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Runaway beer truck crashes in Lower Lonsdale

Passersby were fortunate to be left ale and hearty Monday afternoon after a runaway beer truck rolled across a busy Lower Lonsdale thoroughfare and crashed into an empty car.

Passersby were fortunate to be left ale and hearty Monday afternoon after a runaway beer truck rolled across a busy Lower Lonsdale thoroughfare and crashed into an empty car.

The Russell Brewing Company vehicle was parked in an alley near the intersection of Lonsdale Avenue and West Esplanade at about 2 p.m. when the brake apparently failed, sending the truck careening across Esplanade into the parked car, according to witnesses. Several trees were also knocked over in the crash and dropped onto vehicles in a parking lot below.

No one was hurt in the mishap.

James Weldon