Morning crash on I-75 causes $50,000 damage Lost Control Of Trailer

News-press.com • August 9, 2008

obby Cobb of Auburndale, Fla., was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital. According to the report, the accident caused $50,000 worth of damage.

Cobb was driving north on I-75 with a trailer in tow when he lost control and crashed with the west side concrete wall. The car rotated clockwise and jackknifed, coming to a stop on I-75 in the inside left lane.

Road closed as trailer collapses utility pole Loose Trailer

Road closed as trailer collapses utility pole

Updated: 08/09/08 5:49 AM

JAMESTOWN — Route 62 in Frewsburg was closed for about 30 minutes Thursday afternoon after a runaway horse trailer sheared a utility pole in half, Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies said.

Police said Russell A. Spunaugle, 60, of Jamestown was driving east on Route 62 in a Ford pickup, towing an empty horse trailer about 1:30 p. m. when he hit a bump and the trailer broke loose, deputies said.

The trailer crossed the center line and struck the utility pole in front of 196 Main St., Frewsburg.

Loose Trailer Causes Multi-vehicle accident bogs down southbound I-15

August 8th, 2008 @ 3:27pm

(KSL News) An accident involving several vehicles is caused heavy traffic delays on southbound I-15 at 13200 South this afternoon.

Utah Highway Patrol troopers say a pickup truck was traveling southbound while pulling a boat behind it when the boat came loose. A Ford pickup truck traveling behind the first truck was unable to stop and hit the boat.

After hitting the boat, the Ford veered into another lane of traffic and into a tractor-trailer. This second collision caused the Ford to roll into the median.

The driver of the Ford escaped with minor injuries and was taken to Alta View Hospital for treatment.

Trailer crash leaves M-53 traffic hogtied Loose Trailer

Note: I just came upon this accident report.

Times Herald (Port Huron, MI) February 19, 2008
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Trailer crash leaves M-53 traffic hogtied

Author: BOBBY AMPEZZANStaff

Article Text:By BOBBY AMPEZZAN Times Herald A livestock trailer that came unhitched on M-53 in Marlette Township on Monday let loose about a half-dozen pigs and backed up traffic for miles. Sanilac County sheriff Sgt.

Robert Willis said the accident happened about 1 p.m. near Walker Road and injured a 52-year-old Port Hope woman who slammed her older model Ford Taurus into the trailer. Her injuries are unknown, but she was able to give police a statement about the accident before being taken to Marlette Regional Hospital. One of the pigs died in the accident.

For the others, freedom was short-lived. Their owner, a 32-year-old Deford man, was en route to a game ranch in the northern part of Sanilac County, Willis said. Once the hogs were rounded up, a bystander who happened to have an empty livestock trailer volunteered to take the Deford pigs to the game ranch, a place where animals are hunted in a contained area.

Willis wasn't sure which game ranch the hogs were taken to or how the pigs' owner and the bystander arrived at the agreement. The Deford man told police it was the force of air from a passing tractor-trailer that blew the livestock trailer loose from its hitch.

At that point, the front end of the trailer hit the road, causing it to roll end over end before landing finally on its side and being hit by the Port Hope woman. Another motorist, a 52-year-old Saginaw man, swerved to avoid the trailer and hit a guardrail, but he was uninjured, police said. Willis said the accident and the ensuing hog roundup closed the highway for nearly two hours. "It was kind of a Sanilac County moment," Willis said.

The Deford man will be cited for "failure to maintain equipment/safety chains," Willis said. While the driver argued he had properly secured the livestock trailer with chains to his truck, no such safety chains were found at the scene, Willis said. The accident investigation is continuing. Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor. Contact Bobby Ampezzan at (810) 989-6273 or bampezzan@gannett.com.

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Record Number: pth42028750

Woman hurt when loose trailer causes crash on I-90

Note: I just discovered this accident in my research....

McClatchy-Tribune Regional News (USA) May 10, 2008

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Author: La Crosse Tribune, Wis.

Article Text:May 10 A small utility trailer pulled by a pickup truck on westbound Interstate 90 became detached between exits 2 and 3, traveled through the median, hit a guardrail on eastbound I-90 and was struck by a car about 7:45 a.m. Friday.

The driver of the car, Bonnie Anderson, 46, of La Crosse, was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the truck was Warren Booth, 45, of Holmen, Wis. - To see more of the La Crosse Tribune or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.lacrossetribune.com/. Copyright (c) 2008, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.

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Record Number: 1209641FDC402998

Jul, 27, 2008

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Crash on I-5 blocks traffic near Iowa Street

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PETER JENSEN
THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

A jackknifed SUV and trailer blocked southbound traffic on Interstate 5 near the Iowa Street exit for an hour Saturday, July 26.

A 40-year-old Lynden woman was driving the SUV and towing a travel-trailer when she hit a bump in the road. The trailer began to wobble and she lost control of the car, which jackknifed and blocked all lanes of traffic at 12:10 p.m.

The four passengers in the SUV were not injured, said Trooper Keith Leary of the Washington State Patrol. Troopers are reviewing the incident to determine if the driver should be cited.

He did not release the woman’s name, and said her relatives own the car and trailer.

Traffic backed up for one mile, and it took an hour to clear the accident and reopen all lanes of traffic, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Goffstown driver killed in I-93 crash

Goffstown driver killed in I-93 crash

Article Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008

A 44-year-old Goffstown man was killed Friday afternoon when the vehicle he was driving, with a camper in tow on Interstate 93, started to sway in the roadway and the vehicle ended up rolling over and landing on its roof in the median.

Members of the New Hampshire State Police working out of the Troop D Barracks in Concord responded to the accident, which took place in the northbound lane of the interstate in New Hampton. Upon arrival on scene Troopers found one vehicle involved in the accident.

The vehicle, a 2006 Ford Expedition, was towing a 28-foot campter trailer and was being driven by 44-year-old Kirk Lang of Goffstown. Also in the vehicle were Heidi Lang, 41, and Corey Lang, 13, who were also from Goffstown.

According to police, the preliminary investigation reveled that while northbound the truck started to sway to the point that Kirk Lang lost control and the vehicle rolled over into the median. The vehicle and trailer separated and both coming to rest in the median, the vehicle on it roof.

Police said he was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected, receiving extensive injuries. Kirk Lang was transported to Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth where he was pronounced dead from the injuries sustained in the accident.

The other two passengers in the vehicle were wearing seat belts and were not ejected and were not injured as a result of the accident.

Assisting the Troopers at the scene of the accident were members of the, the New Hampton Fire Department, and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

The factors as to what caused the accident are currently being investigated at this time by Trooper Sean Faherty from Troop D.