MD88 CREW HIT A TRUCK PARKED ON A TXWY AT BHM.

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PUSHBACK AND ENG START WAS NORMAL. RECEIVED CLRNC TO TAXI TO RWY 6 VIA TXWY A. WE WERE ADVISED BY GND OF MEN AND EQUIP ON TXWY A. AS WE APCHED THE AREA OF CONCERN; THERE WAS A SINGLE TRUCK PARKED AT THE EDGE OF THE TXWY. WE STEERED AS FAR L OF CTRLINE AS SAFELY POSSIBLE. THE FO KEPT VIGILANT WATCH ON HIS SIDE OF THE ACFT. THERE WERE MEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE TRUCK AND THEY GAVE NO INDICATION OF REDUCED SEPARATION BTWN TRUCK AND THE ACFT. I JUDGED THE DISTANCE TO BE SAFE AND PROCEEDED AT A SLOWER THAN NORMAL TAXI SPD. A BUMP WAS HEARD AS THE R WING PASSED THE TRUCK. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE R WINGTIP DUE TO A COLLISION BTWN THE WINGTIP AND THE TRUCK. WE TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE AND CANCELED THE FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 486902: AS WE APCHED THE MEN AND EQUIP THE ACFT WAS TAXIED L OF CTRLINE. I FELT THE ACFT WAS AS FAR L AS SAFELY POSSIBLE. TAXI SPD WAS AT A NORMAL TO SLOW RATE. I WAS LOOKING BACK AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE AND FELT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT CLRNC. THERE WERE MEN STANDING BTWN THE EQUIP AND THE TXWY AND THEY GAVE NO INDICATION OF REDUCED SEPARATION BTWN THE ACFT AND EQUIP. THE R WING CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A TRUCK. WE STOPPED THE ACFT AND TOLD GND THAT WE NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE GATE.