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Hijacked Crane causes Crash on I-10. Hold my beer Florida man.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:06 am
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:06 am
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Troopers say Matthew Vincent, 37, of Vinton, unlawfully entered the crane around 5:30 a.m. while it was parked in a work zone near LA-108.
Detectives say he manipulated the boom over the westbound lanes, causing multiple vehicles to strike crane cables. Officials say at least four crashes occurred, leaving two people injured, damaging the crane, and forcing a lengthy interstate closure. Investigators say Vincent had earlier abandoned his truck in a nearby field before climbing into the crane. He was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center on the following charges: One count of simple burglary
One count of aggravated obstruction of a highway
Two counts of negligent injuring
Five counts of hit-and-run driving
One count of criminal mischief
One count of a pedestrian on the interstate.
State Police press release
This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 8:10 am
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:18 am to Stexas
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detectives recovered a Ram pickup truck key fob inside the crane. A short time later, Troopers located a Ram pickup truck stuck in a field just south of I-10 near the crash site.
What a genius.
Dude had to be seriously drunk or drugs. Don't see that in the arrest report though.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:20 am to Stexas
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Troopers say Matthew Vincent, 37, of Vinton, unlawfully entered the crane around 5:30 a.m. while it was parked in a work zone near LA-108.
Dude is a little old for this kind of shite, I would think.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:28 am to Stexas
Boom! Literally!


This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 8:31 am
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:28 am to Stexas
It would be bizarre if this is the guy but a realtor with the same name and a 337 area code number exists.


Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:38 am to Stexas
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unlawfully entered the crane around 5:30 a.m.
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Vincent had earlier abandoned his truck in a nearby field before climbing into the crane.
Clearly ole baw was shitfaced.
My guess is he either bumped into a lever or was effing around with them, and gravity did the rest.
I remember as a kid effing around on a bulldozer that had the blade lifted. I moved a lever and that blade dropped fast and hard.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:56 am to RanchoLaPuerto
lol I can tell you don’t get out much lol.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 9:01 am to JackieSonnier
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lol I can tell you don’t get out much lol.
Don’t like cranes much. I’m more of a heron man.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 9:02 am to Stexas
Maybe he thought he could use the crane to get his truck out.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 9:04 am to csorre1
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Maybe he thought he could use the crane to get his truck out
Mind.Blown.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 9:10 am to Saintsisit
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detectives recovered a Ram pickup truck key fob inside the crane. A short time later, Troopers located a Ram pickup truck stuck in a field just south of I-10 near the crash site.
They should be lienent. Clearly the baw got his pickup stuck and seeing the crane thought he had a sure fire way to get it out.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 10:14 am to Stexas
quote:Now THERE'S a term I've never seen before!
Hijacked Crane
Posted on 8/17/25 at 10:14 am to lsuwins3
Seems like that would be listed if he was intoxicated at all. I mean he's got a charge for walking on the interstate. Very interesting behavior if this guy was not drunk or high.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 10:18 am to Stexas
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One count of simple burglary
Give the guy credit, nothing simple about it.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 10:33 am to HeadCall
-300 meth will be found in his tests lol
Posted on 8/17/25 at 10:34 am to LRB1967
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He had to be drunk
That baw came out of Vinton. There’s more than just drinking hahahaha
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