Work continues on U.S. 27 Tuesday, August 9, 2016. 
Work continues on U.S. 27 Tuesday, August 9, 2016. First Baptist Church would have to bring in ice and use paper plates, but the spirit of its weekly meal for the homeless this week remained the same, pastor Thomas Quisenberry said.
The church received a blow Monday, literally, when a tractor-trailer hauling a piece of equipment for the U.S. Highway 27 revamp rolled down a hill and slammed into the building, scattering bricks and debris into a kitchen located in the fellowship hall area.
One man who was working on the truck was injured, but not seriously. The church’s programs and services are proceeding as scheduled, although the kitchen was closed indefinitely for cleanup.
“I think the one thing we’re grateful for more so than anything is that nobody else was hurt,” Quisenberry said. “This was seemingly an isolated incident, which we’re grateful for. It could’ve been much worse if there had been people in the parking lots or folks in the kitchen, and thankfully that wasn’t the case.”
The equipment the trailer was hauling belonged to a sub-contractor working for Dement Construction, which is handling the $126.3 million project that will straighten the highway between Interstate 24 and the Olgiati Bridge.