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Another truck hits Young Street bridge in City of Tonawanda

The city has taken measures to stop trucks from crashing into the bridge, but residents say their efforts are not foolproof.

CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. — It's happened again in the City of Tonawanda.

Yet another truck hit the bridge over Young Street, the one that's been hit so many times.

This same overpass was struck three times in just a matter of weeks earlier this year. 

That's why in March, Mayor Rick Davis issued an executive order banning tractor-trailers from using a section of Young Street.

Police say 59-year-old Awil Ahmed of Columbus, Ohio, was heading to a warehouse in North Tonawanda.

Authorities told 2 On Your Side the driver actually tried to back out and take off before they got there.

We're still waiting to find out if the driver's going to be charged.

No one was hurt.

The city has taken measures to stop trucks from crashing into the bridge, but residents say their efforts are not foolproof. 

"If the people would obey the signs that the city has up, it would be working, but they don't obey a simple stop sign let alone a, 'Don't take your truck under the bridge' sign. I don't even know what this sign means. It looks like somebody's pushing a paper box," said Bill Casal, who lives nearby the bridge.

That's only part of the concern.

The owner of a business across from the bridge captured video on her security camera a few months back of the driver of a tractor-trailer traveling in reverse down Young Street, after realizing it couldn't fit underneath the bridge. 

People who live nearby say that happens more often than you would think.

When there are incidents at the bridge, the residential side streets are often times forced to take on the additional traffic. 

Casal added, "It's very serious. Someone's gonna get hurt someday ... then they'll open up their eyes, but I don't know what they could actually do with this bridge."

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