VIDEO: A piece of construction equipment being used for surface road work lost control and tipped over at the bottom of a steep hillside Thursday afternoon.
The incident occurred just before 3:30 p.m. along about a 250-yard stretch of Skyline Drive, including where it passes its T-intersection with Hope Street.
The heavy vehicle, a pneumatic asphalt roller, apparently experienced “mechanical failure” when a hydraulic hose ruptured, preventing its operator from being able to bring it to a stop on the steep hillside, a foreman for the construction company told St. George News at the scene.
When the vehicle reached the bottom of the hill toward the south end of Skyline Drive, it tipped onto its side in the middle of the roadway. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.