Harcourt residents were awoken to a loud crash just after 6.30am on Tuesday morning as a truck struck the Harcourt Railway Bridge near the intersection of Symes Roads.
A local resident told the Mail she was just heading off to work around when she heard the loud bang.
“I thought Harcourt was experiencing another earthquake as the windows in my house all rattled,” she said.
The woman captured this dashcam footage as the truck tipped over and became wedged under the overpass. The road was blocked for several hours and V/Line train services brought to a standstill as emergency services worked to remove the stricken vehicle and check the safety beams and bridge for any structural issues.
A Castlemaine police spokesperson said the cab of the truck cleared the bridge but the shipping container it was carrying was too high.
Buses replaced trains until Tuesday afternoon when the bridge was declared safe.