Multiple crashes slow traffic on I-275, Howard Frankland Bridge

By Brant James and Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writers
Posted: Jun 26, 2009 07:29 AM


Earlier this morning, a large camping trailer detached from the 2007 gold Chevy SUV lugging it in the northbound lanes of Interstate 275 near the Kennedy Boulevard exit, Kraus said. The SUV driver, 57-year-old Richard Earl Wery, apparently swerved to avoid hitting a ladder that had fallen off another truck, Kraus said. The camper jackknifed, struck the barrier wall and blocked three lanes of traffic for nearly an hour.