Photos courtesy of
Mike Spino, Mike Pikula, and Joe Winston
July 27, 2016 12:46 p.m.
A log truck, apparently headed to Rayonier Advanced Materials’s, rolled over at South 8th & Gum Streets early this morning. In November of 2014, the Fernandina Observer reported a similar incident at the same location.
According to Fernandina Beach Deputy Police Chief Mark Foxworth, Pete Cooper owner/operator was cited for careless driving. No injuries were reported.
Wow! This doesn’t bode well for the committee pushing the 8th St. corridor’s pedestrian friendly features. That load appears to have been dumped on the side of the building where a pedestrian would most likely walk. Log trucks are not compatible with people.
Peggy, log trucks, cars, suv’s or any moving vehicle is not compatible with people. It is my guess many more people get injured and killed in our area by autos than by log trucks. At anytime, anyone walking down any sidewalk can get run over by any type of moving vehicle.
Tony, when you have 250 of these dangerous log trucks being rushed to the mills, you can not compare that to tiny passenger cars doing 35 mph. We realize you are a mill supporter, but this issue is only getting worse as the mills keep expanding their reach as we blindly let it happen with the new commissioners like Pat Gass pushing for more mill growth. Your comparison to a passenger car is ignorant at best.
Frank,I don’t think we know each other, but I do appreciate your observation of my Ignorance. Many I a m sure agree with you. Let me ask you a simple question, should the mill ever pull out what do you think the effect would be on the Island? What would happen to our economy and what would happen to the families who depend on the mills for their livelihood. Yes we have a lot of trucks and we have a lot of cars and both can kill or injure.