tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23002708240709285082011-09-15T02:54:14.790-07:00Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.comBlogger1811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-82062897956274072052009-12-31T03:16:00.000-08:002009-12-31T03:17:50.411-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzyITigVyVI/AAAAAAAAEOo/CcRsjZVxO-k/s1600-h/update12300916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzyITigVyVI/AAAAAAAAEOo/CcRsjZVxO-k/s400/update12300916.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421357920708577618" border="0" /></a><br /><p> As Fat Freddy's Drop prepares to help Nelson ring in 2010, the band will be looking back on a year which had its dramas. By Alice Cowdrey. </p> <p> It was a dark night on a six-lane freeway on the way into Los Angeles when the members of Fat Freddy's Drop found themselves in a spot of bother. </p> <p> A trailer containing all of their instruments came loose from the bus they were travelling in. The trailer flipped over a safety barrier, tumbling down a steep bank. Online video footage shows the band members at 2am grimly retrieving an amplifier, a drum and a smashed-up saxophone case. </p> <p> Inside were the remains of a 1961 baritone saxophone. </p> <p> "It was a complete write-off," says the owner of the instrument, Scott Towers (aka Chopper Reedz). </p> <p> Word of the accident got around quickly and Towers says people were emailing and phoning him from around the world offering advice on where he could get a new one. </p> <p> One guy holidaying in Holland who read a blog report about the accident told Towers about a friend who worked in a store about 30 minutes out of Amsterdam which sold the instrument Towers was after. On arriving for a gig in the city, Towers caught a cab to the shop and found a 1960 vintage baritone sax, similar to his squashed one. "Even the serial numbers are similar." </p> <p> Looking back on the accident now, it actually seems a little scary, Towers says. </p> <p> "It could have been a complete diaster. We were calm at the time and post-accident, but I think everyone realises that it could have gone horribly wrong. It would have been a nightmare." </p> <p> Near-tragedies aside, it's been an epic ride for the band who this year released their second album, <em>Boondigga and The Big BW</em>. Now they are psyching themselves up for a big summer, and tonight will welcome in the new year at the Riwaka Hotel. </p> <p> Most of the seven-piece "family" of musicians grew up together in Wellington and over the years have won a legion of fans and respect. Emerging through a multitude of groups including funk jam bands, reggae sound systems, jazz improvisation and live techno groups, the musicians have stuck to an independent attitude, releasing their music through The Drop, their artist-operated label. </p> <p> Towers officially joined the Freddy's family in December 2007, but has been jamming with the band on and off since 2002. He has been a part of the New Zealand music scene for the past 15 years after completing a music degree in jazz performance. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8206289795627407205?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-33023978277355543022009-12-31T03:03:00.001-08:002009-12-31T03:03:44.461-08:00FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /><br />Contact: Trooper Ed Howard<br /><br />12/29/09 <br /><br />Safety Education Officer<br />District 14, Macomb<br />(309) 833-4046 Ext. 236<br />Cellular: (309) 252-2570<br /><br /><br />Macomb, IL -- The Illinois State Police (ISP), at the request of the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, investigated a two vehicle crash resulting in one fatality which occurred at IL Route 96 approximately ¼ of a mile North of County Road 1235N on December 28, 2009 at about 11:13 a.m. The crash occurred when a trailer being towed by a 1982 Ford Pickup driven by Gary L. Mason, age 42, of Argyle, IA, broke free, crossed the center line, and struck a 2006 Chrysler 4 door being driven by Lora L. Smajlovic, age 30, of Hamilton, IL.<br /><br />Smajlovic received minor injuries and was transported to Keokuk, IA. Other passengers in Smajlovic’s vehicle included: Ann Leeper, age 56, of Hamilton, IL who received minor injuries and was transported to Carthage, IL, one minor child, age 2, who received minor injuries and was transported to Carthage, IL, one minor child, age 11, who received moderate injuries and was transported to Quincy, IL, and one minor child, age 6, who received fatal injuries and was transported to Keokuk, IA.<br /><br />Mason was not injured and fled the scene of the crash. Mason was located in Lee County, IA and is currently being held at the Hancock County Jail. Mason is charged with Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Accident. The public is reminded that criminal charges are merely accusations and that defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<br /><br />Responding agencies also included: Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Hamilton Police Department, Lee County Iowa Sheriff’s Office, Hancock County States Attorneys’ Office, Hamilton Fire Department, Hancock County Ambulance, and Air Evac. This incident remains under investigation and no additional information is available at this time. Further media inquiries should be directed to the Illinois State Police.<br /># # #<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-3302397827735554302?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-14020928639982555332009-12-31T02:40:00.000-08:002009-12-31T02:42:15.122-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szx_-EwGZkI/AAAAAAAAEOI/UST8cNHFZDk/s1600-h/update12300907.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 90px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szx_-EwGZkI/AAAAAAAAEOI/UST8cNHFZDk/s400/update12300907.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421348755851339330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szx_993PB1I/AAAAAAAAEOA/5Aba-J9RHNc/s1600-h/update12300910.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szx_993PB1I/AAAAAAAAEOA/5Aba-J9RHNc/s400/update12300910.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421348754002216786" border="0" /></a><br /><span><span class="date">Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 9:09 a.m.</span></span><br /><span><p>HAMILTON, IL -- <span style="font-size: 85%;">A Lee County Iowa man faces a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident Monday near Hamilton.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">The accident left a six year old dead and four others hurt.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">The Illinois State Police say this man Gary Mason of Argyle was pulling a trailer when it came loose from his truck, and veered into the oncoming lane of traffic and collided with a car driven by Lora Smajlovic on Illinois 96 south of Hamilton.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">A memorial has been set up at the scene of the accident in memory of the six year old girl.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">She was in the back seat with two other siblings.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">Smaljovic along with three other passengers were injured and taken to area hospitals.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">Mason is currently in the Hancock County Jail on a 125 thousand dollar bond.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">State's Attorney Jim Drodz says there likely will be other charges filed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 85%;">Mason will be back in court Thursday.</span></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-1402092863998255533?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-53017749902101472242009-12-31T02:28:00.000-08:002009-12-31T02:29:50.210-08:00<h2>Trailer Exclusions in Auto Insurance</h2> <table id="ctl00_cphHoldingTable_MainCPH_ctl01_tblNewsletter" border="0"><tbody><tr> <td><br /></td> </tr><tr> <td><p><strong>Trailer Exclusions in Auto Insurance</strong></p> <p>There are all kinds of trailers. There are mobile home trailers, boat hauling trailers, car hauling trailers, horse trailers, and campers. Some automobile insurance policies exclude all trailers from coverage. Some permit coverage of a trailer only if it is designed for use with a private passenger automobile and is described in the insurance policy. Commercial truck trailers and semi-trailers have their own insurance needs and are beyond the scope of this article.</p> <p>Just the attachment of an uninsured trailer to an automobile in violation of an automobile insurance policy's trailer exclusion was enough, in one case, to deny recovery of damages in an automobile collision, even though the trailer did not come into contact with the other vehicle. When a truck, which was insured under a policy that permitted a trailer to be used with a private passenger automobile, was using the trailer for commercial purposes at the time of a collision, exclusion of coverage was permitted because of the commercial nature of the trailer's use.</p> <p>A camper, which was involved in a fatal highway accident, was found to be an "owned automobile" for purposes of an automobile policy that provided coverage arising out of the use of an owned automobile. The policy indicated that a "utility trailer" pulled by "owned automobile" was deemed to be an "owned automobile." The camper, which had a dining area, kitchen, bath facilities, and a bedroom, was designed for use with a private automobile. The insured only used the camper for vacation trips. Thus, the camper was a permitted "utility trailer" and not an excluded "home trailer."</p> <p>Where an automobile liability policy provided that it did not apply while an automobile was being used for towing a trailer, an insurance company was not liable for injuries suffered when the trailer being towed by an insured truck came loose and struck another vehicle.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-5301774990210147224?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-88876488628466495762009-12-30T08:06:00.000-08:002009-12-30T08:21:38.926-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szt9R6aijhI/AAAAAAAAENY/81nem-fNsHo/s1600-h/update12300902.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 48px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szt9R6aijhI/AAAAAAAAENY/81nem-fNsHo/s400/update12300902.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421064323162344978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szt9R9PtsrI/AAAAAAAAENQ/OnhbaQbPDFo/s1600-h/update12300903.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 75px; height: 87px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Szt9R9PtsrI/AAAAAAAAENQ/OnhbaQbPDFo/s400/update12300903.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421064323922244274" border="0" /></a><br />Note: I have a 5 1/2 year old daughter.....this 6 year old was opening presents last week...and now the family is dealing with this.<br /><br />Why? Where are the standards?<br />Where is the training?<br />Where is the inspections?<br />What will be the penalty?<br /><br /><div class="clearfix"><h1 class="p5h">Iowa man held in deadly hit-and-run accident</h1> </div><!-- close class clearfix--> <hr class="m5v"> <!-- +++++ LEFT SIDE FLOATS +++++ --> <div class="float_l m10r" style="width: 300px;"> <!-- +++ MEDIA: PHOTOS & VIDEO +++++ --> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("#rel_media > ul").tabs(); $("#rel_media").show(); $("#rel_media_load").hide(); }); </script> <div style="display: none;" id="rel_media_load" class="m10v p5v border_b"> <img class="icon" alt="" src="http://mo-hannibal.static.ghm.zope.net/resources/rockford/style_images_v2/ajax-loader.gif" width="11px" height="11px" /> <span class="timestamp">Loading multimedia...</span> </div> <div style="display: block;" id="rel_media" class="none m5b"> <ul class="ui-tabs-nav"><li class="ui-tabs-selected"> <a href="http://www.hannibal.net/news_local/x1671989051/Iowa-man-held-in-deadly-hit-and-run-accident#relPhotos"><span>Photos</span></a> </li></ul> <!--close ID relVideos --> <div style="display: block;" class="ui-tabs-panel" id="relPhotos"> <div class="p5 module_content summary"> <div> <div class="m5" style="text-align: center;"> <a style="border-bottom: medium none;" href="javascript:newWindow('http://www.hannibal.net/news_local/x1671989051/Iowa-man-held-in-deadly-hit-and-run-accident?view=pop','','760','750','resizable')"> <img src="http://www.hannibal.net/archive/x980512924/g113000621a263f0fbd04e07c90740032f1bcbded5befb2.jpg" alt="gary l. mason.jpg" title="gary l. mason.jpg" class="border" width="75" height="87" /> </a> </div> <!-- THIS IS WHERE THE LINK GOES --> <div> <hr class="m5v"> </div> <!-- THIS IS WHERE THE LINK GOES --> <div class="timestamp">HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT</div> <div>gary l. mason.jpg</div> <!--close condition--> </div><!--close photo object--> </div><!--close class p5 summary--> </div><!-- close ID relPhotos --> <!-- close ID relSlideShows --> <!-- close ID relAudio --> <div class="rad_corner"> </div> </div><!--close ID rel_media --> <!-- +++++ AD +++++ --> <div class="m5b"> <img alt="advertisement" src="http://mo-hannibal.static.ghm.zope.net/resources/rockford/style_images_v2/ad_disclaimer_300x250.gif" /> <script type="text/javascript">OAS_AD('x14');</script> </div> <!-- +++++ RELATED STORIES AND LINKS +++++ --> <!-- +++++ END LEFT SIDE FLOATS +++++ --> </div><!--close float_l --> <!-- +++++ BODY + STORY +++++ --> <div class="byline accent">By Staff reports</div> <div><b>Hannibal Courier-Post</b></div> <div class="timestamp">Posted Dec 29, 2009 @ 01:46 PM</div> <hr class="m5v"> <div class="float_l clearfix m5r">Hamilton, IL — </div> <p><span style=""> </span>An Iowa man has been arrested in a hit-and-run accident that killed a six-year-old girl.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Forty-two-year-old Gary L. Mason of Argyle, Iowa, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Authorities said Mason was driving a pickup pulling a trailer at 11:10 a.m. Monday on Ill. 96 at Hamilton. The trailer broke loose and struck a car driven by Lora Smajlovic, 30, of Hamilton.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Smajlovic and two passengers, 56-year-old Ann Leeper of Hamilton and a two-year-old child had minor injuries. An 11-year-old received moderate injuries. The six-year-old girl died.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Mason was not injured. Witnesses told authorities the truck driver turned around after the accident and drove by the Smajlovic vehicle.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Mason later was located in Lee County, Iowa. He was taken to the Hancock County Jail in Carthage, Ill., pending a court appearance.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8887648862846649576?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-53845048658123979832009-12-24T03:16:00.001-08:002009-12-24T03:19:55.128-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOFym5kwI/AAAAAAAAEMY/LYnZdMmEvYU/s1600-h/update110109532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 40px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOFym5kwI/AAAAAAAAEMY/LYnZdMmEvYU/s400/update110109532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418760638048080642" border="0" /></a><br />http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&amp;pnpID=974&amp;NewsID=971586&amp;CategoryID=20207&amp;on=1<br /><br /><table bg="" style="color: white;" width="450" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><span bg="" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 180%; color: black;"><b><h2>Multi-vehicle major accident triggered by loose trailer wheel</h2> </b></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="4"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%; color: gray;">12/22/09</span><br /> <b><i>by Steve W Stewart </i></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><br /> <a href="mailto:stevestewart@kjas.com">Respond to this story</a><br /> <a href="http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=974&amp;show=emailnews&amp;newsid=971586">Email this story to a friend</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOFHcBR4I/AAAAAAAAEMQ/wksAmQFeAdc/s1600-h/Update110109523.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOFHcBR4I/AAAAAAAAEMQ/wksAmQFeAdc/s400/Update110109523.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418760626459723650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 78%;"><b>This Ford pickup truck was struck head-on by the wheel, and it then collided with a GMC truck. Photo by Steve W Stewart.</b></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">Witnesses say a multi-vehicle major accident in north Jasper County on Tuesday afternoon was the result of a trailer tire that came loose, and local law enforcement is trying to find the driver of the truck that was pulling the trailer.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">The accident occurred at about 1:30 on Highway 96, appr</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">oximately one mile north of Recreational Road 255.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">A Brookeland woman and her daughter were injured in the crash, while an elderly couple from Hemphill escaped with only scratches from their overturned truck.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">According to witness Tammy Marshall of Port Arthur, a large, gold color Dodge pickup truck was traveling southbound and towing a trailer with some type of heavy equipment on the back. Marshall said a wheel and tire came off of the trailer, it first bounced off</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> of an 18-wheeler, and then collided head-on with with a northbound pickup truck, which caused it to crash into another truck.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">40-year-old Wendy Smith of Hemphill was driving the northbound</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOE-1yXtI/AAAAAAAAEMI/esF3xf2dMKc/s1600-h/update110109524.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOE-1yXtI/AAAAAAAAEMI/esF3xf2dMKc/s400/update110109524.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418760624151879378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 78%; color: black;"><b>Lake Rayburn and Jasper firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free a Hemphill couple from their overturned GMC pickup truck while DPS Trooper Lester McCray, left, watches the operation. Photo by Steve W Stewart.<br /><br /></b></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> 2002 Ford F-150 pickup truck that was struck head-on by the wheel. She and her 14-year-old daughter, Shelby, were taken by ambulance to Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">After the impact, Smith's pickup veered left into a southbound 2004 GMC pickup truck, driven by 75-year-old Alvin Zaruba of Hemphill. A fraction of a second is all that kept the two trucks from colliding head-on.</span></span></p> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">Zaruba's truck slid off of the highway and overturned, coming to rest against pine trees. The Lake Rayburn and Jasper Fire Departments had to use the Jaws of Life to cut Zaruba and his wife, Yvonne, from their overturned truck.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">The driver of the 18-wheeler that was struck by the tire, Delbert Whittemore of Buna, said he heard and felt the tire hit his truck, and he looked into his rear-view mirror and saw the other vehicles colliding behind him.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">Trooper Lester McCray of the Texas Department of Publ</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;">ic Safety investigated the accident.</span></span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOEmSmO3I/AAAAAAAAEMA/ZdF33hG2tj4/s1600-h/update110109525.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SzNOEmSmO3I/AAAAAAAAEMA/ZdF33hG2tj4/s400/update110109525.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418760617561832306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana,Arial; font-size: 78%;"><b>Kevin Smith comforts his injured 14-year-old daughter Shelby Smith. Shelby and her mother, Wendy Smith, were struck head-on by the runaway tire. Photo by Steve W Stewart.</b></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-5384504865812397983?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-25520762627254788302009-12-09T11:32:00.000-08:002009-12-09T11:35:02.365-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sx_723cf95I/AAAAAAAAELQ/tfXPAYPCmu4/s1600-h/update110109314.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 79px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sx_723cf95I/AAAAAAAAELQ/tfXPAYPCmu4/s400/update110109314.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413322197137618834" border="0" /></a><br /><div id="article"> <h1>Route 78 lane in Bethlehem closes after accident with motorhome</h1> <h4> By <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/vslaght/index.html">Veronica Slaght/For The Star-Ledger</a> </h4> <h5>December 07, 2009, 6:23PM</h5> <p>BETHLEHEM -- A motorhome flipped over on Route 78 eastbound in Bethlehem Township, causing the right lane of the busy highway to be closed, according to state police at the Perryville Barracks.</p> <p>There are no serious injuries, but the right lane is closed at mile marker 8.6, police said.</p> <p>Police said the accident is in the process of being cleared.<br /></p> <div class="clear"><!-- --></div> </div> <!-- OAS AD 'BannerShared' begin --> <div id="BannerSharedAd" class="ad_468x60"> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ OAS_AD('BannerShared'); 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While there is a federally mandated license required for drivers of commercial vehicles as small as Fedex vans and school buses, there are NO requirements at all for someone to drive these large RV's and pull trailers bigger than commercial vehicles. A license to drive a car should be just that. If people want to drive bigger vehicles they should be required to learn the correct way and have to pass a written and driving test to be on the road. There are enough legitimate hazards on the roads without having a whole group of drivers out there who aren't qualified and put their own and other's lives in danger . </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.nj.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerlocal&amp;comment_id=8760380');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8760380, 'trainwayne');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8760486"> <a name="comment-8760486"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/sweetloquita/index.html"><img src="http://media.nj.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="sweetloquita" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/sweetloquita/index.html" title="View sweetloquita's profile">sweetloquita</a></div> <div>December 07, 2009, 6:56PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p> </p> <p> Maybe if you have a little plain or rent it out w/t a license since you rent it you can fly away from NJ too LOL </p> <p><br />Now be compassion for that family is just one of us , who just trying to flee NJ . I guess they now stock here till after New Year . </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.nj.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerlocal&amp;comment_id=8760486');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8760486, 'sweetloquita');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8760545"> <a name="comment-8760545"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/mla30ski09/index.html"><img src="http://media.nj.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="mla30ski09" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/mla30ski09/index.html" title="View mla30ski09's profile">mla30ski09</a></div> <div>December 07, 2009, 7:00PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Where in the article does it state that the driver of the motorhome caused the accident?</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.nj.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerlocal&amp;comment_id=8760545');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8760545, 'mla30ski09');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8760574"> <a name="comment-8760574"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/njfor007/index.html"><img src="http://media.nj.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="njfor007" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/njfor007/index.html" title="View njfor007's profile">njfor007</a></div> <div>December 07, 2009, 7:03PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p> Oh OK , so was the passenger the one who caused the accident instead ? That could be very possible .</p> <p><br /></p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.nj.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerlocal&amp;comment_id=8760574');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8760574, 'njfor007');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8780670"> <a name="comment-8780670"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html"><img src="http://media.nj.com//avatars/userpic-1338302-100x100.png" alt="ronmelancon" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html" title="View ronmelancon's profile">ronmelancon</a></div> <div>December 09, 2009, 12:59PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Once again..we have a serious issue with an R.V. accident. Questions must be asked....why people are alowed to drive a R.V. with no formal certification on how to drive it.</p> <p>I know why....it is becasue the R.V. industry does not want any restrictions on thier product.</p> <p>Yet last month a 72 year of man lost control of his R.V. in Indiana and smashed into 6 cars and simply destroyed the lives of a family.</p> <p>They lost their daughter who was 4. Why?</p> <p>Read the story by going to www.dangeroustrailers.org and see... R.V. smashes into 6 cars</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.nj.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerlocal&amp;comment_id=8780670');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8780670, 'ronmelancon');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/12/motorhome_flips_on_route_78_in.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a name="comment-8781534"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html"><img src="http://media.nj.com//avatars/userpic-1338302-100x100.png" alt="ronmelancon" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html" title="View ronmelancon's profile">ronmelancon</a></div> <div>December 09, 2009, 1:57PM</div> </div> <p>Once again..we have a serious issue with an R.V. accident. Questions must be asked....why people are alowed to drive a R.V. with no formal certification on how to drive it.</p> <p>I know why....it is becasue the R.V. industry does not want any restrictions on thier product.</p> <p>Yet last month a 72 year of man lost control of his R.V. in Indiana and smashed into 6 cars and simply destroyed the lives of a family.</p> <p>They lost their daughter who was 4. Why?</p> <p>Read the story by going to www.dangeroustrailers.org and see... R.V. smashes into 6 cars</p> <p><a href="http://dangeroustrailers.org/R.V.__Destroys_Family.php">http://dangeroustrailers.org/R.V.__Destroys_Family.php</a></p> <p><br />AND </p> <p><a href="http://dangeroustrailers.org/family_crushed_in_Crash.html">http://dangeroustrailers.org/family_crushed_in_Crash.html</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-2552076262725478830?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-19818838355313293392009-12-09T09:54:00.001-08:002009-12-09T09:55:02.348-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sx_kZo8-kcI/AAAAAAAAEKo/8cYQlS-VJek/s1600-h/update110109308.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 25px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sx_kZo8-kcI/AAAAAAAAEKo/8cYQlS-VJek/s400/update110109308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413296406263665090" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="template"><span class="body">Andrew Rogers/The Daily Sentinel</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sx_kZzsSfWI/AAAAAAAAEKw/JkeseTu5SzA/s1600-h/update110109310.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sx_kZzsSfWI/AAAAAAAAEKw/JkeseTu5SzA/s400/update110109310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413296409146457442" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span class="template"><span class="body">Emergency personnel work the scene of an accident on FM 226 Tuesday morning in which Tracy Lynn Dailey was killed. </span></span><br /><span class="template"><span class="headline">Woman killed after trailer she was towing comes loose</span></span><br /><br /><span class="template"><span class="byline">By <a href="mailto:klansdale@dailysentinel.com">KEITH LANSDALE</a></span><br /><span class="source">The Daily Sentinel</span><br /> <p class="npodate">Tuesday, November 24, 2009</p><p class="npodate"><br /></p><p class="npodate"><span class="template"><span class="body"><p>A woman died after her truck was pushed off the road by the trailer she was towing Tuesday morning, causing the vehicle to collide with a tree, according to a report filed by the Texas Department of Public Safety.</p> <p>Tracy Lynn Dailey, 37, of Bronson, was northbound on FM 226 1.4 miles south of Woden at about 10:15 a.m. when the trailer she was pulling came off the towing ball of the truck and pushed against the bumper, according to DPS Trooper Keith Jones.</p><p><br /></p><p><span class="template"><span class="body"><p>"The horse trailer tongue was locked and the pin was through it, but it was never on the ball," Jones, who investigated the wreck, said. "It was sitting on top of the ball, and safety chains were hooked. The breakaway device was hooked up, but the tongue eventually slipped off the ball, and as she was pulling it down the road, the trailer was pushing her."</p> <p>On the scene, the truck had to be pulled away from a tree about 10 feet off the roadway where it had come to a halt and had lodged against the driver side door. Nacogdoches Fire Department responded to the scene with the Jaws of Life that were used to pry off the door that had become mangled by the impact.</p> <p>Dailey was trapped in the vehicle for almost half an hour while crews worked to free her from the cab of the truck.</p> <p>Dailey was taken to Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead by Dr. Eulogio Ouano Bonsukan at 11:39 a.m., according to the reports.</p> <p>The report stated that her seatbelt was worn at the time of the accident and that Wyman Roberts in San Augustine will be in charge of funeral arrangements.</p> <p>Keith Lansdale's e-mail address</p> <p>is klansdale@dailysentinel.com.</p></span></span></p></span></span></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-1981883835531329339?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-85310538631961478252009-11-17T08:41:00.001-08:002009-11-17T08:42:11.980-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SwLSVbkmKuI/AAAAAAAAEKI/S-miVCXxFtM/s1600/update11010934.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 68px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SwLSVbkmKuI/AAAAAAAAEKI/S-miVCXxFtM/s400/update11010934.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405113768418355938" border="0" /></a><br /><h1>Police Report</h1><span class="byLine" style="line-height: normal;"><br />Published: November 16, 2009 3:00 PM </span><br /><br />Nov. 7 at 3:25 am stopped a truck pulling a utility trailer with no tail lights after he nearly rear-ended it. A driver check showed that the 31 year old Vancouver man had received an order in July to have the tail lights fixed. The trailer was ordered off the road and the driver given a $600 ticket for failing to comply. The truck towing the trailer was found to be uninsured and without proper license plates. The truck was also ordered off of the road and both vehicles were towed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8531053863196147825?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-75367817741962169402009-10-29T12:04:00.001-07:002009-10-29T12:04:49.004-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunnQlb5h3I/AAAAAAAAEJw/oiQY7JqjJg4/s1600-h/update10150959.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunnQlb5h3I/AAAAAAAAEJw/oiQY7JqjJg4/s400/update10150959.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398099900493301618" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 class="marginMidSide">Utility trailer disconnects, fatally striking woman</h1><br /><div class="articledate marginMidSide">October 28, 2009 4:35 PM</div> <div id="v_player"> </div> <div class="byline marginMidSide"> </div> <!-- Video goes here --> <div class="newstext marginMidSide"> <p>KENT COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A 46-year-old woman from Rockford has died after a utility trailer became disconnected from the van towing it.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Kent County Sheriff's Department says that the incident occurred at 10 Mile Road in Courtland Township, when a utility trailer being towed by a white van became disconnected. The trailer became airborne and struck a vehicle driven by a 46-year-old woman from Rockford.</p> <p> </p> <p>Deputies say the tongue of the trailer broke through the windshield, striking both occupants of the vehicle. The driver of the car was pronounced dead on the scene from fatal chest injuries. The front seat passenger of that vehicle suffered minor injuries and was transported to Butterworth Hospital.</p> </div> <input id="realstory" value="Utility trailer disconnects, fatally striking woman" type="hidden"> <table class="Comments_Table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="Comments_TableRowColor" id="CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d"><td class="Comments_UserImage"><a href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=759732ed-d74b-5b64-89c6-ee75796aaf1d&amp;plckUserId=759732ed-d74b-5b64-89c6-ee75796aaf1d" onclick=""><img id="" src="http://sitelife.wwmt.com/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" alt="User Image" class="PluckUserAvatar" /></a> </td> <td class="Comments_TableRight"> <div class="Comments_From"> <a id="" href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=759732ed-d74b-5b64-89c6-ee75796aaf1d&amp;plckUserId=759732ed-d74b-5b64-89c6-ee75796aaf1d" target="_parent">ronmelancon</a> wrote: </div> <div id="CommentBody[1]" class="Comments_CommentText">When you get a moment please say a prayer for the victim. Then go to <a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/" rel="nofollow">www.dangeroustrailers.org</a> and note... that this accident could have happened to each and every reader of this posting.<br /><br />No regulations,, NO training,, no standards,,, for this class of vehicle.<br /><br />Your state has nothing to charge him with... the most he will be charged with is an $80 fine and an unsecured load. That is it.<br /><br />Please note that since 1975 over 15,211 lives have been lost by "passenger cars that tow trailers"<br /><br />It is the lobby and special interest groups that are funded by U Haul and companies like Carry on trailers that have stopped our efforts and the Federal Government from doing anything about this pressing issue.<br /><br />Please note... every time you are behind one of these trailers... get out of the way!</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 10/29/2009 11:57 AM MST <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="Comments_SiteAttribution">on wwmt.com</span> </div> <table class="Comments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Comments_NestedRecommend"> <div id="recommend:CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_Recommend" onclick="return gSiteLife.PostRecommendation('Comment','CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d','recommend:CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d', document.title);">Recommend </a> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_NestedReport"> <div id="rpt_CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d"> <span> <a id="CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d_RptAbuse" href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_ReportAbuse" onclick="ShowReportAbuse(event, document.URL, gSiteLife.__baseUrl + '/AbuseReport/ReportAbuse?plckElementId=rpt_CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d&amp;plckTargetKey=CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d&amp;plckTargetKeyType=Comment'); return false;">Report Abuse</a> </span> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_PermalinkContainer"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:dad31599-cf7d-4dd7-a7e1-a2fcf7634d4d" class="SiteLife_Permalink">Permalink</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr class="Comments_TableAltRowColor" id="CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d"> <td class="Comments_UserImage"> <a name="CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d"></a> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=88e1f3ce-382e-e504-e121-344da2049e36&amp;plckUserId=88e1f3ce-382e-e504-e121-344da2049e36" onclick=""><img id="" src="http://sitelife.wwmt.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/10/1/0a8a67d0-9825-4d13-919b-b9783d5cc638.Small.gif" alt="User Image" class="PluckUserAvatar" /></a> </td> <td class="Comments_TableRight"> <div class="Comments_From"> <a id="" href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=88e1f3ce-382e-e504-e121-344da2049e36&amp;plckUserId=88e1f3ce-382e-e504-e121-344da2049e36" target="_parent">monkeybread</a> wrote: </div> <div id="CommentBody[2]" class="Comments_CommentText">Must be Satan was responsible for the trailer and GOD worked in his mysterious way letting that poor 46 year old woman take the trailer tongue in the chest. It must be a miracle the passenger wasn't killed as well. Praise GOD, hallelujah, ....e-sarcasm.</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 10/29/2009 8:32 AM MST <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="Comments_SiteAttribution">on wwmt.com</span> </div> <table class="Comments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Comments_NestedRecommend"> <div id="recommend:CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_Recommend" onclick="return gSiteLife.PostRecommendation('Comment','CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d','recommend:CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d', document.title);">Recommend </a> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_NestedReport"> <div id="rpt_CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d"> <span> <a id="CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d_RptAbuse" href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_ReportAbuse" onclick="ShowReportAbuse(event, document.URL, gSiteLife.__baseUrl + '/AbuseReport/ReportAbuse?plckElementId=rpt_CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d&amp;plckTargetKey=CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d&amp;plckTargetKeyType=Comment'); return false;">Report Abuse</a> </span> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_PermalinkContainer"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:86458671-bb63-4120-b3bb-ba395dc6559d" class="SiteLife_Permalink">Permalink</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr class="Comments_TableRowColor" id="CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054"> <td class="Comments_UserImage"> <a name="CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054"></a> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=6d923653-32f5-c834-ed9f-0fecaef2fc48&amp;plckUserId=6d923653-32f5-c834-ed9f-0fecaef2fc48" onclick=""><img id="" src="http://sitelife.wwmt.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/9/e3227171-1542-4837-a966-d6fe127e18a0.Small.gif" alt="User Image" class="PluckUserAvatar" /></a> </td> <td class="Comments_TableRight"> <div class="Comments_From"> <a id="" href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=6d923653-32f5-c834-ed9f-0fecaef2fc48&amp;plckUserId=6d923653-32f5-c834-ed9f-0fecaef2fc48" target="_parent">scottephoto</a> wrote: </div> <div id="CommentBody[3]" class="Comments_CommentText">I remember years back when a woman mowing her lawn was struck and killed when a trailer from a tandem-trailer broke loose and hit her.<br />You never know when your time on this planet is over.</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 10/29/2009 7:42 AM MST <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="Comments_SiteAttribution">on wwmt.com</span> </div> <table class="Comments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Comments_NestedRecommend"> <div id="recommend:CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_Recommend" onclick="return gSiteLife.PostRecommendation('Comment','CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054','recommend:CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054', document.title);">Recommend (1) </a> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_NestedReport"> <div id="rpt_CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054"> <span> <a id="CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054_RptAbuse" href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_ReportAbuse" onclick="ShowReportAbuse(event, document.URL, gSiteLife.__baseUrl + '/AbuseReport/ReportAbuse?plckElementId=rpt_CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054&amp;plckTargetKey=CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054&amp;plckTargetKeyType=Comment'); return false;">Report Abuse</a> </span> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_PermalinkContainer"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:90be29d1-5973-4562-9750-591d8b609054" class="SiteLife_Permalink">Permalink</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr class="Comments_TableAltRowColor" id="CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297"> <td class="Comments_UserImage"> <a name="CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297"></a> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=f60788d5-57a1-98d4-f587-9d52d6ec31ff&amp;plckUserId=f60788d5-57a1-98d4-f587-9d52d6ec31ff" onclick=""><img id="" src="http://sitelife.wwmt.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/3/7/43879e72-caa3-444e-872b-f8a4aadfd9d3.Small.jpg" alt="User Image" class="PluckUserAvatar" /></a> </td> <td class="Comments_TableRight"> <div class="Comments_From"> <a id="" href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=f60788d5-57a1-98d4-f587-9d52d6ec31ff&amp;plckUserId=f60788d5-57a1-98d4-f587-9d52d6ec31ff" target="_parent">levlwon</a> wrote: </div> <div id="CommentBody[4]" class="Comments_CommentText">randym: You got very lucky to have yours break when it did. There are laws governing the safety chain strength and in Michigan, the chains and connection to the frame are supposed to be of sufficient strength to continue to hold and pull the trailer even when loaded to the trailer's max load. It's also up to the owner to maintain it. If they see it may be rusting through, the owner must have it inspected.<br /><br />Even if only one of the welds on the trailer in the story were good, I would think the trailer would still be connected to the van. I'll be interested to see if it was connected properly and whether the driver may be charged. So sad every way you look at it.</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 10/29/2009 5:08 AM MST <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="Comments_SiteAttribution">on wwmt.com</span> </div> <table class="Comments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Comments_NestedRecommend"> <div id="recommend:CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_Recommend" onclick="return gSiteLife.PostRecommendation('Comment','CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297','recommend:CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297', document.title);">Recommend (2) </a> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_NestedReport"> <div id="rpt_CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297"> <span> <a id="CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297_RptAbuse" href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_ReportAbuse" onclick="ShowReportAbuse(event, document.URL, gSiteLife.__baseUrl + '/AbuseReport/ReportAbuse?plckElementId=rpt_CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297&amp;plckTargetKey=CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297&amp;plckTargetKeyType=Comment'); return false;">Report Abuse</a> </span> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_PermalinkContainer"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:75e2c60a-a585-4925-890a-8aa6c97cd297" class="SiteLife_Permalink">Permalink</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr class="Comments_TableRowColor" id="CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a"> <td class="Comments_UserImage"> <a name="CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a"></a> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=70e635c9-704f-16d4-458d-a6f56c128a5a&amp;plckUserId=70e635c9-704f-16d4-458d-a6f56c128a5a" onclick=""><img id="" src="http://sitelife.wwmt.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/14/5bcb2c65-018f-48a1-be54-e41a411bc895.Small.gif" alt="User Image" class="PluckUserAvatar" /></a> </td> <td class="Comments_TableRight"> <div class="Comments_From"> <a id="" href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=70e635c9-704f-16d4-458d-a6f56c128a5a&amp;plckUserId=70e635c9-704f-16d4-458d-a6f56c128a5a" target="_parent">randym</a> wrote: </div> <div id="CommentBody[5]" class="Comments_CommentText">If you watch Ch. 8 news they have a better and more in depth story on this....The pin holding the receiver in the hitch must have fallen out because the whole receiver came out... And those of you who talk about the safety chains not being hooked up must have never had a trailer. I won't say all but, some trailer makers don't weld the chains well enough to the trailer frame so they can break off so easy.... I broke the chains off my trailer when I was pulling away from from trailer slow because, I had forgot to discount them before pulling away.... My heart goes out to all involved in the accident including the guy driving the van....</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 10/28/2009 10:46 PM MST <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="Comments_SiteAttribution">on wwmt.com</span> </div> <table class="Comments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Comments_NestedRecommend"> <div id="recommend:CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_Recommend" onclick="return gSiteLife.PostRecommendation('Comment','CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a','recommend:CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a', document.title);">Recommend (3) </a> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_NestedReport"> <div id="rpt_CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a"> <span> <a id="CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a_RptAbuse" href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_ReportAbuse" onclick="ShowReportAbuse(event, document.URL, gSiteLife.__baseUrl + '/AbuseReport/ReportAbuse?plckElementId=rpt_CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a&amp;plckTargetKey=CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a&amp;plckTargetKeyType=Comment'); return false;">Report Abuse</a> </span> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_PermalinkContainer"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:6831ac1e-91bd-4c52-8326-3ee6f7ff190a" class="SiteLife_Permalink">Permalink</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr class="Comments_TableAltRowColor" id="CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f"> <td class="Comments_UserImage"> <a name="CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f"></a> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=cb70f03a-a358-1fc4-11dc-c4d9b302a889&amp;plckUserId=cb70f03a-a358-1fc4-11dc-c4d9b302a889" onclick=""><img id="" src="http://sitelife.wwmt.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/6/5e4fd50c-3e4d-4457-9671-a78d0bf8296f.Small.gif" alt="User Image" class="PluckUserAvatar" /></a> </td> <td class="Comments_TableRight"> <div class="Comments_From"> <a id="" href="http://www.wwmt.com/share/profiles/?slid=cb70f03a-a358-1fc4-11dc-c4d9b302a889&amp;plckUserId=cb70f03a-a358-1fc4-11dc-c4d9b302a889" target="_parent">bobinutah</a> wrote: </div> <div id="CommentBody[6]" class="Comments_CommentText">Somebody didn't do something right here. You are right spartanman. Somebody must not have connected the safety chains. Trailers don't just end up air born.</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 10/28/2009 7:46 PM MST <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="Comments_SiteAttribution">on wwmt.com</span> </div> <table class="Comments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Comments_NestedRecommend"> <div id="recommend:CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f"> <a href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_Recommend" onclick="return gSiteLife.PostRecommendation('Comment','CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f','recommend:CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f', document.title);">Recommend (3) </a> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_NestedReport"> <div id="rpt_CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f"> <span> <a id="CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f_RptAbuse" href="http://www.wwmt.com/articles/newschannel-1368693-county-striking.html#none" class="SiteLife_ReportAbuse" onclick="ShowReportAbuse(event, document.URL, gSiteLife.__baseUrl + '/AbuseReport/ReportAbuse?plckElementId=rpt_CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f&amp;plckTargetKey=CommentKey:6fd07867-5c80-4ac5-a499-133763b6501f&amp;plckTargetKeyType=Comment'); 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Didn't they connect the chains?</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 10/28/2009 2:40 PM MST </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-7536781774196216940?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-51832647478819714472009-10-29T11:43:00.001-07:002009-10-29T11:51:58.135-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunikyULuDI/AAAAAAAAEJI/yCK7Y7D_UWA/s1600-h/update10150953.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 79px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunikyULuDI/AAAAAAAAEJI/yCK7Y7D_UWA/s400/update10150953.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398094749989845042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SuniksDC-tI/AAAAAAAAEJA/ODd89FTKYoI/s1600-h/update10150946.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 137px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SuniksDC-tI/AAAAAAAAEJA/ODd89FTKYoI/s400/update10150946.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398094748307356370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunikbd2kCI/AAAAAAAAEI4/VTAkO3eCvpE/s1600-h/update10150940.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunikbd2kCI/AAAAAAAAEI4/VTAkO3eCvpE/s400/update10150940.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398094743856386082" border="0" /></a><br /><h1>Grattan Township woman victim of crash caused by runaway trailer</h1> <h4> By <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/bmcvicar/index.html">Brian McVicar The Grand Rapids Press</a> </h4> <h5>October 28, 2009, 10:23PM</h5><br />COURTLAND TOWNSHIP -- Toni Hall was an avid traveler and loving mother of two who got her thrills reeling in bass on Cowan Lake. <p>The 46-year-old Grattan Township resident often spent hours floating around the lake in her pontoon boat, cracking jokes with friends and family as she waited for just the right fish to nibble on her line.</p> <p>"If she didn't answer her phone you know she was bringing in the big one," said Wendy Brower, Hall's partner. "She usually went for the big bass."</p> <p>Hall died Wednesday after a trailer being pulled by a van on 10 Mile Road NE unhooked and collided with Hall's 2006 Mercury Mariner SUV.</p> <p>A woman passenger in the SUV, 39-year-old Debra Dianne Carter, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released from Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital.</p> <p>A metal pin holding the trailer in place may have come loose or failed, causing the hitch bar that went in the van's towing mechanism to come free and cause the9:24 a.m. crash near Je-Ne-Be Drive NE, the Kent County Sheriff's Department said..</p> <p>The trailer, hauled behind a full-size van eastbound on 10 Mile Road, was carrying what appeared to be scrap metal. The van's driver, Thomas Edward Dells, 58, of Rockford, was not injured.</p> <p>When the trailer went airborne, it lifted over a car following Dells' van and hit the westbound Mariner's windshield, with the trailer's tongue going through the glass. The hitch bar was still attached to the tongue of the trailer.</p> <p>After the trailer struck Hall's SUV, she lost control and the vehicle, which rolled several times before landing upright in the road's south ditch, Kent County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Dabkowski said.</p> <p>Debris from the trailer were strewn along the road's north side.</p> <p>Dabkowski said a report on the incident would be forwarded to the Kent County Prosecutor's Office to see if t any charges or citations are warranted.</p> <p>Police said they did not find a license plate on the trailer, which appeared to be homemade.</p> <p>Dells could not be reached for comment..</p> <p>Brower described Hall as a fun-loving and spontaneous woman always eager to crack a joke and help her friends out.</p> <p>"At the drop of a hat, she would want to go for a road trip and just get up and go," said Brower, who met Hall at a Grand Rapids Griffins hockey game in November 2007.</p> <p>"She lived life to the fullest."</p> <p>Hall managed five rental properties in Greenville and Belding, Brower said.</p> <p>She had two grown daughters, Stephanie Helder and Tiffany Drye, and five grandchildren.</p> <p>"Every year for their birthday she would take them to Chuck E. Cheese," Helder said.</p> <p>"They would beg to stay over at grandma's house."</p> <p><i>-- Press staff writer John Tunison contributed to this report.</i></p><p><br /></p><div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/runbum03/index.html" title="View runbum03's profile">runbum03</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 10:46PM</div> <div class="text_container"> <p>My condolences to the family and friends.</p> <p>This story, in my opinion, is too heavy on the details (which almost always seem to later change after a full report is in).</p> <p>This sort of thing could happen to anyone of us on any given day.</p> <p>State Police always kept a watchful eye on the scrappers and all of the other configurations on today's roads. We need them back.</p> <p>Again, my condolences.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8341399');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8341399, 'runbum03');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8341779"> <a name="comment-8341779"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/KevinRahe/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="KevinRahe" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/KevinRahe/index.html" title="View Kevin Rahe's profile">Kevin Rahe</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 11:45PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>5 minutes earlier and that could have been my wife and kids that got hit. Still, it's shocking when one of your neighbors gets killed in such a random way - could have been anyone. I'm guessing there was no backup safety attachment of the trailer to the vehicle such as chains/cables, as required by law. If that's true, I'd expect some serious fines and/or charges.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8341779');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8341779, 'Kevin Rahe');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a name="comment-8342679"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/Grama7/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="Grama7" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/Grama7/index.html" title="View Grama7's profile">Grama7</a></div> <div>October 29, 2009, 6:24AM</div> </div> <p>I hope the owner of the van gets socked with penalties galore. If he has been pulling this trailer before, then he should know the laws governing pulling trailers by using backup safety such as chains, etc. Probably thought he could get away with it. Condolences to the family of the victim.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8342679');">Alert us.</a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8342679, 'Grama7');" title="Reply to this comment">ly to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a> <div class="comment" id="comment-8347061"> <a name="comment-8347061"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/JennaVeeVee25/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com//avatars/jeni_me.jpg" alt="JennaVeeVee25" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/JennaVeeVee25/index.html" title="View JennaVeeVee25's profile">JennaVeeVee25</a></div> <div>October 29, 2009, 1:35PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Toni is my very dear friend whom I love very much and will miss...I just met up with her a week ago to shoot pool and have dinner...and she called me this saturday to spend time with her...I wish I would have...Its sad to lose someone and never be able to tell them how much you love them...I love you Toni and I will never forget what you meant to me..I miss your silly laugh...you are in my heart...</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8347061');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8347061, 'JennaVeeVee25');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grattan_township_woman_victim.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8347920"> <a name="comment-8347920"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com//avatars/ron_head_shot.jpg" alt="ronmelancon" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html" title="View ronmelancon's profile">ronmelancon</a></div> <div>October 29, 2009, 2:42PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>When you get a moment please say a prayer for the victim. Then go to www.dangeroustrailers.org and note... that this accident could have happened to each and every reader of this posting.</p> <p>No regulations,, NO training,, no standards,,, for this class of vehicle.</p> <p>Your state has nothing to charge him with... the most he will be charged with is an $80 fine and an unsecured load. That is it.</p> <p>Please note that since 1975 over 15,211 lives have been lost by "passenger cars that tow trailers" </p> <p>It is the lobby and special interest groups that are funded by U Haul and companies like Carry on trailers that have stopped our efforts and the Federal Government from doing anything about this pressing issue.</p> <p>Please note... every time you are behind one of these trailers... get out of the way!</p> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-5183264747881971447?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-84675204132910290432009-10-29T11:26:00.001-07:002009-10-29T11:28:28.571-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunev6Kq7ZI/AAAAAAAAEHw/qtR__ft1J_s/s1600-h/update10150953.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 79px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunev6Kq7ZI/AAAAAAAAEHw/qtR__ft1J_s/s400/update10150953.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398090543029480850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunev6dfDQI/AAAAAAAAEHo/F7DQu5HJFyM/s1600-h/update10150945.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunev6dfDQI/AAAAAAAAEHo/F7DQu5HJFyM/s400/update10150945.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398090543108394242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunevk8LmaI/AAAAAAAAEHg/3B-szh284xk/s1600-h/update10150942.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sunevk8LmaI/AAAAAAAAEHg/3B-szh284xk/s400/update10150942.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398090537331562914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Suneveei4AI/AAAAAAAAEHY/BnGNUVH3Vn8/s1600-h/update10150941.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Suneveei4AI/AAAAAAAAEHY/BnGNUVH3Vn8/s400/update10150941.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398090535596646402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunevbnsKKI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/zKYABXBljh4/s1600-h/update10150940.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunevbnsKKI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/zKYABXBljh4/s400/update10150940.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398090534829697186" border="0" /></a><br /><h4> By <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/bdeiters/index.html">Barton Deiters | The Grand Rapids Press</a> </h4> <h5>October 28, 2009, 12:37PM</h5> <p><b>Update:</b> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html">Hitch pin likely came loose, causing fatal trailer-SUV crash, police said</a></p><p><br /></p><p>COURTLAND TOWNSHIP -- A woman is dead after a homemade trailer hauled behind a van came unhinged on 10 Mile Road NE and flew through the windshield of an oncoming SUV. </p><p>The crash occurred just before 9:30 a.m. as the van was traveling east on 10 Mile Road near Brower Lake Road. Police said the trailer-hauling mechanism fell apart and the makeshift trailer flew over the top of a vehicle following and into the windshield of the westbound Mercury SUV, instantly killing the female driver, believed to be in her 40s, according to Kent County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Dabkowski.</p> <p>A female passenger in the SUV was sent to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital with minor injuries, according to police. The van driver was not injured.</p> <p>Police have not identified those involved and 10 Mile Road remained close for more than three hours after the crash.</p> <p>E-mail Barton Deiters: <a href="mailto:bdeiters@grpress.com">bdeiters@grpress.com</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="left"><h2>Comments</h2> (3 total) <a href="http://blog.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2009/10/woman_killed_after_homemade_tr/3625/atom.xml" title="RSS feed" class="rss">RSS</a></div> <div class="right"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/woman_killed_after_homemade_tr.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a comment</a></div> </div> <div class="page_sorting"> Oldest comments are shown first. <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/woman_killed_after_homemade_tr/3625/comments-newest.html" title="Newest comments first">Show newest comments first</a> </div> <div class="clear"><!-- --></div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8339594"> <a name="comment-8339594"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com//avatars/ron_head_shot.jpg" alt="ronmelancon" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html" title="View ronmelancon's profile">ronmelancon</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 7:04PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Please.,,, Please,,,, this is just horrific..!!! Go to Our organization has been addressing the to dangeroustrailers.org... lack of any standards on these trailers for 7 years. This accident did not have to happen!!!</p> <p>The person who was towing a trailer that is obvious to any person as totally not worthy for the road.</p> <p>The sad thing is the Sheriff department has nothing to charge him with except with a fine of under $100.00 and un secured load.</p> <p>Your state has no inspections... no training on how to tow.... You do not even address "How to Tow" in your DMV manual.</p> <p>In Ohio last month alone... a women was struck at her mail box by a LOOSE TRAILER...</p> <p>A Father lost his life in Ohio by a loose trailer....it did not have a license plate and the driver did not stop...NOBODY KNOWS WHO KILLED HIM...</p> <p>why?? IT IS THE powerful Utility Trailer industry that has stop any efforts to improve this class of vehicle.</p> <p>This life did not have to end this way!!!!!!! "Random Victim Of Negligence"</p> <p>We were just published as a letter to the editor in Texas..</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8339594');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/woman_killed_after_homemade_tr.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8339594, 'ronmelancon');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/woman_killed_after_homemade_tr.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8339601"> <a name="comment-8339601"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com//avatars/ron_head_shot.jpg" alt="ronmelancon" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html" title="View ronmelancon's profile">ronmelancon</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 7:04PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Think about it....</p> <p>Since 1975 15,211 lives have been lost by "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers"</p> <p>Since 1988 over 732,003 things like cars...vans,,and trailers destroyed..</p> <p>Since 1988 over 435,154 people have been injured...</p> <p>and we do nothing?</p> <p>I find this unacceptable....</p> <p>The van's driver is at fault... look at the condition of the trailer...</p> <p>no plate..</p> <p>no safety chains...</p> <p>and he does not care about anybody's life who is behind him.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? 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The van's driver, Thomas Edward Dells, 58, of Rockford, was not injured.</p> <p>Police said the hitch bar that fits into the van's square towing mechanism came free. When the trailer went airborne, it lifted over a car following the van and hit the westbound Mariner's windshield, with the trailer's tongue going through the glass. The hitch bar was still attached to the tongue of the trailer.</p> <p>The Mariner driver then lost control and the vehicle rolled several times before landing upright in the road's south ditch, Kent County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Dabkowski said.</p> <p>Debris from the trailer were strewn along the north side of the road.</p> <p>Dabkowski said a report on the incident would be forwarded to the Kent County Prosecutor's Office to see if the van's driver, who was not injured, should face any charges or citations.</p> Police said they did not find a license plate on the trailer, which appeared to be homemade.<br /><br /><br /><div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/a.a.burton/index.html" title="View a.a.b.'s profile">a.a.b.</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 2:48PM</div> <div class="text_container"> <p>This is a tragic accident. The driver of the van/trailer should definitely be sited. Even if the hitch failed, there are emergency precautions that should ALWAYS be followed. Furthermore, it is a law to have a license on trailers. The driver was negligent and tried to circumvent the law. And now, because of the driver's negligence a woman is dead. It could have been much, MUCH worse. An example should be made.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8336769');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8336769, 'a.a.b.');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8336924"> <a name="comment-8336924"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/pedro441/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="pedro441" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/pedro441/index.html" title="View pedro441's profile">pedro441</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 3:04PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>a.a.b: "It could have been much, MUCH worse"</p> <p>A woman is dead, I'm not sure it gets much worse than that.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8336924');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8336924, 'pedro441');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8337408"> <a name="comment-8337408"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/oneputtkelly/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="oneputtkelly" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/oneputtkelly/index.html" title="View oneputtkelly's profile">oneputtkelly</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 3:50PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Heartbreaking. Simply heartbreaking...<br />My heart goes out to the family of the victim!<br />Yes the driver of the VAN towing the trailer better be prosecuted.<br />There are safety measures that would have prevented this.<br />Safety Chains, re-enforced safety pins, etc....<br />my guess is the VAN driver was speeding over those hills there near that intersection and paid no heed to safety or the lives of others with this "homemade trailer".<br />I hope it is investigated thoroughly, let the facts come out and then throw the book at this VAN driver!<br />Again....to the famliy of the victim.....we are so sorry about your loss.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8337408');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8337408, 'oneputtkelly');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8338197"> <a name="comment-8338197"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com//avatars/ron_head_shot.jpg" alt="ronmelancon" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html" title="View ronmelancon's profile">ronmelancon</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 4:59PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Please.,,, Please,,,, this is just horrific..!!! Go to Our organization has been addressing the to dangeroustrailers.org... lack of any standards on these trailers for 7 years. This accident did not have to happen!!!</p> <p>The person who was towing a trailer that is obvious to any person as totally not worthy for the road.</p> <p>The sad thing is the Sheriff department has nothing to charge him with except with a fine of under $100.00 and un secured load.</p> <p>Your state has no inspections... no training on how to tow.... You do not even address "How to Tow" in your DMV manual.</p> <p>In Ohio last month alone... a women was struck at her mail box by a LOOSE TRAILER... </p> <p>A Father lost his life in Ohio by a loose trailer....it did not have a license plate and the driver did not stop...NOBODY KNOWS WHO KILLED HIM...</p> <p>why?? IT IS THE powerful Utility Trailer industry that has stop any efforts to improve this class of vehicle.</p> <p>This life did not have to end this way!!!!!!! "Random Victim Of Negligence"</p> <p>We were just published as a letter to the editor in Texas..</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8338197');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8338197, 'ronmelancon');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8338524"> <a name="comment-8338524"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/jpatrix/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="jpatrix" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/jpatrix/index.html" title="View jpatrix's profile">jpatrix</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 5:26PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Lesson of the day. "Clamp down on trailer trash"</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8338524');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8338524, 'jpatrix');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8338723"> <a name="comment-8338723"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/MSU2008/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="MSU2008" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/MSU2008/index.html" title="View Thinkaboutit's profile">Thinkaboutit</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 5:42PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>a.a.b.<br /><br />Well I am not sure whether the driver of the van should be sited, but maybe cited? Furthermore, accidents do happen. This is very tragic, but your "sky is falling" attitude is a little much. Some how you draw the conclusion that the driver continually circumvents the law based on the trailer not having a license plate. Seriously, that is quite a jump!? I would also like you to explain how this could have been much worse. I mean hypotheticall I suppose this trailer could have kept rolling taken out a few school busses, ran over a a group of nuns crossing the street, and smushed a gathering of cute bunnies.<br /><br />All being said, I feel terrible for everyone involved in this. The families of the deceased and the driver of the van. Clearly, none of this was intentional and it really is a shame.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8338723');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8338723, 'Thinkaboutit');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8339586"> <a name="comment-8339586"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/%2Bopenminded/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="+openminded" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/%2Bopenminded/index.html" title="View +openminded's profile">+openminded</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 7:03PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Several things need to be addressed in this very unfortunate incident.<br />1. If indeed the trailer was home-made then it needed some type of inspection to certify that it was roadworthy.<br />2. Were there safety chains employed?<br />3. Was the trailer licensed?<br />If no to any of these items the driver of the van should be facing criminal charges.<br />In my experience as custom trailer builder, hitch pins do not just fail unless a pin has been substituted of the incorrect diameter or material employed.<br />Someone's carelessness has caused the death of an innocent driver. At least that appears to be the case which is very saddening.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8339586');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8339586, '+openminded');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8339587"> <a name="comment-8339587"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com//avatars/ron_head_shot.jpg" alt="ronmelancon" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/ronmelancon/index.html" title="View ronmelancon's profile">ronmelancon</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 7:03PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Think about it....</p> <p>Since 1975 15,211 lives have been lost by "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers"</p> <p>Since 1988 over 732,003 things like cars...vans,,and trailers destroyed..</p> <p>Since 1988 over 435,154 people have been injured...</p> <p>and we do nothing?</p> <p>I find this unacceptable....</p> <p>The van's driver is at fault... look at the condition of the trailer...</p> <p>no plate..</p> <p>no safety chains...</p> <p>and he does not care about anybody's life who is behind him.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8339587');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8339587, 'ronmelancon');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment reply" id="comment-8339924"> <a name="comment-8339924"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/craigyjoebob/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="craigyjoebob" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/craigyjoebob/index.html" title="View craigyjoebob's profile">craigyjoebob</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 7:39PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>I am sorry for the loss of life. However your statement that 732003 vehicles were destroyed due too loose trailers, sounds like a great program like Cash For Clunkers, only without costing the government $3,000,000,000.00. </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8339924');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8339924, 'craigyjoebob');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-8341153"> <a name="comment-8341153"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/stopandthinkaboutwhatyouaresaying/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="stopandthinkaboutwhatyouaresaying" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/stopandthinkaboutwhatyouaresaying/index.html" title="View stopandthinkaboutwhatyouaresaying's profile">stopandthinkaboutwhatyouaresaying</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 10:18PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>very tragic for all involved, unless you idiots know the whole story... not just<br />the inaccurate bs on the local tv stations then please keep your stupid judgeMENTAL opinions to yourself. it was an accident! the driver is an incredible individual - selfless - in turmoil over this - would give you the shirt off his back - broken....... </p> <p>you are all so wise and brave offering your ignorant opinions for the world to read as you sit hidden behind your computers in your underwear.... you fools.</p> <p>accidents happen. horrible accidents that leave so many people asking why. i'm asking why in this case. innocence . . . . . . for all involved.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8341153');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(8341153, 'stopandthinkaboutwhatyouaresaying');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/hitch_pin_likely_came_loose_ca.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a name="comment-8341631"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/aliciaann72/index.html"><img src="http://media.mlive.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="aliciaann72" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/aliciaann72/index.html" title="View a.a.b.'s profile">a.a.b.</a></div> <div>October 28, 2009, 11:19PM</div> </div> <p>Toni was a friend of mine. She was the most genuine person I know. For all those who question my "much" worse statement... what if it would have hit both cars? What if it had killed both passengers? Forgive me if I misspelled a word or two. I was in shock.<br />I am not stupid. I have been licensed in driving very big machinery. I understand legalities and I understand "Safety Precautions". It may have been an accident. But, if negligence was indeed the case (and not following proper safety precautions is negligence), something should be done.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('http://connect.mlive.com/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/news_impact&amp;comment_id=8341631');">Alert us.</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8594502462125908572?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-62618249731256654922009-10-29T10:16:00.000-07:002009-10-29T11:20:22.459-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunOKNIUhwI/AAAAAAAAEFo/9VbrhSj-Zek/s1600-h/update10150950.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 95px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SunOKNIUhwI/AAAAAAAAEFo/9VbrhSj-Zek/s400/update10150950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398072303098824450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-6c8dacdca6c848cd" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D6c8dacdca6c848cd%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D8089A3B5104D31F4658267AC43FFDD5DB4E9B6FD.6234F2FF145C3AEF6B4E5920D39B17B8DC6287E6%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D6c8dacdca6c848cd%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DTiwXxCTg4SN5AoBDTEHaG3bRARU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D6c8dacdca6c848cd%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D8089A3B5104D31F4658267AC43FFDD5DB4E9B6FD.6234F2FF145C3AEF6B4E5920D39B17B8DC6287E6%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D6c8dacdca6c848cd%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DTiwXxCTg4SN5AoBDTEHaG3bRARU&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="fontStyle51">Unhooked trailer kills oncoming driver</h1><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="fontStyle52">Crash happened around 9:30 a.m.</h2><p style="text-align: left;" class="fontStyle21">Updated: Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009, 6:24 PM EDT<br />Published : Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009, 11:01 AM EDT</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><ul style="text-align: left;" class="byline fontStyle16"><li>By Ken Kolker</li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">CANNON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) - A trailer came unhooked from a van and flew into the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, killing that driver Wednesday morning.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">The accident happened at 10 Mile Road and Je Ne Be in northern Kent County. The trailer was attached to a van headed east, but came unhooked. It flew over one westbound vehicle but hit the following car's windshield.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">The driver was killed and the passenger suffered minor injuries.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">Deputies told 24 Hour News 8 the homemade trailer was hauling salvage metals.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">At this writing, no tickets have been issued, but police continue their investigation. Police say there are two possibilities: mechanical failure or negligence. If it's mechanical failure, there would be no charges. If negligence is involved, charges could follow.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">Early indications are the steel pin that holds the ball mount to the van's hitch somehow came loose, allowing the trailer to break free.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">"At this point, we can't find the pin," said Sgt. Steve Dabkowski of the Kent County Sheriff's Department. "He wouldn't have been able to pull the trailer if the pin wasn't in, so he had to start off with the pin in there and it somehow, it looks like the pin probably fell off somehow."</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">The owner of Hitches by George, Jim Peterman, told 24 Hour News 8 he's heard of only three hitches like this coming loose in his 40 years in the business, and none of them led to injuries.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">The likely culprit, he said, is the clip that holds the pin in place.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">"The clip has to come off the pin first and then the pin has to work out of the trailer," Peterman said.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">Even without a pin, safety chains should have prevented the accident, Peterman said. They are required by state law. "Safety chains should have kept the trailer behind the vehicle, and not let it go airborne."</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">Investigators are trying to determine if safety chains were used and attached properly.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">24 Hour News 8 will continue to follow this story.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><a class="idc-follow" href="javascript:%20addFriend(606427,%2040975767);"><span>Follow</span></a> <div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-m-main"> <p><a href="http://www.intensedebate.com/people/Daph4444" target="_blank" class="idc-m-username">Daph4444</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40975767);">56p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40975767" id="IDCommentTime40975767" class="IDCommentTime">1 day ago</a></em> </p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" id="IDCommentTop40975767" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40975767" class="idc-c-t-inner"> CANNON TWP., Mich. - Kent County Sheriff's Deputies are on the scene of a fatal accident in northern Kent County.<br /><br />The three-car crash happened at the corner of 10 Mile Road and Brower around 9:30 Wednesday morning.<br /><br />A van pulling a snowmobile-type trailer was heading eastbound on 10 Mile Road when the trailer disconnected while on a hill. The trailer flew over a car and landed on another vehicle heading westbound. The driver of that vehicle was killed and a passenger was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the van was uninjured.<br /><br />10 Mile Road is closed between Je-ne-be and Brower and will be until about noon. </div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" id="IDCommentBottom40975767" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40975767"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40975767)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40975767"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40975767);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40975767);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40975767" class="idc-collapselink_closed">1 reply </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40975767" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 22 hours ago</span></em> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread idc-collapse" id="IDThread40976741"><div id="IDComment40976741" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40976741" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40976741, 590932)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40976741].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40976741);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40976741">+8</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40976741,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40976741,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/FreeBird1" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40976741, 590932)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40976741].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40976741);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/52e45335c8f00c9d4ba30f1f24734f64?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/590932" class="idc-avatar" alt="FreeBird1's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/FreeBird1">FreeBird1</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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My thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased driver. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40979039" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40979039"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40979039)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40979039"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40979039);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper40979039"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40979039);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40979039" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40979039" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 1 day ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40979864"><div id="IDComment40979864" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40979864" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40979864, 557260)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40979864].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40979864);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40979864">+15</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40979864,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40979864,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/harleyjames" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40979864, 557260)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40979864].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40979864);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/154fdf19fc26bfe039ee427811ab4209?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/557260" class="idc-avatar" alt="harleyjames's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/harleyjames">harleyjames</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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My prayers also for the passenger and the Family! </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40979864" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40979864"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40979864)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40979864"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40979864);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper40979864"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40979864);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40979864" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40979864" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 1 day ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread idc-collapse" id="IDThread40981407"><div id="IDComment40981407" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40981407" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40981407, 587574)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40981407].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40981407);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40981407">+4</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40981407,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40981407,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/planner" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40981407, 587574)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40981407].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40981407);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/5f9b4282ac9e990d962278893fc0b9b8?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/587574" class="idc-avatar" alt="planner's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/planner">planner</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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My prayers are with the family of the deceased.<br /><br />Safety chains must be used, this is the trailer drivers fault 100%. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40981407" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40981407"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40981407)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40981407"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40981407);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40981407);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40981407" class="idc-collapselink_closed">9 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40981407" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 21 hours ago</span></em> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40984015"><div id="IDComment40984015" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40984015" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40984015, 559074)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40984015].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40984015);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40984015">+2</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40984015,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40984015,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/blackflagged" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40984015, 559074)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40984015].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40984015);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/2d6b783229347198e7f5d11d166b2421?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/559074" class="idc-avatar" alt="blackflagged's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/blackflagged">blackflagged</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40988117);">36p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40988117" id="IDCommentTime40988117" class="IDCommentTime">1 day ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop40988117" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40988117" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Every time I end up behind a trailer of ANY kind, I wonder if it's going to come loose. Needless to say, I try not to stay behind one for long.<br />Prayers to the family of the victim. How sad. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40988117" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40988117"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40988117)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40988117"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40988117);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40988117);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40988117" class="idc-collapselink_closed">2 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40988117" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 20 hours ago</span></em> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40991608"><div id="IDComment40991608" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40991608" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40991608, 518737)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40991608].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40991608);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40991608">+1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40991608,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40991608,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/shamelesshussy" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40991608, 518737)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40991608].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40991608);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/ead2706968930a078698ddc2de25e467?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/518737" class="idc-avatar" alt="shamelesshussy's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/shamelesshussy">shamelesshussy</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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I feel for the driver's family, getting that visit, that phone call...hugs to everyone. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40991608" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40991608"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40991608)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40991608"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40991608);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper40991608"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40991608);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40991608" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40991608" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 23 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40994111"><div id="IDComment40994111" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40994111" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40994111, 554591)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40994111].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40994111);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40994111">+3</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40994111,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40994111,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/holland_steve" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40994111, 554591)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40994111].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40994111);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/ac619f6bd88441e43acfd9ae08cd3235?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/554591" class="idc-avatar" alt="holland_steve's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/holland_steve">holland_steve</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40994111);">23p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40994111" id="IDCommentTime40994111" class="IDCommentTime">23 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop40994111" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40994111" class="idc-c-t-inner"> the pictures of the trailer tell a lot. the state of michigan lets you wander into the dmv with a list of things you used to MAKE the trailer, then they actually give you a title and a plate for it without EVER inspecting it. as tragic and horrible as this incident is, im actually suprised it doesnt hapen more often. i see trailers on the road that i wouldnt feel safe pulling around my lawn! </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40994111" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40994111"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40994111)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40994111"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40994111);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper40994111"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40994111);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40994111" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40994111" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 23 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40994960"><div id="IDComment40994960" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40994960" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40994960, 679257)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40994960].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40994960);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40994960">+2</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40994960,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40994960,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/CandidResponse" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40994960, 679257)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40994960].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40994960);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/c485b4560798914b8a19dc6f6caadb8e?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/679257" class="idc-avatar" alt="CandidResponse's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/CandidResponse">CandidResponse</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40994960);">35p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40994960" id="IDCommentTime40994960" class="IDCommentTime">22 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop40994960" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40994960" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Who thinks the van driver isn't going to get charged? Of coarse the van driver is negligent. What's too bad is that this could have been prevented with a little dash of common sense from the van driver. Incorrect ball size, the lack of safety chains, and the lack of a locking hitch are all possible contributers to this. I wonder if WOOD will let us know if this driver had insurance. If the van driver did have some insurance, there may be some financial relief for the family of this victim. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40994960" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40994960"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40994960)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40994960"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40994960);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper40994960"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40994960);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40994960" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40994960" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 22 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40996081"><div id="IDComment40996081" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40996081" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40996081, 654587)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40996081].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40996081);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40996081">+3</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40996081,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40996081,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/llobo" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40996081, 654587)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40996081].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40996081);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/a065eb6e32c9b2f22d1d9ab9a349c0d7?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/654587" class="idc-avatar" alt="llobo's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/llobo">llobo</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40996081);">52p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40996081" id="IDCommentTime40996081" class="IDCommentTime">22 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop40996081" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40996081" class="idc-c-t-inner"> with proper chains, very unlikely, and the police would know that on scene. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40996081" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40996081"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40996081)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40996081"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40996081);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper40996081"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40996081);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40996081" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40996081" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 22 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40998089"><div id="IDComment40998089" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40998089" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40998089, 556950)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40998089].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40998089);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40998089">+2</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40998089,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40998089,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/Woodtvsux" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40998089, 556950)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40998089].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40998089);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/28f3d9d39d3e026c262f905a0d6853ef?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/556950" class="idc-avatar" alt="Woodtvsux's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/Woodtvsux">Woodtvsux</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40998313);">58p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40998313" id="IDCommentTime40998313" class="IDCommentTime">22 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop40998313" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40998313" class="idc-c-t-inner"> This is so horrible. The person towing the trailor probably feels terrible whether they are at fault ot not and the loss of life is just tragic. My condolences to the family. To those who were posting about "being there or not being there", this does not seem like the appropriate place for silly, mindless bantering and before you tell me to lighten up keep in mind the seriousness of this situation. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40998313" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40998313"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40998313)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40998313"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40998313);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40998313);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40998313" class="idc-collapselink_closed">1 reply </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40998313" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 22 hours ago</span></em> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40999159"><div id="IDComment40999159" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40999159" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40999159, 606107)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40999159].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40999159);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40999159">+3</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40999159,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40999159,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/grama7" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40999159, 606107)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40999159].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40999159);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/bd52edbe1de7c9be05574e900709d406?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/606107" class="idc-avatar" alt="grama7's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/grama7">grama7</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40999159);">54p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40999159" id="IDCommentTime40999159" class="IDCommentTime">22 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop40999159" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40999159" class="idc-c-t-inner"> It is disturbing that people who hook up trailers without chains think that the ball and hitch will stay put. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. The owner of the trailer is definitely responsible for the damage and killing. I do hope there was insurance but that isn't going to remove the stupidity of this driver. A person is dead because of irresponsibility, period! </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom40999159" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight40999159"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(40999159)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink40999159"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(40999159);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper40999159"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(40999159);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink40999159" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime40999159" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 22 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread40999561"><div id="IDComment40999561" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu40999561" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40999561, 644951)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40999561].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40999561);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore40999561">-2</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40999561,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(40999561,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/Albeit" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(40999561, 644951)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[40999561].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(40999561);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/d77e67a5687364c6bf630d23df1877e5?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/644951" class="idc-avatar" alt="Albeit's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/Albeit">Albeit</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(40999561);">-1p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment40999561" id="IDCommentTime40999561" class="IDCommentTime">21 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop40999561" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText40999561" class="idc-c-t-inner"> "It flew over one westbound vehicle but hit the following car's windshield"<br />It flew? and flew over a vehicle? On 10 mile. Must have been going pretty fast to do that unless it was made out of tin foil. Most trailers in tow I see are passing me,and I'm a fast driver. They travel too fast. So do I.<br /><br />If you want to see crazy trailer people with crazy trailers,go to Flowerland on Alpine during the start of the wood chip season. "Being There"... 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The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41001623);">1p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41001623" id="IDCommentTime41001623" class="IDCommentTime">21 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41001623" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41001623" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Everybody is right about safety chains. I had a 2200 LB - 19 foot boat I was towing come loose at the hitch. Crossed safety chains, no harm, no foul.<br /><br />My prayers to the family. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41001623" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41001623"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41001623)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41001623"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41001623);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41001623"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41001623);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41001623" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41001623" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 21 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41009559"><div id="IDComment41009559" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41009559" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41009559, 681537)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41009559].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41009559);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41009559">+3</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41009559,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41009559,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/querida" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41009559, 681537)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41009559].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41009559);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/478dda8cd32155c4aee4e8f3b1bdde9f?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/681537" class="idc-avatar" alt="querida's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/querida">querida</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level-1" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41009559);">-43p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41009559" id="IDCommentTime41009559" class="IDCommentTime">20 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41009559" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41009559" class="idc-c-t-inner"> The driver that was killed was my maid of honor in my wedding 2 years ago. We have been estranged for a while and my heart just breaks for her children, grandchildren and her parents. Having been in a near fatal car wreck 5 years ago, my heart just aches for the family. I just wish I could go back and change things with Toni. My prayers and sympathies are abundant. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41009559" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41009559"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41009559)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41009559"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41009559);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41009559"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41009559);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41009559" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41009559" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 20 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41010798"><div id="IDComment41010798" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41010798" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41010798, 563549)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41010798].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41010798);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41010798">+1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41010798,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41010798,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/aduh" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41010798, 563549)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41010798].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41010798);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/f32ae31bf5bc5fe00c27c4e49172baaa?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/563549" class="idc-avatar" alt="aduh's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/aduh">aduh</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. 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Send it to the county prosecutor and hopefully harsh charges will follow. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41010798" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41010798"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41010798)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41010798"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41010798);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41010798"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41010798);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41010798" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41010798" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 20 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread idc-collapse" id="IDThread41016127"><div id="IDComment41016127" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41016127" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41016127, 546073)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41016127].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41016127);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41016127">+6</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41016127,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41016127,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/Ben69" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41016127, 546073)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41016127].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41016127);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/022b60c7be2649880b0fd7f461444174?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/546073" class="idc-avatar" alt="Ben69's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/Ben69">Ben69</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41016127);">51p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41016127" id="IDCommentTime41016127" class="IDCommentTime">19 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41016127" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41016127" class="idc-c-t-inner"> From someone who's towed a trailer before, never follow no matter how secure it looks! It doesn't matter how well you've prepared, every once in awhile something is going to get loose. Sadly the way you learn is by making mistakes, fortunately I've never killed anyone, but then I've never used a trailer without chains (if that is the case). I have lost a tail gate and other odds and ends. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41016127" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41016127"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41016127)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41016127"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41016127);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41016127);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41016127" class="idc-collapselink_closed">2 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41016127" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 9 hours ago</span></em> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41020377"><div id="IDComment41020377" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41020377" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41020377, 698357)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41020377].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41020377);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41020377">+5</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41020377,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41020377,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/dlsrockford" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41020377, 698357)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41020377].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41020377);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/0b9a727890ddbf25cbac4549df7e4414?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/698357" class="idc-avatar" alt="dlsrockford's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/dlsrockford">dlsrockford</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41020377);">1p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41020377" id="IDCommentTime41020377" class="IDCommentTime">18 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41020377" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41020377" class="idc-c-t-inner"> My prayers go out to the family of the deceased and the driver and family of the trailer! It says the driver of the van was uninjured physically, but I am sure this person emotionally is at ends! It does not matter whether it was this persons fault or not, you do not get over taking someones life! Even IF it was this person fault, I am sure this person did not set out to do wrong! </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41020377" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41020377"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41020377)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41020377"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41020377);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41020377"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41020377);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41020377" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41020377" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 18 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41020760"><div id="IDComment41020760" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41020760" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41020760, 617911)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41020760].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41020760);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41020760">+3</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41020760,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41020760,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/2_bits" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41020760, 617911)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41020760].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41020760);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/06c4c061f78142d814a141e134b360c0?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/617911" class="idc-avatar" alt="2_bits's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/2_bits">2_bits</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41020760);">25p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41020760" id="IDCommentTime41020760" class="IDCommentTime">18 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41020760" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41020760" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Its a unfortunate issue , however a Homemade trailer my dad even made one years ago, and had all the legal plates, lights and saftey chains, and the right trailer ball was on there. and he made absolutely sure of everything, the tires were regular car tires 14 inch I think, and the axel assembly was a car or truck . had 2 inch wooden box and a very heavy made frame. used it to haul things including scrap iron and it was made to carry a boat when you removed the 1 inch thick bolt , the box had to be lifted off the frame and took 2 people to lift it. today I do not know whatever happened to it. My dad bought the roof carriers to reduce bridge costs going over the Mackinaw Bridge &amp; Soo Bridge ( they charge by the axel BTW ) . Also If there is enough evidence thats the PA's job not the public. A attorney I knew stated like a chair 4 legs to stand on if there is enough evidence , otherwise it will not stand. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41020760" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41020760"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41020760)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41020760"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41020760);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41020760"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41020760);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41020760" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41020760" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 18 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41026575"><div id="IDComment41026575" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41026575" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41026575, 694126)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41026575].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41026575);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41026575">0</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41026575,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41026575,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/muskrat12" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41026575, 694126)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41026575].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41026575);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/c090fc0a59d4c37d3a39589cfa60bcbc?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/694126" class="idc-avatar" alt="muskrat12's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/muskrat12">muskrat12</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41026575);">3p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41026575" id="IDCommentTime41026575" class="IDCommentTime">17 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41026575" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41026575" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Freak accident. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41026575" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41026575"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41026575)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41026575"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41026575);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41026575"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41026575);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41026575" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41026575" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 17 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-thread idc-collapse" id="IDThread41027116"><div id="IDComment41027116" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41027116" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41027116, 693137)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41027116].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41027116);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41027116">-1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41027116,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41027116,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/ottawacounty" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41027116, 693137)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41027116].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41027116);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/4799735ea63bf3dd2bbba160ae80b4db?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/693137" class="idc-avatar" alt="ottawacounty's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/ottawacounty">ottawacounty</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. 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The person towing the trailer should get a lot of time in prison to think about safety chains. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41027116" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41027116"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41027116)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41027116"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41027116);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41027116);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41027116" class="idc-collapselink_closed">1 reply </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41027116" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 15 hours ago</span></em> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41067923" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41067923, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41067923].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41067923);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v idc-disabled idc-disabled"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41067923">-1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41067923,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41067923,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41067923, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41067923].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41067923);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/c78dff3d9d49b7926485d1e64a3af799?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/462175" class="idc-avatar" alt="RonMelancon's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon">RonMelancon</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41067923);">20p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41067923" id="IDCommentTime41067923" class="IDCommentTime">8 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" id="IDCommentTop41067923" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41067923" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Please... I do have NATIONAL NUMBERS FOR YOU...!! Please go to <a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/" target="_blank">www.dangeroustrailers.org</a> First of all...we do NOT HAVE A STANDARD FOR THESE HITCHES...!!!! Anybody can build one... Second...NO training is required before you can tow!!!!! Safety Chains do not always work... you know why!! NO STANDARD.... you can use a bicycle chain... Look at the condition of the trailer.... is it really roadworthy?<br /><br />This life was lost because of NO STANDARDS... Safety chains most often break anyhow....<br /><br />This life was lost due to a complete breakdown of law enforcement, breakdown of our Federal and State Government to improve this class of vehicle.<br /><br />It is companies like U Haul,,, and Carry On trailers that has spent and out spent my organization at <a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/" target="_blank">www.dangeroustrailers.org</a> over $8.00 of Reflector Tape in Virginia... the only STATE to require it on these Black trailers that do not always have working lights.<br /><br />Our organization has been trying to address this ongoing concern for almost seven years. I urge The Viewers of this Television Station to go to dangeroustrailers.org<br />and the next time they’re out and about, to take notice of the countless number of trailers being hauled daily on our roadways.<br /><br />If they look closely, they’ll see many are improperly attached to the tow vehicle, don’t have working lights, safety chains and are unacceptably maintained.<br /><br />They should then ask themselves: “Why am I riding behind or next to this person trying to kill or injure my family and me?” </div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41067923"><span id="IDCommentPostReplyLinkDelete41067923"><a href="javascript:%20deleteComment(41067923,%201);">Delete</a></span> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41067923)">Report</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41067923"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41067923);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41067923);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41067923" class="idc-collapselink_closed">1 reply </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41067923" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 7 hours ago<br /><br /><br /></span></em> <span class="idc-follow-disabled"><span>This is you!</span></span> <div class="idc-m-main"> <p><a href="http://www.intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" target="_blank" class="idc-m-username">RonMelancon</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41070110);">20p</span></span><span class="idc-clear"></span></p> <p class="idc-about">“President and Founder www.dangeroustrailers.org”</p> <a href="http://www.intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" target="_blank" class="idc-m-idprofile">View IntenseDebate profile</a> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> <div class="idc-v idc-disabled"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41070110">+1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41070110,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41070110,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41070110, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41070110].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41070110);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/c78dff3d9d49b7926485d1e64a3af799?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/462175" class="idc-avatar" alt="RonMelancon's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon">RonMelancon</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41070110);">20p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41070110" id="IDCommentTime41070110" class="IDCommentTime">8 hours ago</a></em> </p> <div id="IDCommentTop41070110" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41070110" class="idc-c-t-inner"> You want numbers... since 1975 over 15,211 lives have been lost due to "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers"<br /><br />Since 1988 over 735,256 things have been damaged.......like cars, trucks and homes<br /><br />Since 1988 over 425,452 people injured....and our leaders do nothing.<br /><br />Please see this Crash Team Report from the Virginia State Crash Team... and Our Governor Tim Kaine does nothing.... I have given his office this report and video's just like the one on this page and nothing..<br /><a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/WRVA_Interview.h..." target="_blank">http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/WRVA_Interview.h...</a><br /><br />USA Today was going to do a story on this last week... but we believe they got a phone call from the Government not to run the story.<br /><br />Why....??? Who is behind the total lack of any standard for these types of vehicles? </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41070110" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41070110"><span id="IDCommentPostReplyLinkEdit41070110"><a href="javascript:%20IDeditComment(41070110);">Edit</a></span><span id="IDCommentPostReplyLinkDelete41070110"><a href="javascript:%20deleteComment(41070110,%201);">Delete</a></span> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41070110)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41070110"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41070110);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41070110"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41070110);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41070110" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41070110" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 8 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> <div class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41070121"><div id="IDComment41070121" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41070121" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41070121, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41070121].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41070121);',250)"><div style="display: block;" id="IDMenuDiv41070121"> <div class="idc-m-avatar"> <a href="http://www.intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" target="_blank"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/c78dff3d9d49b7926485d1e64a3af799?s=86&amp;d=http://intensedebate.com/userimages/462175" alt="" class="idc-m-avatarimg" /></a> <span class="idc-follow-disabled"><span>This is you!</span></span> </div> <div class="idc-m-main"> <p><a href="http://www.intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" target="_blank" class="idc-m-username">RonMelancon</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. 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The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41070121);">20p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41070121" id="IDCommentTime41070121" class="IDCommentTime">8 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41070121" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41070121" class="idc-c-t-inner"> When you are behind these trailers... get out of the way..<br /><br />Look at these E Mails I have received..<br /><br />Hi Ron-Wanted to write to you and say thanks for your care and concern over the recent death of my son. I am having a very hard time right now as you can imagine. He was my youngest and I miss him so much. I cry every day . I am crying now as I write this to you. I cannot put into words the anger I feel now over this terrible tragedy. I hope you and your organization can change the laws so this never has to happen to another family. Thank you for taking time for me.<br /><br />NO SAFETY CHAINS WERE USED<br /><br />Even the PA for Nicholas Cage was killed in Hawaii last month ... His name was Michael Davidson..<br />Go here ... Hawaii has no SAFETY CHAINS Laws... 8 States do not have this requirement...<br /><br />362 lives in Michigan have been lost since 1975....by "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers" and a sad fact we can add one more...<br /><br />363 lives have been lost!! What is the state of Michigan going to do now?<br /><br />And here is what a Virginia State Trooper E Mailed me about Caitlyn Johnson who lost her life last month in Virginia... Her Daughter 8 months survived....<br /><br />It is the same all over the United States...<br /><a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/Page_4BKB.html" target="_blank">http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/Page_4BKB.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/Why_Did_Michael_..." target="_blank">http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/Why_Did_Michael_...</a><br />Ron,<br /><br />I'm just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your passion involving these trailers. On a weekly basis I issue summons to operators of these types of vehicles to include dead inspections, no state inspections, no break away brake cable, no safety chains and other related violations. I make an effort to check every 2 axle trailer I pass during my routine patrol duties when I have free time. Some of us do take these matters very seriously. I have even spoken to the assistant manager at my local Home Depot reference them complying with state law and inspecting their rental trailers. I've noticed that some of them now have inspections and I will be checking them again soon, this time while on duty for a bigger impact. On a daily basis I look at the vehicle belonging to the young woman that was killed with her 8 month old child in the vehicle by an unsecured, poorly loaded 2 axle trailer. The vehicle is in the impound lot at our division headquarters. This keeps me motivated to enforce these laws, thanks for all your efforts. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41070121" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41070121"><span id="IDCommentPostReplyLinkEdit41070121"><a href="javascript:%20IDeditComment(41070121);">Edit</a></span><span id="IDCommentPostReplyLinkDelete41070121"><a href="javascript:%20deleteComment(41070121,%201);">Delete</a></span> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41070121)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41070121"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41070121);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41070121"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41070121);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41070121" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41070121" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 8 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41081057"><div id="IDComment41081057" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41081057" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41081057, 650276)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41081057].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41081057);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41081057">+1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41081057,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41081057,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/GRPete" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41081057, 650276)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41081057].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41081057);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/4181cbc578e915efe9655f4dd0380f2b?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/650276" class="idc-avatar" alt="GRPete's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/GRPete">GRPete</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level1" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41081057);">42p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41081057" id="IDCommentTime41081057" class="IDCommentTime">5 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41081057" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41081057" class="idc-c-t-inner"> This is a tragedy but might just be an accident. There are obviously chains on the trailer. I have never liked the way the chains just hook on most hitches, I alwasy wondered why they did not have a more secure latch type arrangement. Some of these homemade trailers are more s****y than ones you can buy. Furthermore it does not look like that had anything to do with this, it was the hitch that failed, not the trailer. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41081057" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41081057"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41081057)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41081057"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41081057);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41081057"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41081057);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41081057" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41081057" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 5 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41090033"><div id="IDComment41090033" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41090033" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41090033, 698836)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41090033].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41090033);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v idc-disabled"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41090033">0</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41090033,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41090033,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/GRwanab" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41090033, 698836)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41090033].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41090033);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/b00bd35ca03cf17dc914b16c857e7ff6?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/698836" class="idc-avatar" alt="GRwanab's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/GRwanab">GRwanab</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41090033);">1p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41090033" id="IDCommentTime41090033" class="IDCommentTime">2 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41090033" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41090033" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Ron, what a stupid cause to get behind.<br /><br />"Since 1975 15,211 lives have been lost by "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers." That stat doesn't even state that a trailer had anything to do with the accident. Furthermore, what is that 450 deaths a year?! DEAR GOD, why do we even allow trailers on the road!! Let alone cars!!<br /><br />Deer cause around 150 deaths from fatal accidents a year. I think it is time to take a stand! Let's eliminate all deer. Now I am going to make a webpage and copy and paste comments on every article relating to deer accross the United States. No need to thank me people, even though the life I could be saving is yours... </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41090033" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41090033"> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41090033)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41090033"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41090033);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <span style="display: none;" id="IDCommentCollapseLinkWrapper41090033"><a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41090033);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41090033" class="idc-collapselink">0 replies </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41090033" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 2 hours ago</span></em></span> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="idc-thread idc-collapse" id="IDThread41092967"><div id="IDComment41092967" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41092967" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41092967, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41092967].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41092967);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v idc-disabled"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41092967">+1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41092967,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41092967,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41092967, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41092967].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41092967);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/c78dff3d9d49b7926485d1e64a3af799?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/462175" class="idc-avatar" alt="RonMelancon's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon">RonMelancon</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41092967);">20p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41092967" id="IDCommentTime41092967" class="IDCommentTime">2 hours ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41092967" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41092967" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Dear Gwarnab<br /><br />Jury Awards Woman $8.6 Million Dollars Against The Manufacturer Of An Allegedly Defective Towing Coupler Manufactured By Dutton-Lainson Company of Hastings, Nebraska<br /><br />A Missouri woman who sustained serious head injuries when a towing coupler came apart from a large homemade house trailer that crashed head on into her car successfully won $8.6 million dollars against the manufacturer of the towing coupler. The jury determined that the Dutton-Lainson Company of Hastings, Nebraska knew about the defect in the coupler but did not correct it or issue a warning about it. The victim sustained serious head injuries when the coupler came apart on Illinois Route 143 in April 1997. The significant $8.6 million dollar damage verdict was broken down as $5 million dollars in punitive damages against Dutton-Lainson, $3.6 million dollars in natural damages against the companies and firm whose employees were towing the trailer. Dutton-Lainson’s attorney stated that the company will make all attempts to reverse the verdict.<br /><br />The defective trailer lawyers at the Philadelphia defective trailer accident law firm of Reiff and Bily have long warned that in many states, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, very minimal regulation exists with regard to trailers and their coupling devices. Many state laws, including Pennsylvania, are silent as to design or construction specifications for towed vehicles or for towing chains or hitches. All too often there are many safety violations and product defects that ultimately lead to catastrophic injuries and fatalities. There is no Federal law, national agency, or Pennsylvania law that requires reporting or regulation of defective trailer coupler accidents.<br /><br />In the Dutton-Lainson case, information revealed that the manufacturer of the towing coupler was aware of at least 8 other accidents since 1978 where the coupler came apart, and further, an engineer recommended a study of the problem yet the company did nothing about it. </div> </div> <div id="IDCommentBottom41092967" class="idc-c-b"> <div class="idc-right" id="IDCommentLinksRight41092967"><span id="IDCommentPostReplyLinkDelete41092967"><a href="javascript:%20deleteComment(41092967,%201);">Delete</a></span> <a href="javascript:%20showReportBox(41092967)">Report</a> </div> <div class="" id="IDCommentPostReplyLink41092967"><a class="idc-btn_s idc-disablestyles" href="javascript:%20showReply(41092967);"><span></span><span class="idc-r">Reply</span></a></div> <a href="javascript:%20collapseThread(41092967);" id="IDCommentCollapseLink41092967" class="idc-collapselink_closed">1 reply </a> <em class="idc-thread_active">· <span id="IDCommentThreadTime41092967" class="IDCommentThreadTimeRead">active 1 hour ago</span></em> <span class="idc-clear"></span> </div> </div></div> <div class="idc-thread" id="IDThread41096641"><div id="IDComment41096641" class="idc-c"><div class="idc-c-h"> <div class="idc-c-h-inner"> <div style="display: none;" class="idc-m" id="IDUserMenu41096641" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41096641, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41096641].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41096641);',250)"> <div class="idc-m-avatar idc-m-avatar-loading"> <img alt="Loading..." src="http://s.intensedebate.com/themes/universal/images/idc-m-loading.gif" class="idc-m-loadingimg" /> </div> </div> <div class="idc-v idc-disabled"> <span class="idc-v-total" id="IDCommentVoteScore41096641">+1</span> <a class="idc-v-up" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41096641,%201)"><span>Vote up</span></a> <a class="idc-v-down" href="javascript:%20voteComment(41096641,%200)"><span>Vote down</span></a> </div> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon" class="idc-a" onmouseover="showUserMenu(41096641, 462175)" onmouseout="commentObj.comments[41096641].menuTimeout = setTimeout('hideUserMenu(41096641);',250)"><img src="http://gravatar.com/avatar/c78dff3d9d49b7926485d1e64a3af799?s=26&amp;d=http://s.intensedebate.com/smallimages/462175" class="idc-avatar" alt="RonMelancon's avatar - Go to profile" /></a> <p class="idc-i"> <a href="http://intensedebate.com/people/RonMelancon">RonMelancon</a> <span class="idc-rep idc-level0" title="User's reputation score. The better commenter, the greater number."><span></span><span class="idc-r" onclick="showReputationWhy(41096641);">20p</span></span> <em class="idc-time"> · <a title="Comment Permalink" href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/fatal_crash_northern_kent_county_102809#IDComment41096641" id="IDCommentTime41096641" class="IDCommentTime">1 hour ago</a></em> </p> </div></div> <div id="IDCommentTop41096641" class="idc-c-t"> <div id="IDComment-CommentText41096641" class="idc-c-t-inner"> Please read this quote... true some lawyers are bad... but some are good.... some lawyers really do great work... otherwise we would be driving around with exploding cars....no child safety seats,,,, bumpers that do not work.... the Firestone 500 tire..... doctors that cut the wrong leg off.... doctors that remove the wrong item... and Airline Pilots that for some reason fly over 100 miles off course...... in the case at hand.. look at the trailer... is it in good working order...<br /><br />Keep Lawyers out! They are worthless costing American's Millions. Oh! I spilled HOT coffee and got burned I was clumsy but someone else needs to pay. It is a fricken accident. Has anyone investigated the woman. Was she on the phon? Driving too close to the car in front of her if the trailer was still in the air after going over it then hit her? Was she talking to the passenger and not paying attention? Not driving defensively? Maybe she was negligent? It is stupid that there can not be just an accident! I feel bad for the family of the woman and I hope they do not take legal action due to that I don't think that the man was hoping for the trialer to come loose and kill someone. 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She was released after treatment from Enloe Medical Center. </p><p>Nickas said she had just finished playing golf at Tuscan Ridge and was headed back to Chico. </p><p>As she passed Honey Run Road, Nickas said she suddenly saw a trailer bounding through the median and coming straight at her, fast. </p><p>"My first thought was, I'm dead," Nickas said. </p><p>The tongue end of the trailer slammed into the front of Nickas' Nissan Altima, bringing it to an almost instant stop.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span id="CCT_Article"><p>A woman driving behind Nickas, Liz Reichow of Paradise, said the accident looked like something out of a movie, with the trailer appearing out of nowhere. </p><p>Nickas recalled seeing sand from the trailer pouring over her car. </p><p>She said her air bag deployed, and believes most of the superficial injuries to her arms and chest were caused by that. </p><p>The driver of the truck who lost the trailer turned around and drove back to the crash scene. The man, not immediately identified by police, said he had no idea how the trailer had come loose. </p><p>Police said a safety chain between the vehicle and the trailer may have broken. </p><p>"At the hospital, police told me they couldn't even find the hitch to the trailer," Nickas said.</p></span></p></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-4534565592886509023?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-24206301569619219152009-10-15T10:44:00.000-07:002009-10-15T10:45:52.328-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StdfxecXjrI/AAAAAAAAEEA/wA-nWo1wgYs/s1600-h/update092709240.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 44px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StdfxecXjrI/AAAAAAAAEEA/wA-nWo1wgYs/s400/update092709240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392884382389735090" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 style="text-align: left;" class="lead">Memorial for top PA</h1><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="box_400_article_date"> Published at 13:12, Thursday, 08 October 2009<br /> </p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;" class="box_400_article_standfirst">By Jo DaviesA MEMORIAL service to celebrate the life of a Barrow man killed in a freak car accident in Hawaii will be held this month.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">Michael Davison packed more into his 49 years than most, travelling the world as a PA to Hollywood stars Warren Beatty and Nicolas Cage.</p><p style="text-align: left;">He was enjoying a well-earned break after filming The Sorcerer’s Apprentice when the tragedy happened.</p><p style="text-align: left;">A runaway trailer carrying canoes struck his car in Kona, Hawaii, on September 6.</p><p style="text-align: left;">His family in Barrow have since received tributes from friends and associates from across the globe.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The Hollywood Reporter described Mr Davison as “one of the most experienced and respected personal assistants in the entertainment industry”.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The memorial service will be held at the Chetwynde Hotel, in Abbey Road, Barrow, from midday on October 17.</p><p style="text-align: left;">It will be an informal gathering of friends and family, offering their memories and stories of Mr Davison. There will also be food and refreshments. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Mr Davison is survived by his parents Kath and Terry Davison, his brother and sister-in-law Steve and Lynne Davison and sister Heather.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Published by <a href="http://www.nwemail.co.uk/">http://www.nwemail.co.uk</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-2420630156961921915?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-36864419153919741572009-10-13T09:13:00.001-07:002009-10-13T09:21:57.279-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSnRGjiFVI/AAAAAAAAEDg/tgM0UH246q0/s1600-h/update092709194.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 90px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSnRGjiFVI/AAAAAAAAEDg/tgM0UH246q0/s400/update092709194.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392118566128588114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSnQ8tJerI/AAAAAAAAEDY/a9LbS2HCa4g/s1600-h/update092709186.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSnQ8tJerI/AAAAAAAAEDY/a9LbS2HCa4g/s400/update092709186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392118563484564146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="378" height="313" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-1071a7f0f875ee28" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1071a7f0f875ee28%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DFFF3282474EBD26CA7902F6D2CB7DD4324305C1.5F2490A2068EF80FF6AA8420514534B5E49238F7%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1071a7f0f875ee28%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DkulwvZUioP_4Dzd2C5HyQutwAZA&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="378" height="313" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D1071a7f0f875ee28%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DFFF3282474EBD26CA7902F6D2CB7DD4324305C1.5F2490A2068EF80FF6AA8420514534B5E49238F7%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D1071a7f0f875ee28%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DkulwvZUioP_4Dzd2C5HyQutwAZA&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />A Pequea man was flown by helicopter to Lancaster General Hospital after a two-vehicle collision at about 11 a.m. Saturday at Blue Rock and River roads, Manor Township.<br /><br />Harry I. Martin Jr., 48, was driving a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup loaded with firewood and Barry R. Reynolds, 45, Lancaster, was driving a 2000 Ford Excursion towing a utility trailer when the two collided, police said.<br /><br />Martin remains in critical condition. Reynolds was uninjured.<br /><br />The cause of the crash is under investigation.<br /><br />Glen Hostetter said he heard a sound like a gunshot and ran out of his nearby home to find Martin trapped.<br /><br />Among the responders were firefighters from Highville, Susquehanna and Columbia One, as well as LEMSA, STAT MedEvac and Conestoga EMS.</div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/18/243300" target="_blank"><img src="http://newsite.lancasteronline.com/images/content/mediaicons/camcordericon.gif" alt="" width="18" border="0" height="10" /> </a> <strong><a href="http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/18/243300" target="_blank">Man flown to hospital after River Road wreck</a><br /></strong><br />•Four people were taken to area hospitals after an accident at 11:23 p.m. Friday in Rapho Township.<br /><br />State police said Evan M. Heiser, 17, Manheim, was northbound on Mastersonville Road when he drove through a stop sign at Shumaker Road and struck a westbound vehicle driven by 18-year-old Manheim resident Morgan R. Sherick, police said; her car then spun and hit a stop sign.<br /><br />Sherick suffered a moderate injury and was transported to Lancaster General Hospital, police said.<br /><br />Heiser was uninjured, according to police, but three occupants of his vehicle were taken to Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center.<br /><br />•Gina Miller, East Earl, was waiting to turn left into Garden Spot High School around 6 p.m. Friday when her vehicle was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by Shawn Redcay, New Holland, police in New Holland said.<br /><br />Miller's car was towed, and she was transported to Lancaster General Hospital for neck and shoulder pain, police said; Redcay was to be cited for careless driving.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>ROBBED AT GUNPOINT:</strong> A couple were talking on the front steps of a home in the first block of South Ann Street just after 1 a.m. Friday when they were robbed at gunpoint, police said. The victims told police that a man and woman approached them with a revolver-type handgun and demanded a purse and cash.<br /><br />The suspect with the gun is described as a black man in his 20s, 6 feet tall, with a medium build and slim nose who appeared to be right-handed. He was wearing a black short-sleeved T-shirt and jeans.<br /><br />The other suspect is described as a black woman in her 20s, 5-foot-6 and heavyset. She was wearing a gray or white hooded sweatshirt with red stripes around the upper arm, jeans and a red baseball cap.<br /><br />They got away with $36 cash and a brown satchel purse containing ID, credit cards, a black iPhone in a protective case, and a digital camera, police said.<br /><strong><br />DUI:</strong> James David Shirk, 50, of the 400 block of Rife Run Road, was stopped for suspicion of DUI as he was riding his motorcycle at 1:35 a.m. Saturday in the 2300 block of Willow Street Pike, West Lampeter Township police said. DUI charges are pending.<br /><br />•Scott W. Matchett, 52, Reading, was stopped shortly before midnight Friday as he was driving on Route 30 at Londonvale Road, Paradise Township, and arrested for DUI, state police at Lancaster said.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS:</strong> Michael Leaman, 30, of Mountville, was cited for careless driving and public drunkenness after an accident about 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of Hempfield Hill Road, West Hempfield Township police said.<br /><br />Leaman was paying attention to his radio rather than his driving when his vehicle left the road, entered a ditch and rolled onto its roof, police said. He was not hurt.<br /><br />•Lewis Henry Woods III, New Holland, and Travis Lee Diem, East Earl, were found hiding behind a bush to the rear of the Comfort Inn, 624 W. Main St., Earl Township, shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, New Holland police said; they were to be charged with trespassing and public drunkenness.<br /><br />•Jose A. Soto, 60, Lancaster, was charged with public drunkenness in the 500 block of Union Street at 2:49 a.m. Saturday, police said.<br /><br />•Alynea M. Volland, 22, Lancaster, was arrested for public drunkenness and outstanding warrants in the 400 block of North Queen Street at 2:24 a.m. Saturday, police said.<br /><br />•Emiliano Padilla-Melendez, 52, who is homeless, was arrested for public drunkenness in the 200 block of South Water Street at 1:31 a.m. Saturday, police said.<br /><br />•Louis K. Kinistino, 45, Lancaster, was arrested for public drunkenness after police found him intoxicated in the 500 block of West Lemon Street at 11:12 p.m. Friday, police said.<br /><br />•Jeffrey M. Kirsch, 38, Lancaster, was arrested for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and harassment after causing a disturbance by yelling profanities in the 400 block of High Street just after 11 p.m. Friday, police said.<br /><br />•Leon C. Cannon, 46, Lancaster, was arrested for public drunkenness in the first block of East Orange Street just before 11 p.m. Friday, police said.<br /><strong><br />DRINKING CHARGES:</strong> Enrique Ramon-Gonzales, 51, and Jose Perez-Torrez, 33, both of Lancaster, were charged with possession of an open container when police found them in the 100 block of Reiker Avenue with opened beer bottles at 10:40 p.m. Friday, police said.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>BURGLARY:</strong> The glass front door of a home in the 500 block of New Holland Avenue was shattered sometime before 9:15 a.m. Saturday, police said. About $150 in cash and two cartons of cigarettes were taken, police said.<br /><strong><br />RETAIL THEFT:</strong> Luis Ortiz-Ruiz, 32, Lancaster, was charged with retail theft after he tried to take 20 cans of baby formula worth $234 from Walmart, 2034 Lincoln Highway East, without paying for them at 7:15 p.m. Friday, East Lampeter Township police said.<br /><br />•Cierra Crisante, 22, and John Labar, 22, both of East Lampeter Township, were charged with retail theft at 5:30 p.m. Friday after they tried to take merchandise worth $94 from Walmart, 2034 Lincoln Highway East, East Lampeter Township police said.<br /><br />•Regina M. James, 18, Ephrata, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested for retail theft at Park City Center at 5:33 p.m. Friday, police said.<br /><strong><br />VANDALISM:</strong> Someone damaged a mailbox in the 3100 block of North Colebrook Road, Rapho Township, overnight Friday, state police at Ephrata said.<br /><br />•A window in the 300 block of Pearl Street was shattered by a rock just after 3 p.m. Friday, police said.<br /><br />•The front windshield and roof of a vehicle parked in the 1000 block of Maple Avenue were damaged with a brick at about 11 a.m. Friday, police said.<br /><strong><br />WARRANTS:</strong> Mark A. Smith, 27, Lancaster, was arrested in the 600 block of Columbia Avenue at 1:46 a.m. Saturday, for eight failure-to-pay warrants and one failure-to-respond warrant, police said.</p> <script language="javascript"> tag_array = new Array('robbery','burglary','driving under the influence (DUI)','vandalism','two-vehicle accident','retail theft','gunpoint','robbery','burglary','driving under the influence (DUI)','vandalism','two-vehicle accident','retail theft','gunpoint'); var urlPrefix = 'http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/15'; //no trailing slash tag_linking = !getCookie('no_tag_linking'); //get the cookie 'no_tag_linking' //temporarily turn off linking... //if(tag_linking) autolinkV2(tag_array,urlPrefix); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var linkArray=new Array() linkArray['Articles']='http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/15/1/'; linkArray['Photos']='http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/15/2/'; linkArray['Video']='http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/15/3/';linkArray['Map']='http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/15/4/'; function makemenu(linkArray,ID){ menuArray = new Array(); i = 0; for(k in linkArray){ menuArray[i] = '<a href="'+linkArray[k]+ID+'">'+k+'</a>'; i++; } return menuArray; } var menuwidth='165px' //default menu width var menubgcolor='#f2f2f2' //menu bgcolor var disappeardelay=250 //menu disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds) var hidemenu_onclick="yes" //hide menu when user clicks within menu? </script> <script language="javascript" src="http://images.lancasteronline.com/javascript/context_menu.js"></script><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-3686441915391974157?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-5889479917132788592009-10-13T08:45:00.001-07:002009-10-13T08:46:27.033-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSgx9zPAoI/AAAAAAAAEC4/f8PZqM9oBD8/s1600-h/update092709190.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 60px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSgx9zPAoI/AAAAAAAAEC4/f8PZqM9oBD8/s400/update092709190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392111434132816514" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Story_Headline">Pennsylvania State Police </span><span class="text nextedition"></span></span></p> All information contained in the following police reports is taken directly from official state police releases, unless otherwise noted<br /><br /><br /><p> <strong><em>Two people injured</em></strong> </p> <p> FARMINGTON TWP. – Tpr. James Lesko of the state police barracks at Tionesta report two people were injured in a 3:45 p.m. Oct. 8 two-vehicle crash along State Route 66 in Farmington Township. </p> <p> Ralph C. Hedrick, 80, Clarion, operating a 1992 Ford F-150 truck and towing a trailer, pulled to the berm when a tire blew out on the trailer. After checking the tire, Hedrick began to drive along the berm. </p> <p> Cynthia A. Fisher, 49, Tionesta, operating a 2004 Ford Explorer, attempted to pass the Hedrick vehicle when Hedrick turned left and struck the Explorer. </p> <p> Fisher suffered unspecified injuries. A passenger in her vehicle, Edward H. Neiman, no age provided, Tionesta, suffered minor injuries. Hedrick was not injured. All were wearing seat belts. </p> <p> Hedrick was cited for a traffic law violation. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-588947991713278859?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-40451942279342062862009-10-13T08:32:00.001-07:002009-10-13T08:33:59.368-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSdtpsDhmI/AAAAAAAAECQ/QmAYQcnC3Ic/s1600-h/update092709188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 69px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSdtpsDhmI/AAAAAAAAECQ/QmAYQcnC3Ic/s400/update092709188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392108061479634530" border="0" /></a><br /><h1>Trailer Hits Highway 4 Bridge</h1> <div class="date"> <p>October 11, 2009</p> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSdtV6u3aI/AAAAAAAAECI/Q4P5L-lvP7E/s1600-h/update092709181.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSdtV6u3aI/AAAAAAAAECI/Q4P5L-lvP7E/s400/update092709181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392108056172486050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSds0UYnDI/AAAAAAAAECA/yGEUT_dmE5Q/s1600-h/update092709180.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSds0UYnDI/AAAAAAAAECA/yGEUT_dmE5Q/s400/update092709180.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392108047153273906" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Highway 4 at Canoe Creek was closed for a short time Sunday afternoon after a driver lost control of a utility trailer hauling a pickup truck, and the trailer struck the bridge.</p> <p>The accident happened about 12:45 between Bratt and Byrneville. Authorities say the driver of a Mercury Mountaineer that was pulling the trailer lost control on the steep hill approaching the bridge. That’s when the trailer spun around, hitting the bridge and the back of the Mountaineer.</p> <p>The trailer was removed from the bridge a short time after the accident by an individual with a tractor.</p> <p>There were no injuries in the crash. The accident is still under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded.</p> <p><strong>Pictured above: A individual uses a tractor to remove and a truck and trailer that struck a Highway 4 bridge Sunday afternoon. Pictured below: The Mercury Mountaineer that was pulling the trailer before the driver lost control. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge. </strong></p><br /><h4>Comments</h4> <!-- You can start editing here. --> <p id="comments"><b>7 Responses to “Trailer Hits Highway 4 Bridge”</b></p> <ol class="commentlist"><li class="alt" id="comment-23254"> sylvia Godwin on October 12th, 2009 9:13 pm <div class="commenttext"> <p>my brother in law was killed by a trailer coming loose from a truck and hitting him head on. When I see anything being pulled it makes me so nerveous. I am glad no one was passing by at that time, or they could have been hurt really bad or worse yet killed. I hope they do a good investigation of the situation</p> </div> </li><li class="" id="comment-23250"> happy on October 12th, 2009 8:38 pm <div class="commenttext"> <p>i am just glad nobody was hurt.</p> </div> </li><li class="alt" id="comment-23246"> Observer on October 12th, 2009 7:53 pm <div class="commenttext"> <p>Appears to be about a 5,000 lb. truck and 800 lb. trailer. Probably no brakes on trailer or no brake controller on Mountaineer. Mountaineer not legally rated to pull such a load. Also appears to be a 2,000 lb. hitch on the Mercury. It was an accident waiting to happen. Good thing no one was seriously hurt. Ticket(s) probably will be part of the investigation.</p> </div> </li><li class="" id="comment-23228"> S.L.B on October 12th, 2009 12:37 pm <div class="commenttext"> <p>I’m thankful our teenage daughter wasn’t on her way to Century to go to work at that time. </p> <p>My husband said he saw this outfit drive by our home and the man’s SUV was doing all it could do to pull the load. This man should have known better and I hope that he recieves a citation and fine, This couldve turned out much worse when the trailer jackknifed, could’ve hit another oncoming vehichle.</p> </div> </li><li class="alt" id="comment-23220"> <a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/" rel="external nofollow">Ron Melancon</a> on <em>Your comment is awaiting moderation.</em> October 12th, 2009 10:28 am <div class="commenttext"> <p>Please,,, please,,, go to <a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/" rel="nofollow">www.dangeroustrailers.org</a></p> <p>Please note that anybody can drive one… Your State is one of the worst with respects to the loss of life….</p> <p>You just had a major accident in your part of the world.. and last month a Tampa mother lost her life due to a loose trailer.</p> <p>Why do we continue to allow this to happen?</p> </div> </li><li class="" id="comment-23198"> Century girl on October 12th, 2009 12:26 am <div class="commenttext"> <p>That bridge is sooo narrow. Many times crossing that bridge<br />if meeting a car, truck, 18 wheeler<br />they will generally be on your side<br />of the road. </p> <p>It sure should be straightened and widened before there’s a bad wreck on it.</p> </div> </li><li class="alt" id="comment-23187"> CONCERNED PARENT 32535 on October 11th, 2009 8:21 pm <div class="commenttext"> <p>IT JUST MAKES ME VERY NEARVOUS ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS HAULING STUFF ON HWY 4 ! GUESS YOU GOTTA TRAVEL THE BEST WAY YOU CAN, GLAD NOBODY WAS HURT !</p> </div> </li><li class="" id="comment-23173"> Oversight on October 11th, 2009 3:00 pm <div class="commenttext"> <p>Fortunately, nobody was injured in this crash. From the photos it appears that the trailer was loaded with a full size pick-up which would exceed a 3,000 lb load. Did the trailer have required brakes for this load? Steep hills coupled with heavy loads are true accidents waiting to happen.</p> </div> </li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-4045194227934206286?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-90494166854791097492009-10-13T07:59:00.001-07:002009-10-13T08:00:23.154-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSV-Kk3LUI/AAAAAAAAEBg/sEWIOrxe100/s1600-h/update092709184.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 76px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/StSV-Kk3LUI/AAAAAAAAEBg/sEWIOrxe100/s400/update092709184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392099549092719938" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 class="story_headline">Thursday’s delays highlight strained transportation network</h1><br /><span class="crumbtrail"></span><br /><div class="article_info"> By <a href="mailto:ukiser@staffordcountysun.com">Uriah A. Kiser</a> <br /> <span class="article_info_stamps">Published: October 9, 2009</span> </div> <div class="article_comments"> <a href="http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/News/local/traffic/article/thursdays_delays_highlight_strained_transportation_network/44893/#comments">» 0 Comments</a> <span class="divider">|</span> <a href="http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/News/local/traffic/article/thursdays_delays_highlight_strained_transportation_network/44893/#comment_form">Post a Comment</a> </div> <span class="article_font"> <p style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;">An overturned utility trailer and its spilled cargo on Interstate 95 near Dumfries on Thursday afternoon caused traffic delays that lasted well into the evening.</span></p> <p>The crash happened at 1 p.m. at mile post 151, before the start of the evening rush hour. One person was taken to a hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman said. </p> <p>But the eight or more miles of traffic delays the crash caused were serious enough to slow thousands of commuters.</p> <p>While heavy traffic is not uncommon here, transportation authorities said that Thursday was an unusually difficult day for the region’s strained transportation network.</p> <p>The delays grew to be so bad that some OmniRide commuter buses could not return to Washington to pick up additional commuters after their initial afternoon bus runs. That forced the transit agency to come up with a backup plan.</p> <p>“Staff members met to decide which trips would be missed if absolutely necessary. Trips that run most frequently were selected to minimize disruption,” stated Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation spokeswoman Christine Rodrigo in an e-mail.</p> <p>Several crashes along Dale Boulevard in Dale City also slowed local bus service and added to the delays that plagued OmniRide all afternoon, said Rodrigo.</p> <p>The delays cleared sometime after 9 p.m., but many were left wondering how a car crash that happened hours earlier could affect so many commuters so late into the evening.</p> <p>When a car on a highway slows down, stops or crashes, the subsequent interruption produces a ripple or shockwave effect that procedes from the point of the delay, slowing commuters for miles, said Philip Caruso, an engineer at the Institute for Transportation Engineers in Washington.</p> <p>During crashes, emergency crews often close lanes to get cars around the crash and provide crews with enough space to help victims. This practice puts the squeeze on motorists and the highway itself, said Caruso.</p> <p>“Picture a thin balloon with water flowing through it. Then if you all of a sudden squeeze it, the water builds up at a certain end of a balloon, forcing the water to show up somewhere else,” said Caruso. “It’s the same with traffic, as all the cars are herded into the only lane that’s open.”</p> <p>Localities can help minimize traffic delays if they have a set response team designed to move crashes from travel lanes, he added.</p> <p>The overall problem: Not enough transit options, said Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance President Bob Chase.</p> <p>“You’ve got to create more alternatives to the 95 corridor, and one of the things that we pointed we need to build some kind of an eastern bypass that gets a lot of the traffic out of the 95 corridor that doesn’t want to be there,” said Chase.</p> <p>The alliance, along with both chambers of commerce in Manassas and Prince William County, signed a declaration urging state lawmakers to pass new fees and taxes that would help alleviate transit congestion.</p> <p>“The Northern Virginia region will add another million people over the next 30 years while the nation will add another 100 million people by the middle of this century. Most of them will live on the east coast and will move up and down through our region, and our existing transportation network is not capable of handling them,” said Chase.</p> <p><i>Staff writer Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.</i></p> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-9049416685479109749?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-20015774745341547262009-10-09T12:16:00.000-07:002009-10-09T12:19:05.741-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-Mnfe6XdI/AAAAAAAAEAo/UdnYL0COznM/s1600-h/update09270999.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 67px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-Mnfe6XdI/AAAAAAAAEAo/UdnYL0COznM/s400/update09270999.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390681889079713234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div class="section-label">News</div> <div class="article-headline"> <div class="article-kicker">West Salem</div> <h1 style="padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px;">Detached trailer causes delays on Center bridge</h1> </div><br />A wood-chipper trailer that came loose from its truck blocked traffic onto the Center Street Bridge for less than 30 minutes Thursday.<br /><br />Salem Police were called at 3:20 p.m. to the Wallace Road NW onramp to the bridge. The mishap blocked the right lane of the ramp.<span class="aa"></span><p><span class="pp"></span>The trailer became unhitched from a Greer Bros. truck, Salem police said. Another truck stopped with a jack so that the trailer could be re-attached and they were on their way, police said.<span class="aa"></span></p><span class="pp"></span><i>— Stacey Barchenger</i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-2001577474534154726?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-31853733687704814922009-10-09T11:52:00.001-07:002009-10-09T11:53:09.155-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-GiR8PDII/AAAAAAAAD_4/mJKjN1U1xqo/s1600-h/update09270993.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 115px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-GiR8PDII/AAAAAAAAD_4/mJKjN1U1xqo/s400/update09270993.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390675202475494530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-GiLSK6eI/AAAAAAAAD_w/nZgmceeAGg4/s1600-h/update09270994.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-GiLSK6eI/AAAAAAAAD_w/nZgmceeAGg4/s400/update09270994.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390675200688450018" border="0" /></a><br /><div id="article-headlines-content" class="clearing"> <h1>Boy seriously injured after loose trailer smashes into car</h1> <p>The 10-year-old boy and the 65-year-old driver of the car were airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following the crash.</p><p><br /></p><p>A ten-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a car was apparently struck by a detached trailer.</p> <p>The boy and the 65-year-old driver of the car were airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following the crash around a mile north of Turriff.</p> <p>The incident involving a Kia Sedona people carrier and a tractor towing the trailer happened at around 8.50am on Tuesday on the A947 Turriff to Banff road.</p> <p>Roads policing Inspector Mike McDonald said: "The trailer appears to have become detached from the tractor and collided with the Kia.</p> <p>"Our enquiries are continuing and local diversions are in place while a full accident investigation takes place."</p> <p>The two other passengers in the Kia - 50-year-old woman and another child - were treated on the scene but their injuries are not thought to be serious. The tractor driver was uninjured.</p> <p>The Kia was driving south on the A947, while the tractor was travelling north.<br /></p> <p>Last updated: 06 October 2009, 15:41</p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-3185373368770481492?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-16916626858368915482009-10-09T11:36:00.001-07:002009-10-09T11:57:39.399-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-C61IYCwI/AAAAAAAAD_Y/xLSz-XV30rU/s1600-h/update09270987.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 77px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-C61IYCwI/AAAAAAAAD_Y/xLSz-XV30rU/s400/update09270987.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390671226192005890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-C6jTfouI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/ZYipJZSh6t8/s1600-h/update09270990.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 130px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Ss-C6jTfouI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/ZYipJZSh6t8/s400/update09270990.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390671221406802658" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="article-headline"><h1>Twinsburg police seek witnesses in fatal hit-skip accident</h1></div> <a href="mailto:kwendel@wkyc.com?subject=viewer%20question%20about%20an%20article&amp;body=Link:http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=122943&amp;catid=3">Kim Wendel</a> <img src="http://www.wkyc.com/graphics/bullet1.gif" align="absmiddle" /> Updated: 10/6/2009 5:02:57 PM Posted: 10/6/2009 4:59:26 PM<br /><br /><div id="article_text"> <p>TWINSBURG -- The Twinsburg police department is seeking the public's assistance to help solve a fatal hit-skip traffic accident that occurred at 10:26 p.m. Sept. 15 on Interstate 480, just east of state Route 91.</p> <p>A vehicle, possibly a pick-up truck, pulling a trailer, was traveling east on I-480 when the trailer came loose from the vehicle and struck a car before crossing the median, ending up in the westbound lanes.</p> <p>A 2004 Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by Michael K. Hull, 48, of Ravenna, struck the trailer.</p> <p>Hull was ejected off the motorcycle and landed in the westbound lanes, where he was struck by two other vehicles.</p> <p>The vehicle pulling the trailer continued eastbound on I-480 without stopping. The trailer was stolen from a Twinsburg business several hours earlier.</p> <p>Hull was flown by Medevac to Akron City Hospital with life-threatening injuries where he died Sept. 30.</p> <p>The Twinsburg Police Department is requesting anyone who witnessed the accident or has information to please contact the Twinsburg PD at (330) 425-1234.</p> © 2009 WKYC-TV<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-170a3238ad97bf8c" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D170a3238ad97bf8c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D299DBED0FC369D26C51309AE52D194E3EB8BCC0C.51361EB4395DDB2E9B0C028434A25A2BA2A67E2B%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D170a3238ad97bf8c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DaO-8_Wp26ZdebAbnYEduGXaDUig&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D170a3238ad97bf8c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D299DBED0FC369D26C51309AE52D194E3EB8BCC0C.51361EB4395DDB2E9B0C028434A25A2BA2A67E2B%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D170a3238ad97bf8c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DaO-8_Wp26ZdebAbnYEduGXaDUig&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br /><h2> Michael K. Hull SHALERSVILLE TWP. </h2> <!-- SHARETHIS --> <a href="http://www.recordpub.com/news/email_story_form/4680567" onclick="pageTracker._trackEvent('Article','Email','MichaelKHullSHALERSVILLETWP')" style=""><img alt="Share_email" src="http://www.recordpub.com/images/share_email.gif?1254929601" title="E-mail to a Friend" /></a> - <a href="http://www.recordpub.com/news/printer_friendly/4680567" onclick="pageTracker._trackEvent('Article','Print','MichaelKHullSHALERSVILLETWP')" style=""><img alt="Share_print" src="http://www.recordpub.com/images/share_print.gif?1254929601" title="Printer Friendly" /></a> - <a href="http://www.recordpub.com/news/no_byline_article/4680567#comment"> Comments</a> - <script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=ae725188-8a8d-4fb3-8a64-764c56aefdba&amp;type=website&amp;send_services=myspace%2Caim%2Csms"></script><span id="sharethis_0"><a st_page="home" href="javascript:void(0)" title="ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc." class="stbutton stico_default"><span st_page="home" class="stbuttontext">ShareThis</span></a></span><span id="sharethis_0"><a st_page="home" href="javascript:void(0)" title="ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc." class="stbutton stico_default"><span st_page="home" class="stbuttontext">ShareThis</span></a></span> <div class="dateline">October 2, 2009</div> <div class="mcopy"> </div> <div style="margin: 5px;"> <p>WP. Michael K. Hull, 48 years of age, a lifetime resident of the Shalersville-Ravenna areas, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at Akron City Hospital. Michael was born on October 3, 1960 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania the son of John W. and Joyce (King) Hull. Michael attended Crestwood Schools, following which he joined the <span style="font-weight: bold;">U.S. Marines. After serving his country, he was employed for 30 years as a machinist at Swagelok in Solon,</span> Ohio. Michael was a motorcycle enthusiast who loved riding his Harley. Michael is survived by his son, Andrew Hull, daughter, Amanda Hull and parents, John and Joyce Hull all of Shalersville, his brother, Chuck Hull of Brimfield, sister, Renee Anderson of Southern Pines, North Carolina, grandfather, Charles Hull of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania and granddaughter, Haley. Funeral services will be Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the Green Family Funeral Home &amp; Crematory Service in Mantua at 3:00 P.M. with Pastor Nick Bardo officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M at the funeral home. Cremation will follow. A gathering for friends and family will follow the services at the Mantua Knights of Columbus Hall on St. Rt. 44 in Mantua. His obituary and personal video tribute may be viewed online at <a href="http://www.greenfamilyfuneralhome.com/">www.greenfamilyfuneralhome.com</a>. (Green Family Funeral Home (330) 274-3145, RC 10-02, 3-09)</p> </div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-1691662685836891548?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-3477749204304539202009-10-07T11:44:00.001-07:002009-10-07T11:45:28.180-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sszhw4MAOrI/AAAAAAAAD-Q/7X1kqMqHdIg/s1600-h/update09270982.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 42px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sszhw4MAOrI/AAAAAAAAD-Q/7X1kqMqHdIg/s400/update09270982.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389931083888343730" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span class="headline-detail">Britt man killed in automobile accident on Highway 18</span></p> <p class="more">Story created Oct 06, 2009 - 14:53:57 CDT. </p> <p><span class="byline-detail"></span></p> <table width="" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="photo-right"><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td class="photo-right" width=""><br /><span class="cutline"> </span> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <p class="story-detail">A Britt man was killed Saturday when his vehicle was struck by a trailer that came loose from a pickup and crossed the center line in western Hancock County.<br /><br />Daniel Stites, 36, was driving east on Highway 18 at 3:45 p.m. when his SUV was struck head-on by a small single-axle trailer, which had become unhooked from a westbound pickup driven by Christopher Ludwig, 20, Corwith, according to a report from the Iowa State Patrol.<br /><br />The trailer did not have safety chains.<br /><br />The occupants of the pickup were uninjured.<br /><br />The accident remains under investigation.<br /></p><p class="story-detail"><br /></p><p class="story-detail">The Iowa State Patrol was assisted by the Hancock and Kossuth County Sheriff's Department.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-347774920430453920?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-71715480906925003892009-10-02T11:13:00.001-07:002009-10-02T11:14:16.933-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsZC6bGDhXI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/gO0VqTpdg7g/s1600-h/update09270954.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 52px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsZC6bGDhXI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/gO0VqTpdg7g/s400/update09270954.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388067575668376946" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 class="articleHeadline">St. Paris woman still in critical condition after accident</h1><br /><span class="credit"><br />By Matt Sanctis, Staff Writer </span> <span class="publishdate"> Updated 11:51 AM Tuesday, September 29, 2009 </span> <p style="font-size: 15px;">Jackson TWP. — A Jackson Twp. woman is still listed in critical condition after a runaway trailer struck her as she stood by her mailbox late last week.</p><p style="font-size: 15px;">Paula S. Lowry, 46, was listed in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital on Tuesday, Sept. 29, according to hospital officials.</p><p style="font-size: 15px;">According to information from the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Lowry was standing by her mailbox on Wolcott Road near St. Paris when a flat bed trailer ran over her.</p>Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0355 or msanctis@coxohio.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-7171548090692500389?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-33399621751376069852009-10-02T10:27:00.001-07:002009-10-02T10:28:27.854-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsY4NANt83I/AAAAAAAAD9A/6qDHHHz0zS4/s1600-h/update09270951.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 102px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsY4NANt83I/AAAAAAAAD9A/6qDHHHz0zS4/s400/update09270951.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388055800242369394" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=17904:fatal-calgrove-clarita-2009-09-30-14-33&amp;catid=26:local-news&amp;Itemid=97" class="contentpagetitle">UPDATED: Fatal Accident On NB I-5 Near Calgrove</a><br /><br /><br /><table class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span class="small">Written by Carol Rock </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="createdate" valign="top"> Thursday, October 01 2009 </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />A 13-year old Oregon boy lost his life Wednesday when the van his grandfather was driving crashed into a box truck parked on the right shoulder of the road.<br /><br />Shortly after 2 p.m., Phil L. Kelly, 68, of Myrtle Point, Oregon, was driving a 2005 GMC U-Haul truck, towing a loaded vehicle trailer, northbound on the I-5. In the cab with him was his grandson, Kristopher R. Kelly, 13.<p>California Highway Patrol Officer John Lutz said that witnesses estimate the U-Haul truck was traveling at approximately 65 to 70 MPH when it drifted on to the right shoulder, hitting the box truck and spinning it 180 degrees before coming to rest against the guard rail.</p> <p>The elder Kelly was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Kristopher Kelly, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.</p> <p>The box truck and another vehicle had been involved in an earlier property damage collision and the drivers of those vehicles were exchanging information immediately prior to the fatal crash.</p> <p>Traffic on the northbound I-5 was slowed for several hours as crews worked to clean up cargo from the trucks and attend to the victims.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-3339962175137606985?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-55733532067161412262009-10-02T10:12:00.001-07:002009-10-02T10:13:26.308-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsY0qywSh2I/AAAAAAAAD8g/uhTYYISZEBk/s1600-h/update09270952.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 57px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsY0qywSh2I/AAAAAAAAD8g/uhTYYISZEBk/s400/update09270952.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388051913978840930" border="0" /></a><br /><h2>Man dies 15 days after motorcycle accident in Twinsburg </h2><br /><br /><div class="dateline">about 18 hours ago</div> <div class="mcopy"> </div> <p>by Emily Canning-Dean<br />Reporter<br />Twinsburg — Twinsburg police, along with the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office, are investigating the death of a Ravenna man after an accident in Twinsburg last month.<br />Michael Hull, 48, died Sept. 30 apparently due to injuries from a motorcycle incident on Interstate 480 in Twinsburg Sept. 15.</p><p><br />Twinsburg Police Lt. Michael Nakata said Hull was thrown from his motorcycle while traveling westbound on I-480 at about 10:26 p.m. after striking a homemade trailer that had separated from the vehicle that was towing it. </p><p><br />Hull was flown to Akron City Hospital and died from multiple injuries at 3:08 p.m. Sept. 30.<br />Nakata said the vehicle hauling the trailer kept traveling westbound and has not been identified or found. The trailer has been towed.</p><p><br />“It is unknown if the driver realized what happened,” he said.<br />Gary Guenther, investigator supervisor for the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office, said a ruling has not yet been made on Hull’s death. </p><br />“We will have to obtain medical records from the hospital as well as police reports,” Guenther said. “The time it takes to make a ruling will depend on how quickly we can obtain those.”<br />Nakata said anyone with information that could assist police with this investigation should call 330-425-1234.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-5573353206716141226?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-49275564244092704282009-10-02T09:50:00.000-07:002009-10-02T09:54:24.959-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsYv09UQOOI/AAAAAAAAD8A/UvBQ6C1Dv3c/s1600-h/update09270938.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 90px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsYv09UQOOI/AAAAAAAAD8A/UvBQ6C1Dv3c/s400/update09270938.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388046591054592226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-8f1628089166d27d" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8f1628089166d27d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2847F8A3D63DD336B8587FCA4CF0EC7E2F810A80.5814E8320483BC7B19F90221E752A2AD63B4F683%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8f1628089166d27d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1xGUqN61K49b5sG9CtFwtlVDfBs&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D8f1628089166d27d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D2847F8A3D63DD336B8587FCA4CF0EC7E2F810A80.5814E8320483BC7B19F90221E752A2AD63B4F683%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D8f1628089166d27d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1xGUqN61K49b5sG9CtFwtlVDfBs&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="storyheader"><b>Rollover Victim is Ohio Highway Patrolman</b></span><br /> <span style="">Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ; 11:29 AM | <a href="http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&amp;storyid=67605#comments">View Comments</a> | <a href="http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&amp;storyid=67605#commentsForm">Post Comment</a></span><br /> <span style="">Updated Wednesday, September </span><span style="">30, 2009 ; 01:17 PM</span><br /> <br /><br /><b>Investigators are now calling it a hit and run. </b><p> Story by Stacy Rich<br /> <a href="mailto:srich@wtrf.com">Email</a> | <a href="http://www.wtrf.com/bios.cfm?func=viewbio&amp;bioid=146">Bio</a> | <a href="http://www.wtrf.com/bios.cfm?func=viewstories&amp;bioid=146">Other Stories by Stacy Rich</a> <br /><br /> </p><div align="justify">ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO -- The man seriously injured in a rollover crash on Interstate 70 in Belmont County yesterday is an Ohio Highway Patrolman from Columbus. <p> According to OHP, 30-year-old Martin Schmalzried is recovering at a local hospital after suffering several broken bones and lacerations. </p><p> OHP said two witnesses of the crash called last night to report that a second vehicle hauling a U-Haul trailer was involved and responsible for the crash. </p><p> Schmalzreid was eastbound on I-70 near Exit 213 when he lost control of his car. </p><p> After a dramatic roll-over, he ended up trapped in the car, upside-down, and on the wrong side of the highway, blocking all westbound traffic. </p></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-4927556424409270428?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-43072965424998848592009-09-29T09:32:00.001-07:002009-09-29T09:34:33.415-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsI3CDzK6yI/AAAAAAAAD7o/J4vuHtGSxgE/s1600-h/update09270932.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 56px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsI3CDzK6yI/AAAAAAAAD7o/J4vuHtGSxgE/s400/update09270932.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386928612807732002" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="storyheadline">Trailers, garage, livestock in wrecks</p> <span class="storycredit">By Matt Smith/msmith@trcle.com</span><br /> <p> <span>Recent area traffic accidents resulted in damage to two trailers, a garage and a bull, according to reports.<br /><br />Cleburne police responded to an accident involving a tractor trailer and a Chevrolet pickup in the 200 block of West U.S. 67 on Friday.<br /><br />The driver of the pickup made a U-turn in front of the tractor trailer, according to reports.<br /><br />The pickup’s driver drove onto the grass and back onto the road as the tractor trailer was passing and struck the tractor trailer, according to reports.<br /><br />Neither driver suffered injury in the accident, according to reports. Police cited the pickup driver for unsafe movement left and leaving the scene, however.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Police responded to a second accident involving a trailer on Friday at 2:36 p.m. in the 100 block of North Robinson Street.<br /><br />The driver of a Ford F-150 pickup was traveling southbound on North Robinson Street hauling a trailer when the hitch failed, and the trailer became unattached, according to reports.<br /><br />The trailer crossed the road and struck the roll-up garage door of a business. No injuries occurred, but police cited the driver for defective equipment.</span><br /><br />A Chevrolet Lumina traveling southbound on South Main Street struck a black bull standing in the road at about 11 p.m. Saturday, according to reports.<br /><br />The two people in the car received no injuries. No report was available on the condition of the bull.<br /><br /><br /><br />Lawn mower mystery<br /><br />Firefighters responded to a lawn mower ablaze in the 600 block of North Atlantic Street on Saturday. Firefighters found the mower on fire in the street next to a curb missing its back wheels and gas cap. A firefighter beat the flame with his gloves to extinguish the fire, according to reports. No one in the area claimed to know how the mower caught on fire, where it came from or who it belonged to, according to reports.<br /><br /><br /><br />Other police calls<br /><br />Police responded to Hulen Park at 7:03 p.m. on Thursday on a disturbance call to find a man and woman yelling at each other in the parking lot, according to reports.<br /><br />Police arrested the woman, whose name has not been released, on a charge of assault class A family violence.<br /><br />Also on Thursday, police responded to a business in the 2400 block of North Main Street on a theft call.<br /><br />Someone entered the business and stole an $800 item, according to reports. Surveillance video caught the incident, but there has been no arrest in the case.<br /><br />Police responded to the 400 block of South Mill Street on Friday on a burglary call.<br /><br />Between Thursday and Friday someone burglarized several vehicles stealing stereo equipment and assorted vehicle parts, according to reports.<br /><br />Also on Friday, police recovered a trailer in the 200 block of West Willingham Street reported stolen out of Montgomery County.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-4307296542499884859?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-61630290151190038122009-09-29T08:51:00.001-07:002009-09-29T08:52:12.562-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsItJM4G9mI/AAAAAAAAD64/Eh0zZselre0/s1600-h/update09270925.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsItJM4G9mI/AAAAAAAAD64/Eh0zZselre0/s400/update09270925.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386917740387169890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsItI6Y8kKI/AAAAAAAAD6w/ylI8N3kqdIM/s1600-h/update09270927.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 58px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SsItI6Y8kKI/AAAAAAAAD6w/ylI8N3kqdIM/s400/update09270927.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386917735424626850" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="detail-headline">Accident on Walnut</span><br /> <span class="detail-subhead"></span><br /><span class="detail-byline">by Chris Johnson</span><br /><br /> <!--[include_if_component:movie-file:-movie:incs/story/movie.inc]--> <span>One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon in Cameron when a car being towed on a trailer came loose and struck another vehicle, which was headed in the opposite direction.<br /><br />The accident occurred about 3:00 p.m. in the southbound lane of Walnut Street, just north of Evergreen.<br /><br />A car was being towed by a mini-van in the northbound lane of Walnut when it came off the trailer and traveled into the opposite lane of traffic, colliding with a southbound car.<br /><br />The Cameron police and fire departments responded to the scene of the accident. Cameron Ambulance transported the injured driver of the car that was struck to Cameron Regional Medical Center.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-6163029015119003812?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-53308710475933884302009-09-27T09:35:00.000-07:002009-09-27T09:36:28.849-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-UhjLkrrI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/IG9WG0zoRus/s1600-h/update09270923.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-UhjLkrrI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/IG9WG0zoRus/s400/update09270923.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386186983458778802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-T5GhVqsI/AAAAAAAAD6A/sHV_mdsAQxk/s1600-h/update09270922.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-T5GhVqsI/AAAAAAAAD6A/sHV_mdsAQxk/s400/update09270922.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386186288570673858" border="0" /></a><br /><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="517"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" height="21"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><b><u>ELITE SERIES PRO DAVE SMITH FINE AFTER ACCIDENT </u></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="16"> <p align="right"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" ><b>Story and photos courtesy of Brad Myers </b></span></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="16"> <p align="right"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:78%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-size:78%;" > </span><b><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" >Posted - September 22nd - 2:50pm CST</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" > </span></b></span></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="8"><img src="http://www.basszone.com/whitebar1.jpg" width="275" border="0" height="6" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100%" height="434"> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" > Norman, OK - While traveling to the final BASS Northern Open, Dave Smith had a "little" accident. Dave was just outside of Indianapolis and his trailer jackknived in the heavy mist, and sent the Ranger and his Ford F-250 tow vehicle across many lanes of traffic, ending on the guard rail.</span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" >The boat came off the trailer and skidded to a stop after 100 yards. "I'm just glad no one was injured, and I didn't hit anyone" said Smith. Dave is a veteran on the Professional Tour(s) and was very glad to escape this one without incident. "I want to thank Randy Hopper, Kim Ott and Ron Marler at Ranger boats, they are really taking care of me and getting another Cabela's wrapped Ranger Z520 ready for the PAA event in just a few days."<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" >Interestingly enough, the motor, all the electronics, trolling motor, and both power poles were in perfect shape and can be transferred to the new boat. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-5330871047593388430?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-91499921435512572432009-09-27T09:16:00.000-07:002009-09-27T09:18:45.901-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-QW4ECb_I/AAAAAAAAD5g/5wTa79DoQ2Y/s1600-h/update091109153.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-QW4ECb_I/AAAAAAAAD5g/5wTa79DoQ2Y/s400/update091109153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182402039246834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-QQDRBX3I/AAAAAAAAD5Y/xd3uS24IQSo/s1600-h/Update09270919.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-QQDRBX3I/AAAAAAAAD5Y/xd3uS24IQSo/s400/Update09270919.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182284787408754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-QJCiFRaI/AAAAAAAAD5Q/CntxaXN5tMw/s1600-h/update09270918.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 38px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr-QJCiFRaI/AAAAAAAAD5Q/CntxaXN5tMw/s400/update09270918.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386182164331447714" border="0" /></a><br />Note: No inspections.. No training... Did the Pick Up driver loose control of the Utility Trailer?<br /><br />Did the Breaking system work?<br /><br />Was the Pick Up rated to tow this combination?<br /><br /><br />Published September 25 2009 <h1>Pine Point mom, 2 sons die in N.W. Minnesota car-truck collision</h1> A 28-year-old woman and her two sons, ages 8 months and 3 years, died this morning after their Ford subcompact collided with a construction pickup truck hauling a flatbed gooseneck trailer that held a skid steer. <p> By: <strong>DL Online and Wire Reports</strong>,<br /></p><p><br /></p><div id="zoomTxt" class="georgia sm"><p> WHITE EARTH, Minn. — A Pine Point, Minn., mother and her two sons died Friday after a horrific head-on collision near White Earth sent their vehicle skidding down an 80-foot embankment and into Net Lake.</p><p>Becker County officials said the 28-year-old mother, her 8-month-old son and 3-year-old son died from “catastrophic injuries.” </p><p>Becker County Sheriff Tim Gordon said the victims probably will not be identified until Monday, until relatives are notified.</p><p>Gordon told KFGO-AM radio of Fargo that alcohol doesn’t appear to be a factor in the crash.</p><p>Sheriff’s officials said the collision happened about 11 a.m. Friday about three miles east of White Earth on County Highway 34. </p><p>The woman and her sons died after their Ford subcompact collided with a construction pickup truck hauling a flatbed gooseneck trailer that held a skid steer.</p><p>The Ford collided with the oncoming pickup truck, sending both vehicles careening down a steep embankment into Net Lake. The car ended up in about 4½ feet of water. The occupants died in the crash, not by drowning, Gordon said.</p><p>The other driver, a 40-year-old Ogema man, was treated for minor injuries. The driver of the pickup truck, a rural Osage, Minn., man, suffered minor injuries and was treated and released.</p><p>It took about four hours to clear the scene, Gordon said. “It took a massive amount of equipment to clear this accident scene,” he said, including the Jaws of Life and the Becker County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team.</p><p>County Road 34 was closed in both directions for about five hours.</p><p>The White Earth Tribal Police department was first to arrive on the scene, so it’s the lead agency handling the crash and will write the accident report, sharing it with other agencies, Gordon said.</p><p>The State Patrol will reconstruct the crash. One vehicle was eastbound, and one was westbound, but it’s not clear which is which at this point, Gordon said.</p><p>The state’s commercial vehicle division will investigate the pickup truck involved.</p><p>Firefighters and ambulance crews from Detroit Lakes and White Earth assisted at the scene.</p><p>DL Online and the Herald are both owned by Forum Communications Co. This report includes material from The Associated Press. </p></div> <p class="mediumtxt"><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/becker%20county/" rel="tag">becker county</a>, <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/northwest%20minnesota/" rel="tag">northwest minnesota</a>, <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/highway%20deaths/" rel="tag">highway deaths</a>, <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/highway%20accidents/" rel="tag">highway accidents</a>, <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/white%20earth%20mn/" rel="tag">white earth mn</a>, <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/net%20lake/" rel="tag">net lake</a>, <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/breakingnews/" rel="tag">breakingnews</a>, <a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/tag/minnesota/" rel="tag">minnesota</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-9149992143551257243?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-83774258099724606052009-09-27T07:40:00.000-07:002009-09-27T07:53:29.690-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr98V2GZxeI/AAAAAAAAD3A/lienWnRm2CQ/s1600-h/update0911091230.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr98BvIVSzI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/2dr-_V3TS4A/s400/update091109120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386160048631532338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr98BQdfB2I/AAAAAAAAD2Q/wyw88uvTGZc/s1600-h/update0911091230.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 52px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sr98BQdfB2I/AAAAAAAAD2Q/wyw88uvTGZc/s400/update0911091230.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386160040398751586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="imageCaption leftFloat"><br /></span><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-89d71d1970d0fc0e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D89d71d1970d0fc0e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D83E259E70E60E0C97A445F13B8510757676912F.54321EAB4170600D807C2D29B36A70CAE22A7026%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D89d71d1970d0fc0e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DYuSAYx0_4DWdD_tLJ_okZDlVT8o&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D89d71d1970d0fc0e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330024882%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D83E259E70E60E0C97A445F13B8510757676912F.54321EAB4170600D807C2D29B36A70CAE22A7026%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D89d71d1970d0fc0e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DYuSAYx0_4DWdD_tLJ_okZDlVT8o&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><span class="imageCaption leftFloat"><br /><br /></span><span class="imageCaption leftFloat"><br />An unidentified woman was st</span><span class="imageCaption leftFloat">ruck by a trailer that had separated from a passing pickup truck as she walked to her mailbox just after 6 p.m. Wedn</span><span class="imageCaption leftFloat">esday, Sept. 24, in front of a home at 12180 Wolcott Road, officials said. She was taken by medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital. </span><br /><br /><span class="credit">By <a href="http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/services/staff/megan-gildow-306375.html">Megan Gildow</a> and James Cummings<br />Staff report<br /><br /></span><span class="publishdate">Updated 10:59 AM Thursday, September 24, 2009 </span> <p> JACKSON TWP., Champaign County — A woman standing by the mailbox at her home on Wolcott Road was struck by a runaway trailer Wednesday afternoon and was critically injured, according to a news release from the Marysville post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. </p> <p> Paula S. Lowry, 46, remained at Miami Valley Hospital in critical condition Thursday morning, a hospital spokesperson said. </p> <p> At 6:05 p.m., Lowry was in her yard on Wolcott Road near St. Paris when she was run over by a flat bed trailer. The news release said the trailer had been attached to an eastbound car driven by Kevin W. Fisher, 35, of Tipp City. </p> <p> The release said investigators are trying to determine what caused the trailer to come loose from its hitch. </p> <p> Fisher was not injured in the incident, but Lowry had to be transported to Miami Valley in a CareFlight emergency helicopter. </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8377425809972460605?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-49537837642385656742009-09-22T09:37:00.001-07:002009-09-22T09:38:32.450-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Srj9WLBRbWI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/8i4qv0po4xo/s1600-h/update09110989.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 73px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Srj9WLBRbWI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/8i4qv0po4xo/s400/update09110989.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384331911878503778" border="0" /></a><br /><h1>Boat comes loose, blocks traffic</h1> <p class="byline">By <a href="http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/staff/lauren-radomski/">Lauren Radomski</a> (<a href="http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/staff/lauren-radomski/contact/" class="contactlink">Contact</a>) | The Daily Journal</p> <p class="storypubdate">Published Monday, September 21, 2009</p><p class="storypubdate"><br /></p><p>No one was injured when an 18-foot boat and trailer became unhooked from an SUV Friday evening, blocking traffic north of Pelican Rapids around 8 p.m.</p> <p>Authorities say John Ladwig, 62, of Moorhead, was traveling northbound on County Highway 9 north of County Highway 23 when his boat and trailer became unhooked as he entered a slight curve. Both tow chains broke and the boat and trailer ended up in the northbound lane of County Highway 9.</p> <p>Officials with the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office and Pelican Rapids Police Department directed traffic while tow trucks removed the boat and trailer, which were both totaled in the incident. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-4953783764238565674?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-86601167825493631522009-09-22T08:50:00.002-07:002009-09-22T08:51:39.651-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrjyetUKNtI/AAAAAAAAD0I/CyFEfv0jShI/s1600-h/update09110986.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 73px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrjyetUKNtI/AAAAAAAAD0I/CyFEfv0jShI/s400/update09110986.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384319963895576274" border="0" /></a><br />NOTE: TIRE BLOWOUTS.....?? WHY... IS THIS HAPPENING?<br /><p><span class="newsheadline">Wis. man dies in I-65 accident</span><br /> <span class="storysub"></span></p> <p><em>By the Daily News<br /> Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:02 AM CDT</em></p><p><br /><em></em></p><p>A Wisconsin man died Friday evening following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 in Warren County.<br /><br />Kentucky State Police said Donald Larsen, 77, of New London, Wis., was driving a 1996 recreational vehicle when the left front tire of the vehicle failed.<br /><br />He lost control and struck the barrier wall near the 28-mile marker.<br /><br />Larsen was transported to The Medical Center with minor injuries, but due to complications from his prior medical history he was later pronounced dead by the Warren County Coroner. Investigation is ongoing. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8660116782549363152?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-38984666843566198802009-09-22T08:50:00.001-07:002009-09-22T08:50:48.451-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrjyT9t24iI/AAAAAAAAD0A/PzIVFUEBBIY/s1600-h/update09110986.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 73px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrjyT9t24iI/AAAAAAAAD0A/PzIVFUEBBIY/s400/update09110986.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384319779319767586" border="0" /></a><br />NOTE: TIRE BLOWOUTS.....?? WHY... IS THIS HAPPENING?<br /><p><span class="newsheadline">Wis. man dies in I-65 accident</span><br /> <span class="storysub"></span></p> <p><em>By the Daily News<br /> Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:02 AM CDT</em></p><p><br /><em></em></p><p>A Wisconsin man died Friday evening following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 in Warren County.<br /><br />Kentucky State Police said Donald Larsen, 77, of New London, Wis., was driving a 1996 recreational vehicle when the left front tire of the vehicle failed.<br /><br />He lost control and struck the barrier wall near the 28-mile marker.<br /><br />Larsen was transported to The Medical Center with minor injuries, but due to complications from his prior medical history he was later pronounced dead by the Warren County Coroner. Investigation is ongoing. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-3898466684356619880?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-12509235459408119292009-09-21T09:40:00.000-07:002009-09-21T09:41:39.115-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SresrhNn52I/AAAAAAAADzo/rN_cFgqkUXQ/s1600-h/update09110984.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 79px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SresrhNn52I/AAAAAAAADzo/rN_cFgqkUXQ/s400/update09110984.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383961743194580834" border="0" /></a><br />NOTE: What kind of hitch?? Was it defective? Did it break?<br /><br />What happened.<br /><h1>Man was killed on I-71 after getting out to inspect hitch</h1> <h4> By <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/jzickefo/index.html">Jarrod Zickefoose</a> </h4> <h5>September 18, 2009, 3:03PM</h5> <p>BROOK PARK -- A Cleveland man inspecting a trailer hitch on a pickup truck while stopped in a center lane of Interstate 71 was killed Thursday evening by an oncoming car.<br /><br /></p> Junior Lane, 47, was standing between the trailer and a Dodge pickup truck that he had exited when the trailer and truck were struck by a Mercedes driven by Rolf Barth, 72, of Columbus.<br /><br />The accident occurred at 9:23 p.m. in the northbound lane, north of Snow Road.<br /><br />The road was dark but illuminated, police said.<br /><br />Lane was one of two passengers in the Dodge pickup that the driver stopped in "one of the center lanes," Brook Park police said.<br /><br />The other passenger also left the pickup with Lane to repair the hitch but avoided being struck.<br /><br />Police said alcohol was not involved.<br /><br />No charges were filed as of Monday.<br /><br />Lane was pronounced dead at Southwest General Hospital, Middleburg Heights.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-1250923545940811929?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-21650305286253059562009-09-21T09:26:00.001-07:002009-09-21T09:27:33.691-07:00<h1 class="p5h">Trailer carrying horses rolls over on I-290 in Northborough</h1><br /><br /><div class="story"> <div class="byline accent">By Norman Miller/Daily News staff</div> <div><b>MetroWest Daily News</b></div> <div class="timestamp">Posted Sep 20, 2009 @ 12:01 AM</div> <hr class="m5v"> <div class="float_l clearfix m5r">NORTHBOROUGH — </div> <div><p>A trailer carrying three horses rolled over yesterday on Interstate 290, slowing traffic for about a half hour, police said.</p> <p>No humans were injured in the one-truck accident, Massachusetts State Police Lt. David Wilson said. One of the horses was taken to Tufts Veterinary School in North Grafton, said the driver's husband, Dale Tripp.</p> <p>The accident occurred on I-290 East at 9:25 a.m. near the Green Street overpass, Wilson said.</p> <p>Ann Tripp, 50, of Rutland, was driving her 1999 Chevy pickup truck when she lost control. The trailer she was towing rolled over and ended up on the shoulder in the grass.</p> <p>Initially, it appeared one of the horses was hurt, but Wilson said all three appeared to be OK. Initial reports were that one of the horses may have been running loose, but Wilson said he could not confirm that.</p> <p>Dale Tripp said one of the horses was taken to the veterinary's office.</p> <p>"It's at Tufts, but I don't know what's going on with it," he said. His wife was unavailable to comment yesterday.</p> <p>Someone else with a trailer came to pick up the horses, and all but one lane of I-290 east was closed for approximately 30 minutes, Wilson said.</p> <p>No one has been cited, and the accident remains under investigation.</p> <p><em>(Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@cnc.com.)</em></p></div> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrepZw_yL0I/AAAAAAAADzQ/ppgiLLiDMbw/s1600-h/update09110981.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 48px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrepZw_yL0I/AAAAAAAADzQ/ppgiLLiDMbw/s400/update09110981.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383958139658972994" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-2165030528625305956?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-77074354792384416782009-09-21T08:38:00.001-07:002009-09-21T08:38:58.298-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SreeAh8soEI/AAAAAAAADyo/FLvs__lAkjs/s1600-h/update09110971.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 50px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SreeAh8soEI/AAAAAAAADyo/FLvs__lAkjs/s400/update09110971.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383945611494858818" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 id="story_headline">Victim solves crime, pays for it<a href="http://www.macon.com/local/story/851238.html" name="story" storyid="851238"></a></h1> <span class="byline">By Travis Fain</span> - <span class="creditline">tfain@macon.com<br /><br /></span><div id="story_text_top"> <p> Consider this a little story about how government works — or doesn’t.</p><p>On March 17, someone stole a trailer from a job site on Macon Tech Drive. It belonged to Laurie Cumbie, who lives in Danville, and he reported it stolen to the Macon Police Department.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div id="story_text_remaining"> <p> On July 1, Cumbie was driving through downtown Macon when he spotted his trailer near the corner of Mulberry and Third streets. The trailer had come unattached from a Jeep Cherokee, and two men were trying to re-secure it.</p><p>Cumbie called police, who arrived and made an arrest after one of the men acknowledged that he’d bought the trailer from another man without making sure it wasn’t stolen. Cumbie, it appeared, had solved his own crime.</p><p>But there was a problem. Cumbie didn’t have his case number with him, and he provided the wrong address when officers asked the address where the trailer had been stolen, according to a police report on the incident. Apparently, this type of record can’t be searched for by the victim’s last name, so Cumbie couldn’t prove to police that he actually owned the trailer.</p><p>Because of this, and because the trailer was “partially damaged” and “a road hazard,” police officers had it towed to an impound lot, according to the report. The initial theft report was found soon afterward and Cumbie was given his trailer. But he had to pick it up at the impound lot and pay $100 for the tow.</p><p>“I feel like I was treated like a dog,” Cumbie said.</p><p>Though the trailer was damaged, Cumbie said it was safe to tow. He said the fenders and the jack were messed up when the trailer came unhitched from the trailer, but the hitch mechanism itself was fine.</p><p>At any rate, no repairs were made before he picked the trailer up from the impound lot, so any problems that existed when Cumbie found his trailer downtown were still problems when he pulled out of the lot $100 poorer, he said.</p><p>Cumbie complained about having to pay for the tow and, according to police reports, “was very argumentative, stating he didn’t feel like the Macon Police Department was worth anything.” Cumbie eventually filed a claim with the city, seeking reimbursement of his $100.</p><p>The City Attorney’s Office reviewed Cumbie’s claim, then turned him down, saying “at the time the vehicle was towed, you were unable to demonstrate ownership of the vehicle.” The city’s letter to Cumbie also leans on municipal immunity, a state law that basically says cities can’t be sued for the actions of police officers in the line of duty.</p><p>But even though officers couldn’t be sure who owned the trailer, they apparently had enough information to make an arrest after Cumbie called them. They took Samuel Smith, 38, into custody, and he told officers that he bought the trailer from a man he knew only as “David,” according to police documents.</p><p>He also said David was actually in jail when the purchase was made, and that he paid David’s girlfriend $450 for the trailer, the documents show.</p><p>The Telegraph tried to contact the detective and police lieutenant who, according to written reports, dealt with Cumbie the day he found his stolen trailer, but neither one returned telephone messages.</p><p>To contact writer Travis Fain call 744-4213. </p> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-7707435479238441678?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-34537963296473768182009-09-19T10:41:00.000-07:002009-09-19T10:43:34.536-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrUYN61DTZI/AAAAAAAADyQ/0Gjbqp9_LVA/s1600-h/update09110943.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 62px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrUYN61DTZI/AAAAAAAADyQ/0Gjbqp9_LVA/s400/update09110943.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383235557000433042" border="0" /></a><br />NOTE:<br /><br />WE HAVE TRIED TO MANDATE A NATIONWIDE REFLECTOR TAPE LAW FOR ALL TRAILERS UNDER GVWR 3,000 POUNDS.<br /><br />The Carry On Trailer Corporation along with U Haul has fought our efforts....<br /><br />Go here to View<br />http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/Reflector_Tape_Law_In_VA.html<br /><br /><br /><h1 class="marginMidSide">Man won't face charges in fatal tractor wreck</h1> <span id="comments"> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/won-28183-woman-friday.html#slComments" class="Article_Comment">Comments <span id="articleCommentCountArticleburlington28183" class="Article_Comment_Count">0</span></a> </span> | <span id="recommendations"> <span id="recommendlinkArticleburlington28183"><a rel="nofollow" href="javascript:recommendReview('Articleburlington28183')" class="Article_Recommend">Recommend </a></span> <span id="articleRecommendCountArticleburlington28183" class="Article_Recommend_Count">0</span> </span> <div class="subhead marginMidSide"> </div> <div class="articledate marginMidSide">September 16, 2009 5:04 PM</div> <div id="v_player"> </div> <div class="byline marginMidSide"> Times-News </div> <!-- Video goes here --> <div class="newstext marginMidSide"> <p>A Rockingham County man involved in a collision that killed a woman Friday won’t face charges related to her death.</p> <p>The man, William Lynn, was driving north on High Rock Road near Gilliam Road in southeastern Rockingham County shortly after 8 p.m. when his 1979 Chevrolet pickup truck crashed into the rear of a trailer attached to a tractor driven by 51-year-old Joan McKinney of 462 High Rock Road. The address is listed as Gibsonville, but is just south of N.C. 87 in rural Rockingham County, roughly a mile east of the Williamsburg community.</p> <p>The front of the trailer broke loose and shot over the seat, striking McKinney’s head and killing her instantly.</p> <p>Lynn was driving about 55 mph, but slowed to about 35 mph at impact. The tractor was going about 10 mph, state Highway Patrol Trooper A.B. Alcorn estimated in a report.</p> <p>Lynn was unable to see the tractor in time to avoid the collision, Alcorn concluded in his report.</p> <p>McKinney was hauling hay. The growing darkness prevented Lynn from seeing the tractor and the hay prevented him from seeing any tractor lights, troopers say.</p> <p>Lynn is 63 and lives off N.C. 87 not far from the crash site, which is roughly two miles northwest of the northwestern corner of Alamance County. 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Last year a car hit a Hay Ride trailer and it did not have working lights... 11 were injured.. go here to view story...<a href="http://dangeroustrailershayride.blogspot.com/2008/11/hayride-investigation-has-new-details-6.html" rel="nofollow">http://dangeroustrailershayride.blogspot.com/2008/11/hayride-investigation-has-new-details-6.html</a><br /><br />so our organization got a law passed in Virginia... go here to view.. to require reflector tape on all trailers under 3,000 pounds.. guess what??? The companies fought because it cost $8.00 dollars.<br /><br />The point is.. maybe this women would be alive today if she had DOT type c-2 tape on the trailer... the Utility Trailer Industry has fought a NATIONWIDE mandate... it is not right.. go here to view <a href="http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/Reflector_Tape_Law_In_VA.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dangeroustrailers.org/Reflector_Tape_Law_In_VA.html</a></div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 9/17/2009 3:38 PM EDT <span id="SiteAttributionActivity" class="Comments_SiteAttribution">on thetimesnews.com</span> </div> <table class="Comments_NestedTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Comments_NestedRecommend"> <div id="recommend:CommentKey:1ca8286b-37c7-4ba7-a9bb-045a01953325"> <span class="SiteLife_Recommended">Recommended (1) </span> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_NestedReport"> <div id="rpt_CommentKey:1ca8286b-37c7-4ba7-a9bb-045a01953325"> <span> <a id="CommentKey:1ca8286b-37c7-4ba7-a9bb-045a01953325_RptAbuse" href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/won-28183-woman-friday.html#none" class="SiteLife_ReportAbuse" onclick="ShowReportAbuse(event, document.URL, gSiteLife.__baseUrl + '/AbuseReport/ReportAbuse?plckElementId=rpt_CommentKey:1ca8286b-37c7-4ba7-a9bb-045a01953325&amp;plckTargetKey=CommentKey:1ca8286b-37c7-4ba7-a9bb-045a01953325&amp;plckTargetKeyType=Comment'); return false;">Report Abuse</a> </span> </div> </td> <td class="Comments_PermalinkContainer"> <a href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/won-28183-woman-friday.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:1ca8286b-37c7-4ba7-a9bb-045a01953325" class="SiteLife_Permalink">Permalink</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr class="Comments_TableAltRowColor" id="CommentKey:a2ca1351-2191-4cee-8aaf-ba400ff8d724"> <td class="Comments_UserImage"> <a name="CommentKey:a2ca1351-2191-4cee-8aaf-ba400ff8d724"></a> <a href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/share/profiles/?slid=cc09416e-f4b4-c2c4-1102-e7980eb84263&amp;plckUserId=cc09416e-f4b4-c2c4-1102-e7980eb84263" onclick=""><img id="" src="http://sitelife.thetimesnews.com/ver1.0/Content/images/no-user-image.gif" alt="User Image" class="PluckUserAvatar" /></a> </td> <td class="Comments_TableRight"> <div class="Comments_From"> <a id="" href="http://www.thetimesnews.com/share/profiles/?slid=cc09416e-f4b4-c2c4-1102-e7980eb84263&amp;plckUserId=cc09416e-f4b4-c2c4-1102-e7980eb84263" target="_parent">susanbanthony</a> wrote: </div> <div id="CommentBody[2]" class="Comments_CommentText">Tragic. Someone needs to invent some kind of lights and/or reflectors to make tractors more visible on roads. Or some kind of sensors on cars to detect an obstruction in the road that cannot be seen. We need all the farmers we can get.</div> <div class="Comments_NestedDate"> 9/17/2009 11:19 AM EDT</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-3453796329647376818?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-10620463268111832932009-09-19T10:37:00.001-07:002009-09-19T10:38:08.585-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrUW6R4aWmI/AAAAAAAADyA/AXezqRpdN5Y/s1600-h/update09110956.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 48px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrUW6R4aWmI/AAAAAAAADyA/AXezqRpdN5Y/s400/update09110956.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383234120079530594" border="0" /></a><br /><h1>Cleveland man hit, killed Thursday night while outside vehicle on Interstate 71</h1> <h4> By <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/msangiac/index.html">Michael Sangiacomo </a> </h4> <h5>September 11, 2009, 10:05AM</h5> <p><strong>UPDATED 12:05 P.M. </strong>BROOK PARK, Ohio — A Cleveland man was killed Thursday night when he was struck by a car on Interstate 71 in Brook Park after his vehicle broke down.<br /><br /></p><div class="photo-right small"> <p><strong>Later story</strong></p> <p><a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/accidents_on_interstates_in_br.html">Interstate accidents kill two</a></p> </div> <p>According to Brook Park police, Junior Lane, 47, of Cleveland, was a passenger in a pickup with a trailer on I-71 north of Snow Road at 9:23 p.m. The truck stopped on the highway to check on a problem with the trailer. Lane and another passenger got out of the truck stopped in the center lane. Lane was standing between the truck and trailer when the trailer from behind by the Mercedes Benz driven by a 72-year-old Rolf Barth of Columbus.</p> <p>Police said the other passenger avoided injury.<br /><br />Lane was taken to Southwest General Hospital in Middleburg Heights, where he was pronounced dead.</p> <p>Police asked that anyone who witnessed the incident call detectives at 216-433-1239.</p> <p>osted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/dibmx/index.html" title="View dibmx's profile">dibmx</a> </p><div>September 11, 2009, 10:32AM</div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Why the heck don't people get over, like they are supposed to, when they see a car disabled on the side of the road? This could have been avoided. So sad.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5060571');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5060571, 'dibmx');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5060782"> <a name="comment-5060782"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/coolplate/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="coolplate" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/coolplate/index.html" title="View coolplate's profile">coolplate</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 10:48AM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>The 72 yr old driver should have his eyes checked. Or learn how to drive and pull over when you see a vehicle on the side of the road.<br />Or at the very least try slowing down.<br /></p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5060782');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5060782, 'coolplate');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5060825"> <a name="comment-5060825"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/kbhret/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="kbhret" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/kbhret/index.html" title="View kbhret's profile">kbhret</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 10:51AM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>THIS IS WORTHY OF A GRADUATE LEVEL THESIS..</p> <p>IS THERE SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL THING THAT INSTINCTIVELY MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO DRIVE THEIR CARS INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE PULLED OVER THE SIDES OF INTERSTATES??????</p> <p>THIS IS INCREDIBLE.... HAPPENS EVERYTIME. </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5060825');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5060825, 'kbhret');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5060859"> <a name="comment-5060859"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/east202/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="east202" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/east202/index.html" title="View east202's profile">east202</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 10:54AM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>According to NewsNet5.com "Authorities said 41-year-old Junior Lane was struck after he stopped his pickup truck in the middle of the road on I-71 at Snow Road in Brook Park"<br />That is just a bad idea. Why would some one stop in the middle of the freeway? Even worse why would you get out of your vechile in the middle of the free way?<br />I am not sure which story is correct, either PD of NewsNet5. If its the latter than that was just plain stupid and the vitcmns fault. If PD is correct then the driver of the other car is at fault.<br /></p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5060859');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5060859, 'east202');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5060929"> <a name="comment-5060929"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/theylie/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="theylie" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/theylie/index.html" title="View theylie's profile">theylie</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 10:59AM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Actually, yes. There have been several studies. If I remember right, it has something to do with the way we respond to lights. A tired driver will tend to track toward the red tail lights of a car on the shoulder without realizing it.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5060929');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5060929, 'theylie');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5061321"> <a name="comment-5061321"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/babygrl85/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="babygrl85" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/babygrl85/index.html" title="View babygrl85's profile">babygrl85</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 11:26AM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>I AM A CLOSE FRIEND OF JUNIOR AND THE NIECE AND COUSIN OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ACCIDENT... HE HAD A GOOD REASON TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE FOR THEIR SAFETY AND OTHERS ON THE FREEWAY... THE TRAILOR WAS NOT STRAPED TIGHTLY ENOUGH AND HE FELT THE URGENCY TO FIX IT... IF YOU PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING POLITE TO SAY THEN DONT SAY ANYTHING OUR FAMILY IS VERY HURT BY THIS TRAJEDY... HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON AND HAD THE BIGGEST SMILE WHEN IT CAME TO ANY OF US KIDS OR OUR CHILDREN... UNFORTUNATLY WE HAD TO LOSE A MAN THAT WOULD GIVE HIS RIGHT ARM FOR SOMEBODY AND THE MAN DRIVING THE OTHER CAR SHOULD ROT IN JAIL...THIS SHOULD GIVE OLDER PEOPLE A LESSON... AND AUTHORITIES A LESSON ALSO... I THINK AFTER A CERTAIN AGE OLDER PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE DRIVERS TEST AGAIN AND SHE NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE ROAD AFTER A CERTAIN TIME... WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR EYES GET WORSE WITH AGE... AND IF HE WAS TIRED THEN HE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD... PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS AND NEED TO THINK A LITTLE BETTER... IGNORANCE IS BLISS I GUESS... THIS IS ALL BULL.... IN REMEMBERANCE TO JUNIOR HE WAS A GREAT MAN LOVED ANY CHILD THAT CAME INTO HIS LIFE OR CROSSED HIS PATH... COULD MAKE YOU LAUGH WITH JUST HIS SMILE... WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU ALREADY AND THIS SHOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU... YOU ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN AND LOOK DOWN ON US WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER... KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE AND OUR FAMILY PROTECTED AS WELL... I KNOW YOUR ALWAYS HERE I CAN FEEL YOU OVER MY SHOULDER AS I SPEAK... GOODBYE FOR NOW </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5061321');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5061321, 'babygrl85');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5061370"> <a name="comment-5061370"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/pt816/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="pt816" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/pt816/index.html" title="View pt816's profile">pt816</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 11:30AM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Sorry for your loss. </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5061370');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5061370, 'pt816');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5061595"> <a name="comment-5061595"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/mrpopularity/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="mrpopularity" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/mrpopularity/index.html" title="View mrpopularity's profile">mrpopularity</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 11:44AM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Did this guy really stop his pickup truck with a trailer "in the middle of the road" on I-71??</p> <p>If I was riding with this guy, I would have gotten out of the truck also! </p> <p>I certainly wouldn't have jumped in between the truck and the trailer to see if I could find the problem. It's obvious to me that the problem was right behind the steering wheel. </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5061595');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5061595, 'mrpopularity');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5061937"> <a name="comment-5061937"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/boilingmad/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="boilingmad" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/boilingmad/index.html" title="View boilingmad's profile">boilingmad</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:04PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>"TRAJEDY" - oh WAIT - you mean tragedy - ok I got it. If he felt an urgency to fix it - PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. Along with your suggestion that older drivers take a driver test again - how about some folks taking a commen sense test to see if they are capable of driving without putting other drivers at risk?????</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5061937');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5061937, 'boilingmad');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062195"> <a name="comment-5062195"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/mjs1078/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="mjs1078" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/mjs1078/index.html" title="View mjs1078's profile">mjs1078</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:22PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>This guy shot me in my back when i was 17, i guess karma really is a b...</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062195');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062195, 'mjs1078');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062253"> <a name="comment-5062253"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/mjs1078/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="mjs1078" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/mjs1078/index.html" title="View mjs1078's profile">mjs1078</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:25PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>this guy was no angel<br /></p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062253');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062253, 'mjs1078');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062296"> <a name="comment-5062296"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/clevel107/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="clevel107" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/clevel107/index.html" title="View clevel107's profile">clevel107</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:27PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>What a trajedy. </p> <p>By the way Plain Dealer, </p> <p>"Lane was standing between the truck and trailer when the trailer from behind by the Mercedes Benz driven by a 72-year-old Rolf Barth of Columbus" </p> <p>Seems like you are missing something in this sentence. "When the trailer from behind. Awesome. The Plain Dealer is the ..... newspaper.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062296');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062296, 'clevel107');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062363"> <a name="comment-5062363"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/jobblybanned/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="jobblybanned" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/jobblybanned/index.html" title="View jobblybanned's profile">jobblybanned</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:32PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>hmmm, why didn't they pull over to the side of the road to fix the trailer?! Bunch of dopes. </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062363');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062363, 'jobblybanned');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062445"> <a name="comment-5062445"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/asilee/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="asilee" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/asilee/index.html" title="View asilee's profile">asilee</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:37PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>babygrl85, how do sit there and tell us "if you don't have nothing nice to say anything at all" then turn around and wish the man would rot in hell, then continue to call people idiots? </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062445');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062445, 'asilee');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062505"> <a name="comment-5062505"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/criket/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="criket" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/criket/index.html" title="View criket's profile">criket</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:40PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>ok, sorry for your loss,but i work on those highways and i always see broken down cars on side of road with people standing outside them.<br />common sense would tell me to stay in car, at least i have something around me that will absorb most of impact if hit. and NEVER stop your vehicle in middle of freeway. Again sorry for your loss.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062505');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062505, 'criket');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062540"> <a name="comment-5062540"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/kosar2/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="kosar2" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/kosar2/index.html" title="View kosar2's profile">kosar2</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:42PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>I drove by the accident last night. There were two vehicles in the middle of the freeway - a mercedes and a pick-up truck. They were not on the shoulder.</p> <p>This terrible tragedy could have likely been prevented if the driver of the truck pulled over to the shoulder. I understand the desire to secure the trailer, but that should have been done before they entered the freeway. </p> <p>Stopping the vehicle in the middle of the road, and stepping out of it in the dark were incredibly bad decisions. Not only did they put themselves in danger, they put other drivers at risk. It's a sad story, but it looks like it's all their fault.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062540');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062540, 'kosar2');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062541"> <a name="comment-5062541"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/firstcomm/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="firstcomm" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/firstcomm/index.html" title="View firstcomm's profile">firstcomm</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:42PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>I had to read that three times to see if i was reading it correctly. I could not believe they were in the middle and did not pull over to the side.<br />Baby girl, sorry for your loss but i dont think all the blame can be put on the older person. Nobody expects someone to be stopped in the middle of the highway at night.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062541');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062541, 'firstcomm');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062648"> <a name="comment-5062648"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/nrwm/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="nrwm" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/nrwm/index.html" title="View nrwm's profile">nrwm</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:48PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>Lane and another passenger got out of the truck stopped in the center lane.</p> <p>Kind of explains the accident, don't it. I bet the truck was one of those pieces of junk that you try to stay away from on the road. Very sad.</p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062648');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062648, 'nrwm');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment" id="comment-5062694"> <a name="comment-5062694"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/amazon381/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="amazon381" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/amazon381/index.html" title="View amazon381's profile">amazon381</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:51PM</div> </div> <div class="text_container"> <p>I send prayers to all involved.</p> <p>babygrl85,<br />You should avoid these types of sites because people can and will say things to deepen your pain. Concentrate on healing. Im sorry for you loss. </p> <div class="actions alert">Inappropriate comment? <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return moderate('https://blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&amp;rbu=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/&amp;comment_id=5062694');">Alert us.</a></div> <div class="actions"> <div class="speech_bubble"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" onclick="mtReplyCommentOnClick(5062694, 'amazon381');" title="Reply to this comment">Reply to this comment</a> | <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/09/two_people_were_killed_while.html#postComment" title="Post a new comment">Post a new comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a name="comment-5062828"></a> <div class="img_container"> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml start --> <div class="user-pic"> <!-- CommentHistoryCommenter --> <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/goccc/index.html"><img src="http://media.cleveland.com/design/baseline/img/user_default.png" alt="goccc" width="40" height="40" /></a> <!-- /CommentHistoryCommenter --> </div> <!-- ./templates/global/shared/community/userPic.mtml end --> <div>Posted by <a href="http://connect.cleveland.com/user/goccc/index.html" title="View goccc's profile">goccc</a></div> <div>September 11, 2009, 12:57PM</div> </div> <p>Did he have his flashers on? Was the trailer's taillights working? The other driver may not have seen him and might not have had time to stop.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-1062046326811183293?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-70810295443192226682009-09-19T10:13:00.000-07:002009-09-19T10:14:05.785-07:00<h2>NOTE: This was pulled.. We can't find out what happened?? What type of hitch was it??<br /></h2><h2><br /></h2><h2><a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/newssun/2009/09/man_was_killed_on_i71_after_ge.html">Man was killed on I-71 after getting out to inspect hitch</a> </h2> <h3>by <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Sun</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">News</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Staff</b> <div style="margin-top: 6px;">Friday September 18, 2009, 3:03 PM</div></h3> <div class="entry-body"> <p>BROOK PARK -- A <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">Cleveland</b> man inspecting a trailer hitch on a pickup truck while stopped in a center lane of Interstate 71 was killed Thursday evening by an oncoming car.<br /><br /></p> <span class="action"> <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/newssun/2009/09/man_was_killed_on_i71_after_ge.html"><u>Continue reading "Man was killed on I-71 after getting out to inspect hitch"</u> »</a> </span> </div> <div class="clear"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-7081029544319222668?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-63954422214944609412009-09-19T04:44:00.000-07:002009-09-19T04:53:04.911-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrTGD8EaJ8I/AAAAAAAADxg/A2DXF2j_SU4/s1600-h/update09110935.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 172px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrTGD8EaJ8I/AAAAAAAADxg/A2DXF2j_SU4/s400/update09110935.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383145225581111234" border="0" /></a><br /><h4>I-91 closed after pickup loses trailer<br /></h4><div id="toolbox"><div><br /> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> GA_googleFillSlot("ta_toolbox_NEWS02"); </script><script src="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=1253359654275&amp;output=json_html&amp;callback=GA_googleSetAdContentsBySlotForSync&amp;impl=s&amp;a2ids=vjIw%2C&amp;cids=JwgTTU%2C&amp;client=ca-pub-8603853290290703&amp;slotname=ta_toolbox_NEWS02&amp;page_slots=ta_topleader_NEWS02%2Cta_subnav_DEFAULT%2Cta_toolbox_NEWS02&amp;cust_params=&amp;cookie=ID%3D5e116847fe3c6aa0%3AT%3D1253358541%3AS%3DALNI_MawRI8Ta-gs535qAUOeRMbW3T0mXQ&amp;ga_vid=1708017204.1253359654&amp;ga_sid=1253359654&amp;ga_hid=781570757&amp;ga_fc=false&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesargus.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20090918%2FNEWS02%2F909180375%2F1003%2FNEWS02&amp;ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesargus.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Fuserverify%3FAID%3D%2F20090918%2FNEWS02%2F909180375%2F1003%2FNEWS02&amp;lmt=1253359643&amp;dt=1253359655953&amp;cc=100&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=594&amp;u_tz=-240&amp;u_his=4&amp;u_java=true&amp;u_h=768&amp;u_w=1024&amp;u_ah=734&amp;u_aw=1024&amp;u_cd=32&amp;u_nplug=27&amp;u_nmime=134&amp;flash=10.0.32"></script> </div> <div class="credit"> <p>TIMES ARGUS STAFF - Published: September 18, 2009</p> </div> ROCKINGHAM – A 2006 Dodge pickup hauling a loaded trailer lost its load and crashed on I-91 in the northbound lane around 4 p.m. on Thursday, forcing the closure of the Interstate while police cleaned up the accident scene.<br /><br />Police said William Gokey19, of Brownsville, was hauling a trailer carrying a roller owned by Water Works of Perkinsville, Vt., when the trailer came unhitched from the pickup and rolled over on the highway.<br /><br />Police said there were no injuries and the accident is still under investigation. Police said the northbound lane of the highway was reopened completely around 7 p.m.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-6395442221494460941?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-67241292667545054532009-09-16T13:24:00.000-07:002009-09-16T13:26:29.373-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrFJ4zPXAOI/AAAAAAAADxA/-mJohbgrEL8/s1600-h/update09110927.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 44px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrFJ4zPXAOI/AAAAAAAADxA/-mJohbgrEL8/s400/update09110927.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382164269860585698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrFJySX6tmI/AAAAAAAADw4/8doEWs37cOg/s1600-h/update090110917.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 271px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/SrFJySX6tmI/AAAAAAAADw4/8doEWs37cOg/s400/update090110917.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382164157958895202" border="0" /></a>TRAGIC: Michael Davison, originally from Barrow, was killed in a road accident in Hawaii<br /><br /><h1 class="lead">Barrow man killed in freak car accident in Hawaii</h1><br /><p class="box_400_article_date"> Published at 13:12, Tuesday, 15 September 2009<br /> </p> <p class="box_400_article_standfirst">A BARROW man who worked as a PA to Hollywood stars has been killed after a runaway trailer carrying canoes crashed into his car.</p><p class="box_400_article_standfirst"><br /></p><p>Michael Davison, 49, was on holiday in Hawaii when the tragedy occurred last Sunday.</p><p>The trailer disconnected from a pick-up truck, crossed the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and hit Mr Davison’s sport utility vehicle.</p><p>Police said one of the canoes crashed through the windscreen and struck Mr Davison.</p><p>He died less than an hour after the accident in hospital.</p><p>Mr Davison’s sister Heather was notified by police on Tuesday.</p><p>His parents, Kath and Terry Davison and brother Steve, live in Barrow and Ireleth respectively.</p><p>Mr Davison grew up in Croslands Park, Barrow, before attending catering college in Kendal.</p><p>He worked at award-winning restaurants in the UK before working his way round Europe.</p><p>Mr Davison moved to America in 1985.</p><p>His career really took off when he was hired as Warren Beatty’s personal assistant.</p><p>Mr Davison lived with Beatty, Annette Bening and their children in LA.</p><p>He assisted him through five movies, from Dick Tracy in 1990 to Town and Country in 2001 and accompanied the couple on their Truth Squad propaganda bus tour in 2005.</p><p>He gave up the Hollywood lifestyle to go backpacking around the world.</p><p>On his return to the States Mr Davison worked for media mogul Barry Diller in New York.</p><p>He witnessed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Towers and lost friends who worked in the centre.</p><p>Mr Davison returned to LA to work as PA to Nicolas Cage.</p><p>Filming for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice had just wrapped up so Mr Davison took the opportunity to visit Hawaii before filming began on the Green Hornet.</p><p>His family last heard from him on Saturday when he sent an email update on his holiday. </p><p>He had been to some of the smaller Hawaiian islands before and loved them, but had never been to ‘Big Island’,” said his sister-in-law Lynne Davison, from Ireleth.</p><p>“He was hoping for an easy, tranquil, simple, somewhat relaxing, rainbow and star-gazing type of trip and was so excited to be getting a break.”</p><p>Traffic Enforcement Unit officers are investigating the accident and a negligent homicide investigation has been opened.</p><p> l See pages 12 and 13 for tributes from his family</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-6724129266754505453?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-37274758990522566422009-09-14T23:49:00.001-07:002009-09-14T23:50:27.140-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq85IiLoefI/AAAAAAAADwQ/QxI79FOgaE0/s1600-h/update09110916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 74px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq85IiLoefI/AAAAAAAADwQ/QxI79FOgaE0/s400/update09110916.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381582898508364274" border="0" /></a><br /><h1>Fatal crash spurs another look at safe canoe towing</h1><br /><span class="hon_article_byline"><p> By <a href="mailto:mtsai@honoluluadvertiser.com">Michael Tsai</a><br />Advertiser Staff Writer </p></span> <p>In the aftermath of the Sept. 6 fatal collision on the Big Island between a breakaway trailer carrying three fiberglass outrigger canoes and an SUV driven by a 49-year-old California man, paddlers across the state are wondering how the accident could have occurred and taking a closer look at the measures they take to safely transport their vessels.</p><p><br /></p><p>"It's scary," said Kalani Irvine, president of the O'ahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association. "It seems like it was a freak thing — a rare and tragic accident. It's scary that someone lost their life because of something so simple."</p><p>Statewide, hundreds of canoes are routinely transported via trailer each week for races and practices.</p><p>As news of the accident spread, paddlers speculated about how the trailer was attached to the truck.</p><p>While some clubs make do with the standard set-up of a trailer receiver hitch connected to a ball mount or draw bar (secured with a locking pin), many others opt for the added security of safety chains or cables, which keep the trailer connected should a bump or other disruption unhitch the trailer from the mount.</p><p>Unlike some states, Hawai'i does not require safety chains or cables for towing.</p><p>Walter Vierra, head of the Hawai'i Canoe Racing Association, said it is up to individual clubs to decide whether to use such safety equipment when towing.</p><p>Vierra said that while trailers carrying canoes occasionally separate from the tow vehicle, typically causing damage to the canoes, the accident is believed to be the first in Hawai'i to result in injury or death.</p><p>The accident occurred just before 9 a.m. on Sept. 6, the final day of the Queen Lili'uokalani Long Distance Canoe Races.</p><p>According to the Hawai'i Police Department, the trailer was being pulled by a 1999 Dodge Truck heading north on Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway. The trailer became dislodged from the truck, crossed the median and struck a 2009 Ford Escape multipurpose vehicle heading in the opposite direction.</p><p>One of the canoes crashed through the windshield of the SUV, striking the driver. The man was transported to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead an hour later.</p><p>The driver of the SUV has not been identified.</p><p>Neither the driver of the truck, a 36-year-old man from Lahaina, nor his four passengers were injured.</p><p>The Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit has opened a negligent homicide investigation and ordered an autopsy.</p><p>Police have not indicated whether speed or alcohol were factors in the crash.</p><p>Paddlers at the site said the canoes belonged to the Kahana Canoe Club of Maui.</p><p>Kahana president John Kuia said last week that he was unaware that any of his club members were involved.</p><p>"I have no idea what happened except for what I read in the newspaper," he said. "I just know that the paddlers who went out there are just human. Everybody feels bad. It just happened."</p><p>Barbara Querry, president of the Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association, would not comment on the incident.</p><p>"We're very upset, just like any community would be," said Lawrence "Uncle Bo" Campos, president of the Kai 'Opua Canoe Club, which hosted the race. "People are devastated. Maui is devastated."</p><p>Irvine, the OHCRA president, said the accident was surprising given the sophistication of modern trailers and how relatively light the load was.</p><p>"You take it for granted sometimes because it's so simple," he said. "These trailers are professionally built — some of them are even equipped with brakes — and the canoes are only 400 pounds. You can tow five of them and it's only a ton, which is less than most boats.</p><p>"Everyone is pretty knowledgeable about how to do this because we do it every weekend," he said.</p><p>Kai 'Opua member Mike Atwood, who served as race director on Sept. 6, was overseeing the start of the double-hulled canoe races when he got word of the accident.</p><p>"It definitely put a damper on the rest of the day," Atwood said. "Our hearts go out to everyone who was a part of that — the people in the vehicle that was towing the trailer and the family of the man who was fatally injured."</p><p>Atwood said Kai 'Opua uses a pair of safety chains when transporting its canoes, as do most other clubs. Still, he said he is mindful that any number of equipment failures could result in a trailer breaking away.</p><p>"Anyone who tows a trailer for a significant amount of time has had one break loose for whatever reason," he said. "We're such a close-knit community that when a trailer breaks loose, we always think, 'That could have been me.'</p><p>"When it involves an injury or a fatality, it's even more tragic and saddening. As a group, we're all trying to deal with that."</p> <!-- SHIRTTAIL --> <!-- Check for "contributed" --> <!-- Check for Mike Hughes --> <!-- TAGLINE --> <p><i>Reach Michael Tsai at <a href="mailto:mtsai@honoluluadvertiser.com">mtsai@honoluluadvertiser.com</a>.</i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-3727475899052256642?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-84070405334278681012009-09-14T23:23:00.000-07:002009-09-14T23:25:11.310-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8zQn3eUII/AAAAAAAADvw/9HtWLapU04k/s1600-h/update09110915.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 28px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8zQn3eUII/AAAAAAAADvw/9HtWLapU04k/s400/update09110915.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381576440403611778" border="0" /></a><br /><h1> A bad morning for motorists</h1> <div class="storybyline">By Steve Lyttle<br />slyttle@charlotteobserver.com</div><div class="byline">Posted: Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009</div><p><br /></p><p>Maybe we forgot how to drive on wet streets.</p> <p>Many motorists found their way to school or work blocked by wrecked cars, police and tow trucks Thursday morning.</p> <p>The road problems included a school bus that landed in a ditch in Matthews, a girl struck by a car in east Charlotte, and a trailer that broke loose from a truck on Interstate 77 at the Carolinas border.</p> <p>There were no fatalities, but the girl who was hit by the car needed hospitalization.</p> <p>The school bus wreck happened about 8:15 a.m. on Sam Newell Road, between Williams Road and Rice Road, a short distance north of East Independence Boulevard. No students were aboard Bus 1000 when it went off the narrow two-lane road and into a ditch. The driver was not hurt, but Sam Newell Road was closed for about a half-hour, until the bus could be pulled free.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">On I-77, southbound traffic headed from the Charlotte area toward Rock Hill was snarled for a while after a trailer came loose from the truck pulling it. The incident happened about 2 a.m., and police say the trailer rolled for several hundred yards across several southbound lanes before coming to a stop. No injuries were reported.</span></p> <p>There were a number of other wrecks Thursday morning, as motorists dealt with rain-slickened streets. Little rain has fallen in the past month in the Charlotte area.</p> <p>At least three collisions were reported on Independence Boulevard, and there also were wrecks on Interstate 485 near University City Boulevard, on Sharon Lane, and on North Church Street.</p> <p>And if all that wasn't bad enough, the traffic signals stopped working about 7:30 a.m. at one of the city's busiest intersections – Independence Boulevard at Sharon Amity Road. Police were called to direct traffic through the morning commute, but the problem caused backups for inbound motorists.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8407040533427868101?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-82602849503268904122009-09-14T22:48:00.000-07:002009-09-14T22:49:31.444-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8q4siwc8I/AAAAAAAADvY/LG51PTNHLTg/s1600-h/update09110914.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 59px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8q4siwc8I/AAAAAAAADvY/LG51PTNHLTg/s400/update09110914.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381567233249014722" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 id="storyTitle">Motorist killed by wayward canoe ID'd</h1><br /><p> <span class="postCredit"> By Star-Bulletin staff <br /> </span> </p> <p> <span class="brown"> POSTED: 12:24 p.m. HST, Sep 14, 2009 </span> </p> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <div id="view-complete-story" class="right"> (Single Page View) | <a href="http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/59273067.html?page=1&amp;c=y">Return to Paginated View</a> </div> <br /> <!--endclickprintexclude--> <span id="printDesc" class="storytext"> <p>Big Island police have identified a motorist killed earlier this month when a canoe that had broken loose from a trailer crashed through his windshield as 49-year-old Michael Davison of California.</p><p>Police said the accident happened about 8:48 a.m. Sept. 6 when a trailer with three canoes got dislodged from the truck that was towing it, crossed the center line of Queen Kaahumanu Highway at Makala Boulevard and collided with the multi-purpose vehicle driven by Davison.</p><p>A 36-year-old Lahaina, Maui man was driving the 1999 Dodge pickup truck that was towing the trailer, police said.</p><p>Davison was taken to Kona Community Hospital where he died less than an hour later.</p></span> <!--endclickprintinclude--> <p class="storytext">Big Island police have identified a motorist killed earlier this month when a canoe that had broken loose from a trailer crashed through his windshield as 49-year-old Michael Davison of California..</p><p class="storytext">Police said the accident happened about 8:48 a.m. Sept. 6 when a trailer with three canoes got dislodged from the truck that was towing it, crossed the center line of Queen Kaahumanu Highway at Makala Boulevard and collided with the multi-purpose vehicle driven by Davison.</p> <p class="storytext">A 36-year-old Lahaina, Maui man was driving the 1999 Dodge pickup truck that was towing the trailer, police said.</p> <p class="storytext">Davison was taken to Kona Community Hospital where he died less than an hour later.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2300270824070928508-8260284950326890412?l=dangeroustrailersaccidentsin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ron Melanconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856693100553559754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300270824070928508.post-34193104683126780232009-09-14T22:27:00.000-07:002009-09-14T22:29:31.381-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mKM05mQI/AAAAAAAADuo/x6ERke-NkBk/s1600-h/update09110913.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 40px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mKM05mQI/AAAAAAAADuo/x6ERke-NkBk/s400/update09110913.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381562036414683394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mJ3HCKAI/AAAAAAAADug/Wavt-Wn6KLI/s1600-h/update09110811.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mJ3HCKAI/AAAAAAAADug/Wavt-Wn6KLI/s400/update09110811.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381562030585161730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mJXddIkI/AAAAAAAADuY/hyBkry5pi2E/s1600-h/update09110911.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mJXddIkI/AAAAAAAADuY/hyBkry5pi2E/s400/update09110911.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381562022089269826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mJL6fvbI/AAAAAAAADuQ/GFIDVx8P5HQ/s1600-h/update09110912.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 60px; height: 60px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ocr67TyjOSg/Sq8mJL6fvbI/AAAAAAAADuQ/GFIDVx8P5HQ/s400/update09110912.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381562018989850034" border="0" /></a><span class="Normal"><p><span class="Header_1">WONIT ONA RV VERSION DIES IN A TRAILER ACCIDENT</span></p><p><span class="Normal"><em>The American Quarter Horse Journal, September 14, 2009 --</em> 2009 Bayer Select showmanship world champion Wonit Ona RV Version died in an early Saturday morning trailer crash. The gelding, the 2008 all-around amateur high-point horse, was owned by Ronnie and Vickie Kent of Graceville, Florida. His traveling companion, Ill Be RV Radical, who was the 2009 Bayer Select trail world champion, was critically injured in the wreck and is recovering at a veterinary hospital near College Station, Texas.</span></p><p><span class="Normal">The Kents were enroute to California when the trailer hitch broke, causing the accident.</span></p><p><span class="Normal"><a target="_blank" href="http://americashorsedaily.com/category/quarter-chat/"><em>The American Quarter Horse Journal</em> spoke with Vickie Kent.</a></span></p&g