre week for trucking in one of the nation's smallest states, as on July 3, the day between the back-to-back Smugglers' Notch incidents, a truck driver had to swim to shore after driving a tractor trailer into a lake in Wilmington, Vermont.
Vermont State Police identified Byambadorj Avirmed, 63, of Harbor City, California, as the driver who on July 4 around 2:30 p.m. was found stuck. From the police report, it seems like bystanders called this one in.
"Vermont State Police received multiple reports of a tractor-trailer unit attempting to drive through Smuggler's Notch," the report read. "Troopers located the tractor trailer and assisted with backing the truck and trailer out of the Notch."
Avirmed "told Troopers that he observed all the posted signs but continued anyways," just like the driver did two days prior. Avirmed got a ticket, which cost the last driver around $3,500.
Funnily enough, the near-constant stream of trucks getting stuck on the clearly marked, winding and treacherous seasonal road has become a source of entertainment for locals.
The Rotary Club in nearby Stowe actually had a betting pool on when the first truck would get stuck, and raised $6,000. The winner of the prize will get half that, with the other half going to the club.
