An Idaho trucker found himself in a tough spot Friday morning in Hartville.
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HARTVILLE--As excuses go for being late on the job, telling your boss you were delayed due to a traffic jam in Hartville, Wyoming would probably rank right up there with “the dog ate my homework.”
But for an Idaho couple who ride the highways for a paycheck together, that’s exactly what happened early Friday morning at the east end of Hartville’s main street.
Due to an error in their GPS system, the driver turned off of Wyoming 270 and ended up going east through the tiny town. Realizing the mistake and unfamiliar with the area, the driver began looking for a place to turn the rig around and continued east toward Sunrise. Seeing the wide area prior to making the curve, the trucker tried to turn the truck around. But after pulling the front end of the tractor portion of the semi fully around and started the opposite direction, the back end of the trailer began to slide on the icy pavement. Following winter storms, the area stays slick due to the lack of sunlight that hits the area.