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Horses in SoCal crash sedated, rescued

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters used power tools to cut a trailer apart to rescue two horses trapped after two vehicles collided in the Antelope Valley.

Los Angeles County fire dispatcher Roy Dong says the crash was reported Tuesday night west of Little Rock Wash in Palmdale. One person suffered minor injuries.

The horses were trapped in a trailer pulled by one of the vehicles.

Dong says the animals were sedated while firefighters cut through the trailer to free them.

The horses were then revived and appeared to be OK.

Palmdale is located about 65 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Boat comes off trailer on American Legion Bridge

The boat was loaded on to a flat bed. (WTOP Photo/Kristi King)
September 3, 2009 - 7:17am

AMERICAN LEGION BRIDGE -- Traffic is starting to get back to normal across the American Legion Bridge after a boat came off a trailer on the Outer Loop of the bridge.

A wrecker dragged the boat on to a flat bed before 7 a.m.

The mishap happened about mid-way across the bridge before 6 a.m., backing up traffic on Interstates 495 and 270.

When the first Maryland Department of Transportation worker got on the scene, WTOP Traffic Reporter Lisa Baden knew he wouldn't be able to handle the job alone.

"I'd think a 15-foot boat would be a little bit heavy for him," she says.

The owner of the boat declined to be interviewed by WTOP's Kristi Kin

Updated at 9:27 p.m., Sunday, September 6, 2009

Man killed after outrigger canoe detaches, strikes SUV

Advertiser Staff

A 49-year-old man died yesterday from injuries received when a six-man outrigger canoe on a trailer broke loose from the car that was towing it and hit his sports utility vehicle, Big Island firefighters say.

The accident happened on Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway about 8:47 a.m.

Big Island police said the driver of the SUV suffered "significant head injuries" when the outrigger "struck and penetrated" his vehicle.

He was initially listed in critical condition, but was later pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital.

Five people in the car that was towing the canoe were uninjured, but were taken to the hospital for observation.

Family hayride turns tragic.... how many more before we act?

Reported by: Kerry Kinsey
Last Update: 9/06 9:23 pm

FARMINGTON, Utah (ABC 4 News) -Police say a 5-year-old boy died after being run over by the rear tires of a flatbed trailer. The Davis County Sheriff's Office says it happened Saturday Night at the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management area on 1325 W. and 925 S. near the Great Salt Lake.

Captain Kenneth Payne of the Davis County Sheriff's Office says more than 30 family members were on a 20-foot long flat bed trailer. They were being pulled by a pickup truck and returning from a hayride. Payne says, “The trailer was stopping and some of the boys wanted to jump off, and this little 5-year-old wanted to do the same. His mother was attempting to lower him down to the ground when apparently he was pulled underneath the rear wheels of the trailer."

Payne says Kai Jorgensen of Layton was killed instantly. Payne says county attorneys determined that Kai's mother Shana Jorgensen would not be charged with any type of negligence. They say this was just an unfortunate accident.

Speedboat and trailer become detached from moving pickup

Speedboat and trailer become detached from moving pickup on Ben Maddox Way - destroying a sign, clipping bushes and slamming into utility pole

BY GERALD CARROLL / gcarroll@visalia.gannett.com • August 19, 2009

An orange speedboat, which had just been picked up from the repair shop, and its trailer became detached from a moving pickup truck just before 6 p.m. Wednesday and slid more than 180 yards on southbound Ben Maddox Way near Laura Avenue, witnesses reported.

No injuries were reported. Visalia police did not disclose any further details.

Pickup driver and boat owner Aaron Ernst said he was driving south on Ben Maddox when his truck hit a “dip” in the road at the Laura Avenue intersection. The dip caused a sharp movement of the trailer hitch, and the trailer and boat snapped off the rear of the pickup.

“It [trailer] came beside me, to the right of the truck,” Ernst said. “It was like one of those slow-motion, dreamlike things you know you can’t stop.”

While the boat flew off separately, and sustained minor damage, the trailer wasn’t so fortunate. It skidded 120 yards along the right-side curb before crushing a street sign and shearing twigs and leaves off a dozen roadside bushes.

The trailer finally came to rest after sliding 40 more yards when its right fender struck a utility pole — denting the fender and knocking off one of two tires on that side.

Despite the damage, the trailer and boat were reassembled and driven off after Visalia police filed a report.

Published Friday August 28, 2009

Washer causes four-car pileup

By Kyle O'Reilly
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

William Delano was driving to Omaha to see his sister, Brooke, play volleyball for the Huskers at the Qwest Center Omaha, but a poorly secured washing machine bumped those plans.

About 6 p.m. on West Dodge Road near 230th Street, a Whirlpool washing machine came loose from a trailer, witnesses said, causing a four-car pileup on a bridge over the Elkhorn River.

Delano's green Mercury Sable was the second car hit.

The crash closed off both lanes of eastbound Dodge, which eventually caused another four-vehicle crash about a quarter mile to the west, authorities said.

"Traffic was backed up, and somebody couldn't stop in time,” said Sgt. Rob Jones of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
No one was seriously injured in either crash, authorities said.

The first crash started when the washing machine fell off a trailer being pulled by a pickup that fled the scene, Jones said.

The first car swerved and nicked the washer. Delano's Sable hit the washer head-on. The third car rear-ended his and made a wall across both lanes, leaving the fourth car with no place to go and leaving him rear-ended again — by the same car.

“I was coming down the road when I saw the other car swerve and there was a car to my right, so there was nothing I could do,” said Delano, 22, a Wayne State College senior. “I just braced my wheel and hoped for the best. I'm lucky I didn't get knocked off the bridge.”

All four drivers were wearing seat belts, and no one was hurt.

The second set of accidents involved minor injuries as one person was transported to Lakeside Hospital as a precaution.

Authorities late Friday were still searching for the pickup driver who fled. They were checking the history of the washing machine, based on its serial number.

“I'm sure he'll read the paper tomorrow and say, ‘Glad I didn't stop for that one,'” Jones said of the pickup driver.

Instead, Jones said, the driver will likely be ticketed for improperly securing a load and leaving the scene of an accident.

Contact the writer:
444-1304, news@owh.com

Boat falls off trailer, hits parked car

A boat sits in the southbound lane of Cabot Street in Beverly after falling off its trailer yesterday. Paul Leighton/Staff Photographer

Published: August 28, 2009 09:38 pm

Boat falls off trailer, hits parked car

BEVERLY — A 20-foot-long motorboat fell off its trailer and hit a parked car on Cabot Street yesterday around 10:40 a.m.

Debra Cucinelli of Beverly, who was driving the Toyota 4Runner SUV that was towing the Chaparral boat, said something on the trailer "snapped."

"The boat fell off the trailer and hit the car," she said.

The parked car received extensive damage, according to police, including a smashed rear passenger window and a flat tire.

Cucinelli was not cited in the accident. According to police, the trailer had been inspected and repaired in July. Police said there were no injuries. The boat and trailer were towed by Cross Towing.

— Paul Leighton