A Florida man’s fence has been knocked down by a semi truck for the 4th time this year.
Sean Levin lives in Lake Worth, Florida behind a bakery that receives shipments from Niagara Distributors, a regional food service distributor with a 10-truck fleet. His fence has been knocked down 4 times in a span of 6 months, each time by one of Niagara’s trucks.
The first time the chain link fence was accidentally torn down was about 6 months ago. The truck driver knocked down the fence as he was squeezing into the tight alley space to make a delivery to the bakery, reported WPTV.
Niagara distributors agreed to replace the fence.
“And then it happened again while we were waiting for the fence to be replaced,” said Levin. A truck trying to squeeze into the alley came by and knocked down the remaining damaged fence.
Then in July, the fence was knocked over again, this time captured on film.
“I came home from work one day, let the dogs out, and my dogs went straight into Dixie highway… The fence is replaceable, my animals are not replaceable,” Levin said.
Levin then had a large, wooden fence erected in place of the chain link one, but on Friday, August 18th, Levin returned home to find his new fence once again destroyed.
Levin went on to say that Niagara has replaced the fence every time without issue but would like the accidents to stop happening altogether.
“The first time, yeah, I understand, accidents happen, second time I understand, accidents happen, third time I was pi***d off, 4th time I was absolutely furious,” Levin explained.
After the fourth issue with the trucks, Levin filed a report with local law enforcement.
According to a spokesperson for the city of Lake Worth, the city may consider erecting signs warning truckers against using the alleyway.
“If you see you’re going to hit a fence, maybe you should stop the truck, or maybe you shouldn’t be driving a truck that you can’t drive,” Levin added.
When asked to comment, the bakery, named “Tasty Chick Fish & Bakery,” told reporters to speak to the trucking company. When contacted, Niagara refused to respond.