Keep on truckin’: Touch a Truck event allows a close look at different types of vehicles
Published 12:10 am Sunday, April 23, 2017
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST People of all ages show up for the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST A sign points to the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
A Rowan County Rescue Squad truck sits in 2017 at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury so people can look inside.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST An ambulance sits open at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury so people can look inside on April 22, 2017.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST — A Salisbury Fire Department truck carries a memorial for 9/11 at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST People gather around a helicopter that just landed at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST A semi-truck honoring all who have served our country at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST Cole Dain, 2, stands inside a John Deere tractor as he looks for another vehicle to climb into at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST People wait in line to take their turn inside a fire truck at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
KRISTI CRAVEN/ SALISBURY POST Collin Merfelder, 1, sits behind the wheel of a police car at the Touch a Truck event in Downtown Salisbury on April 22, 2017.
Truck horns rent the air as kids and adults alike had fun at the Touch a Truck event in downtown Salisbury on Saturday afternoon. People were able to walk around all morning and look at the different types of vehicles. Kids enjoyed climbing in behind the wheel of different trucks. On display were a large variety of vehicles including fire trucks, police cars, ambulances, buses, tractors, tractor-trailers and even a helicopter flew in and made an appearance. A large crowd of all ages turned out for the event, and you were hard-pressed not to find a smile on someone’s face.
