Backhoe

• Car and backhoe collide on Airport Road in Peterborough

  Around 8:20 a.m. emergency crews were called to the area of Airport Road just north of Brown Line for a two-vehicle collision.

  Traffic

  Apr 11, 2022
  
• Driver fatally collides with unoccupied backhoe in Glencoe, Ont.: Middlesex OPP

  OPP say a vehicle collided with an unoccupied backhoe near a construction site in Glencoe. The vehicle caught fire and the only occupant was pronounced dead on scene.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2021
  
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• Hopes and memes rest on ‘tiny’ excavator digging out Suez Canal ship

  A lone digger in the Suez Canal is inspiring onlookers as it takes on the comically tall task of freeing the Ever Given cargo ship.

  Trending

  Mar 25, 2021
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• Backhoe loses tire during morning commute, nearly striking pedestrian

  "It was very, very close. It could have been tragic,” Jay Lirag told Global News.

  Traffic

  Jul 17, 2019
• Man injured in Hamilton construction accident

  The man was hit by a backhoe and fell into a trench on Marshall Avenue in the Upper Kenilworth and King's Forest Drive area.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2019
• Excavator carried on flatbed trailer gets stuck under Montreal overpass

  Montrealers are used to heavy equipment blocking roadways for construction, but Saturday morning was a bit different.

  Traffic

  Nov 3, 2018
• 2 people face 30 charges after alleged chop shop searched in Lacombe, Alta.

  A Red Deer man is facing 17 charges and a Lacombe woman is facing 13 charges after RCMP searched an alleged chop chop on Sept. 20.

  Crime

  Oct 7, 2016
• Amtrak train struck backhoe at 106 mph; 2 killed on track

  An Amtrak passenger train was going 106 miles per hour in a 110 mph zone when it struck a backhoe sitting on the same track, killing the backhoe operator and a track supervisor, federal and local officials said Monday.

  World

  Apr 5, 2016
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• Slow-speed chase: Florida man arrested for taking backhoe on joyride

  Police said the 59-year-old went on a 90 minute joyride that left roads damaged. The video shows an arm on the tractor dragging along the pavement, sending sparks flying.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2016
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• WATCH: Driver miraculously survives a huge smokestack collapsing on top of backhoe

  An excavator is lucky to be alive after a massive smokestack came crashing down on top of his backhoe during a demolition gone wrong.

  News

  Nov 25, 2015