Wreck on 95 Utility Trailer Accident

January 21st, 2010, 09:58 PM

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Wreck on 95 Just an FYI to anyone traveling north on I-95. I passed an accident about 20 minutes ago that had apparently just happened minutes before. It looked like a pickup truck wih a large utility trailer had jacknifed and has both lanes blocked. People were running past the truck, so I do not know if another vehicle was involved or not. This is just past the US1 entrance and before the rest area. Traffic was already backing up as I drove past. Wet roads. Please be careful if you have to be out tonight.

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Thank you for the info. We are in for the night. I hope all is well , prayers for all involved

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Fatal car accident south of Forest Grove closes highway

Fatal car accident south of Forest Grove closes highway

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On Friday morning January 22 at approximately 7:00 am Forest Grove Fire & Rescue responded to a multi-car crash on SW Highway 47 near the B Street intersection, approximately 2 miles south of the city of Forest Grove. When firefighters arrived they found a total of four (4) cars involved and nine (9) victims, including one fatality. Crews triaged the scene and discovered that initially the accident involved a pickup towing a recreational trailer and a small sedan in a t-bone type of impact. Those witnesses stated that the deceased man was initially not involved and had stopped to render aid when he was struck by another vehicle and killed. The small sedan that was originally involved had significant damage to the passenger side of the vehicle and the recreational trailer was also destroyed by the force of the impact.

Fire crews from Forest Grove (12), Cornelius (8), and Gaston (4) responded to the crash, as well as four (4) Metro West ambulances, and one (1) Life Flight Helicopter. Five (5) patients were transported to the Trauma Center at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland with serious injuries. Fire crews were on scene for over an hour treating the injured victims and the busy highway between Yamhill and Washington Counties remains closed at this time.

This type of accident where a good Samaritan bystander was struck by another vehicle is the reason why fire crews will block roadways with emergency vehicles while working car crash scenes. Please use caution when approaching intersections and if you are coming into an accident scene slow down, stop, and wait till you are told to pass through, even if firefighters or police officers have not yet arrived. It is also important to stay in your vehicle until you are sure that the roadway is controlled and safe, especially in dark and rainy conditions like we had this morning.

Camper trailer flips on I-69, no injuries

A truck sits propped up by the back of the travel trailer Friday, Jan. 22 in the median of I-69 in Kimball Township near the Pine River. A St. Clair deputy at the scene said he did not know anything about the accident and would not confirm that the vehicle was traveling westbound on the highway even though the skid marks implied that. (By MARK R. RUMMEL, Times Herald)

Times Herald • January 22, 2010

A camper being pulled by a sport utility vehicle came off the hitch and flipped on Interstate 69 this morning.

The accident happened at about 8:40 a.m. St. Clair County Sheriff Deputy Steve Campau said there were no injuries.

A St. Clair County sheriff deputy at the scene wouldn’t provide information to a Times Herald photographer.

But the photographer said the vehicle appeared to be heading westbound on the highway and had Ontario plates.

Golf clubs and other stuff from the truck and trailer littered the scene.


Also, I'm not the smartest person in St.Clair County, but I think that is a pickup, noy an SUV. I'll look at the pic again to make sure.
1/22/2010 4:36:43 PM

According to scanner traffic would have actually been better then this report! LOL


Replying to flowerchild61:

"Campau said the camper flipped at the scene,"

Well where else would it have flipped?

You've got that thinking cap on this morning!
1/22/2010 2:25:32 PM

hey if the back end of the truck was propped up by the trailer, how could it have come lose from the truck? cause if it did the truck would not have been connected to the trailer.
1/22/2010 1:51:26 PM

By Kirk Bernard, Esq. (all)

A Washington couple was injured in an auto accident after their pickup truck and trailer rolled over on the Interstate 82 near Prosser, Washington. According to a news report in the Yakima Herald-Republic, a 64-year-old man was driving a 2002 Ford pickup towing a 37-foot trailer. He lost control of the vehicle rolling both the pickup and the trailer on the inside shoulder of the highway. The man and his wife both suffered injuries and were taken to the hospital, but it is not clear whether they sustained serious injuries. Both were wearing seatbelts. Washington State Patrol officials say the driver's inattention may have caused or contributed to this accident as well.

In any rollover auto accident, it is also important to look into whether an auto product defect, design defect or mechanical malfunction may have caused or in any way contributed to the accident. The auto maker or the manufacturer of the defective product could be held liable for the injuries and damages, if so. If a vehicle defect is suspected in an auto accident, it is important to preserve the vehicle so it can be examined carefully for product defects, malfunctions or other evidence. Experienced Seattle personal injury attorneys will almost always suggest that, if possible, photos are taken of the accident in order to document the scene.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).

Truck overturns on I-75 in Alachua Towing Trailer

Truck overturns on I-75 in Alachua

ALACHUA – One person was seriously injured in Alachua on Interstate 75 when a vehicle pulling an enclosed trailer overturned Wednesday, Jan. 13.

Valdosta Buckhanon of Hardaway, Ga. was traveling north on I-75 in the outside lane, pulling a 26-foot enclosed trailer. When a tractor-trailer passed in the center lane, the draft from the tractor-trailer caused Buckhanon’s 1997 Chevy pick-up to fishtail.

Buckhanon traveled onto the east shoulder, and his truck overturned.

Buckhanon suffered no injuries but his passenger, Charles English of Pensacola, Fla., suffered serious injuries and was taken to the North Florida Regional Medical Center.

more regulation is needed wrote on Jan 22, 2010 5:53 PM:

" It has nothing to do with the traffic at the interchange but its due to the excessive speed of these 18 wheelers that think they own the road. I cant tell you how many times one of these monsters have tailgated me to make me speed up when I am going the speed limit and how many times they have cut me off trying to pass other vehicles. Agreed something needs to be done but an interchange won't solve that problem. More tickets will. They must give cars more respect. "

where is the DOT wrote on Jan 22, 2010 4:49 PM:

" how many accidents/deaths before the department of transportation comes in- requires the city to put in the interchange for all this truck traffic? we are always reading accident reports involving truck traffic, we have several deaths, yet we are still in the cave when it comes to road improvements to handle all this traffic. How many people have to lose their lives before the DOT requires a cap on all the distribution truck traffic? Where's the Interchange to be constructed to handle all these semi's ? graded D during dollar general review - before Wal-mart & Sysco. no you adding Super Wal-mart (180,000,00 sq.ft) development that's coming..... not to mention the recently approved Waco 999 homes? "

Accident on I-75 leads to additional wrecks..Caused By Loose Trailer

Accident on I-75 leads to additional wrecks

By BECKY PURSER - bpurser@macon.com

WARNER ROBINS — Traffic was snarled along Interstate 75 North near the Peach and Houston county line after a series of accidents late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Georgia State Patrol said.

Two minor wrecks Thursday morning near Ga. 96 were related to wrecks the night before at mile marker 141 in Peach County. Cleanup was still in progress for most of the morning. The incidents and rainy weather caused a traffic backup, with the vehicles in the minor wrecks coming up too quickly on slowed traffic, the patrol said.

Wednesday night, the driver of a pickup with a trailer pulled over after the trailer came loose. But the trailer was not all the way off the road, trooper Justin Tabor said.

A tractor-trailer, with vehicles in the other two lanes next to it, had nowhere to go and struck the trailer, Tabor said. The tractor-trailer also struck a second tractor-trailer before turning over. The tractor-trailer that turned over split open, spilling plastic pallets. The cleanup from the 9 p.m. wreck closed two northbound lanes overnight and into Thursday morning.

James Magliette, 56, of Van Buren, Ark., the driver of the tractor-trailer that overturned, was transported to the Houston Medical Center, where he was treated for broken or cracked ribs, Tabor said.

Grady Woodliff, 55, of Blairsville, was determined to be at fault in connection with the Wednesday night wreck of the tractor-trailer and charges are pending, Tabor said. Woodliff was the driver of the pickup that was pulling the trailer.

To contact writer Becky Purser, call 256-9559.

2 hurt, trailer hits car..Loose Trailer Hit and Run

Police make arrest sometime after midnight

By David MacDougall , Andy Paras

The Post and Courier

Originally published 12:00 a.m., January 13, 2010
Updated 11:01 a.m., January 13, 2010

The Charleston County Sheriff's office has arrested and charged a Hollywood man in connection with a bizarre hit and run wreck that injured two women Tuesday.

Ray Ray Gates, who turned 21 yesterday and lives on Chaplains Landing Road, is charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury.

At a bond hearing for Gates this morning, a magistrate set bail at $100,000.

Gates apologized in court, calling the incident an accident.

"I left. I was nervous. Had I known what I know now, I would have stopped," he said.

Gates, who recently moved to the area from Buffalo, N.Y., said he works two jobs.

The wreck occurred about 10:45 a.m. near Hughes Road in West Ashley when a triple-axle utility trailer somehow detached from the hitch of an SUV that was traveling south.

The trailer traveled across the median and struck a van and a car that were traveling north, said sheriff's Maj. John Clark, public information officer.

Two women who were in the car were taken by Charleston County EMS to Medical University Hospital with serious injuries, Clark said. One of the victims is 89-years-old and the other is in her early 60s. Both remain in the hospital.

One of the women had to be extricated from the car; no one from the van was hurt.

Gates stopped briefly, backed up until he could turn around in the median and fled from the scene heading north and leaving the trailer, said Maj. John Clark of the Sheriff's office.

Reach David W. MacDougall at macdougd@postandcourier.com or 937-5655. Reach Andy Paras at aparas@postandcourier.com or 937-5589.

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	ronmelancon wrote: Please...Please go to www.dangeroustrailers.org Time and time again it is the total disregard for Utility Trailer Safety or any standards that have created this. Please see the "Story Of Dangerous Trailers" and then see the 6 year old girl that died from a homemade trailer... Look at the trailer is it roadworthy...then everybody as yourself this... Here's a little project for you. The next time you're out and about take notice of the countless numbers of trailers being hauled daily on our roadways. Look closely and you'll see that many are improperly attached to the tow vehicle, don't have working lights, safety chains and are unacceptably maintained. Then ask yourself, why am I riding behind or next to this person trying to kill or injury me or my family? and see this recent News coverage..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVnRsEBIk74&feature=player_embedded 1/19/2010 6:30 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	mrscvs wrote: You knew exactly what happen that is why you ran, and for that, I call you a COWARD! I do pray that the innocent ladies will make it thru this horrible accident. Also what is up with the no comments on the Janitor and his sick love letter for a child??? Man oh man did I had something really witty to say about this POS!!! Oh well next time I guess!!! ROTFLMAO! 1/13/2010 1:48 PM EST on Post and Courier Recommend (1) Report Abuse Permalink
	follytime wrote: Gates apologized in court. Sounds to me like the apology was an "I'm sorry I got caught" 1/13/2010 12:58 PM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	harpo wrote: Yes, they're censoring our comments by being selective in which stories can be commented on and I can only think that it's a very biased employee of the paper who's making the decisions .. to try to 'even out' the paper's liberal flavor. It's cowardly and political and that employee is basically a shill. If I worked there and knew who's doing it, I'd sneak in a replacement desk nametag that reads "(Name), Political Shill" and place it on his/her desk. 1/13/2010 11:34 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	theharold wrote: The P&C's position on not allowing comments really hit a new politically correct low yesterday when they terminated the posting on the janitor's story. Hey P&C, we're still going to feel the same way about issues whether you censor or not. What happened to the "Serena Wms. story" in the forum yesterday? Get some passionate posts? This isn't the Guestbook for an obituary page; let us decide if we choose to add our opinions and the great monitor of the site can work his magical digit. 1/13/2010 9:58 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	theronce wrote: Whoever drove it probably will have to explain to others what happened to his trailer. Those others may have seen this story and either force him to turn himself in or do it for him. He'll regret fleeing the scene unless he was up to something more illegal at the time. 1/13/2010 9:24 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend (1) Report Abuse Permalink
	tlg87 wrote: I dont even think a 4 Runner should be towing a trailer that large... And it would be nice if they actually gave the correct description of the vehicle. *eye roll* Good thing there's a picture. 1/13/2010 8:36 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	dave3719 wrote: ITS A TOYOTA 4RUNNER! Year could be from 1996-2002. 1/13/2010 8:13 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend (1) Report Abuse Permalink
	early wrote: The guy is in a worl of shyt. He knew he seriously injured folks and fled. I say shoot the SOB when you find him 1/13/2010 7:48 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	lawkat wrote: I think that sometimes we can't comment on certain articles because they are from other news websites. That may not always be the case, but I have noticed that before. 1/13/2010 7:45 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	starcar wrote: The P&C just wants us to be politically correct and not offend anyone with our comments... 1/13/2010 7:45 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend (2) Report Abuse Permalink
	letstakeawalk wrote: Bulldogtic is correct. The Police should be on the look out for a Toyota 4-Runner. 1/13/2010 7:39 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	oldglory wrote: Yes, harpo, with P&C's usual prescience, they've prevented our comments in certain aricles yet again. I shall never believe that any newspaper is smart in doing that, because it tells readers that the newspaper has no veracity. There is someone sitting there redacting everything we are allowed to read. Not good. 1/13/2010 7:36 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend (3) Report Abuse Permalink
	bulldogtlc wrote: The vehicle in the photograph is obviously a Toyota 4-Runner, not a Rav4. 1/13/2010 7:25 AM EST on Post and Courier Recommend Report Abuse Permalink
	harpo wrote: "Witnesses told deputies the driver was a male, but a further description was unavailable." Bull. The witnesses told more but a further description of the driver is undesirable for political reasons. Tracing a triple axle trailer shouldn't be too hard to do; not very common. About 30% of these news stories no longer solicit comments; have you noticed? They can't take the heat. 1/13/2010 12:51 AM EST on Post and Courier