A lowered truck tailgate protruding into an area where pedestrians regularly walk constitutes a foreseeable risk that is not far-fetched or fanciful, requiring simple precautions such as cones, barriers, or having the truck attended. The inference of causation from breach of duty coupled with an accident of the kind that might thereby be caused applies to common law negligence, not only statutory duty.
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