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Trash Truck Demolishes Announcer’s Booth at Gabriele Field

April 10, 2018

By Marty Mayfield

KRTN Multi-Media

A Raton city trash truck demolished the announcer’s booth at Gabriele Field Tuesday morning about 10:50 a.m., but fortunately no one was in the booth at the time of the accident, and the driver was uninjured.

According to the police report the driver had lifted the dumpster up into the truck when the engine died. He then exited the vehicle and failed to set the emergency brake, the truck then began to roll forward in the parking lot of Gabrielle Field jumping the curb and rolling over the announcer’s booth.

The accident is still under investigation and will definitely have an effect on the baseball game not only scheduled this afternoon, but for the near future as all of the electronics for the lights, PA system and scoreboard were housed in the booth.

 

A Raton City Trash Truck barely missed the high voltage transformer that provides electricity to the lights at Gabrielle Field however the announcers booth was not as fortunate as the trash truck totally destroyed it.
A Raton City Trash Truck barely missed the high voltage transformer that provides electricity to the lights at Gabriele Field however the announcers booth was not as fortunate as the trash truck totally destroyed it.

 

City crews begin the work of removing the city trash truck from the announcer's booth at Gabrielle Field Tuesday morning after it demolished the building in a late morning accident.
City crews begin the work of removing the city trash truck from the announcer’s booth at Gabriele Field Tuesday morning after it demolished the building in a late morning accident.

 

A city trash truck demolished the announcer's booth at Gabrielle Field Tuesday morning.
A city trash truck demolished the announcer’s booth at Gabriele Field Tuesday morning.

 

City Crews remove the roof of the announcer's booth at Gabrielle Field.
City Crews remove the roof of the announcer’s booth at Gabriele Field.

 

Raton City Crews begin the work of cleaning up the debris from the announcer's booth at Gabrielle Field after a Raton City trash truck demolished Tuesday morning.
Raton City Crews begin the work of cleaning up the debris from the announcer’s booth at Gabriele Field after a Raton City trash truck demolished Tuesday morning.

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One Comment

  1. David Berry David Berry April 11, 2018

    You missed a golden headline opportunity, “Truck trashes announcers booth”.

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