BLACKFOOT — A truck driver with MVP Rentals in Rigby describes the harrowing moments as she watched the semi-truck in front of her smash through a bridge Tuesday afternoon.

Tabitha La Fountaine Farley, an employee with MVP Rentals, says she was transporting Porta Potties to an event in Fort Hall when she suddenly felt the need to slow down.

“I heard the noise before I saw the dust. Once I saw the dust, I knew that I was having a bridge come down on me,” says Farley. “The only thing I could think of was ‘Don’t lose the Porta Potties!'”

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