Company, truck driver cited in fatal runaway tire wreck

DURANGO (AP) - A New Mexico transportation agency has determined that a trailer that lost two tires on U.S. 550, causing a crash that killed a Durango man, had a defective rim and was overdue for an inspection.

Justin Tucker of the state Motor Transportation Division says the truck's driver, 34-year-old Ronnie Jacquez of Bloomfield, N.M., will be cited with operating unsafe equipment and failing to inspect the flatbed. Moberg Welding, which owned the flatbed, will be cited with failing to inspect the trailer annually as required by law.

Tucker says the citations aren't criminal but will count against their safety scores.

Moberg Welding declined to comment.

The tires came off the southbound trailer March 13 near Aztec, N.M. One tire jumped a divider and crashed though the windshield of a northbound SUV, killing a passenger, 44-year-old Ron Newton.

Fatal motorcycle accident under investigation

Note: Look at the condition of this trailer.... missing light on the left.

Do you think if this trailer was required to have 8.33 feet of Reflector Tape type C-2
on the back maybe the driver would have seen it.

You can blame... Carry On trailers along with the National Organizations of These Trailers
that has chosen to spend allot of money to try to defeat our organization Reflector Tape law in Virginia which cost about $8.00. Is your life worth more than $8.00 of Reflector Tape?

Fatal motorcycle accident under investigation

Trailer that motorycle crashed into

NEWBURGH – Newburgh City Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred at 10:35 p.m. Monday in which the 18-year-old male driver was killed.

Police said the operator, from New Windsor, was southbound on West Street when he struck a wooden trailer that was parked on the west side of the street.

The impact caused the bike to spin into the northbound lane, and is believed the driver, who police have not yet publicly identified, was thrown from the vehicle.

Police think that after the initial accident, the driver may have been struck by a northbound vehicle that fled the scene.

Police are trying to identify the owner of the wooden trailer that was either parked or abandoned there; the right side of the axle had been broken off.

Police are also looking for the owner and operator of a white full-size van, possibly a Ford that may have been involved in the incident, said Lt. Charles Broe. Police don’t know if the van was the cause or it if was involved after the motorcycle’s impact with the trailer.

Anyone with information is asked to call Lt. Patrick Arnold at Newburgh City Police Detective Division at 845-569-7509 or the main number at 845-561-3131. All calls will be kept confidential.

One hurt when pickup, trailer comes loose

One hurt when pickup, trailer roll on I-80

The Gazette

A Tama man was hurt when a trailer came unhitched from the pickup he was driving and both units rolled into an Interstate 80 median on Tuesday afternoon.

Joseph M. Ortiz, 23, was eastbound around 3:55 p.m. on I-80 near the 183 mile marker when the enclosed trailer came unhitched. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the trailer started weaving and Ortiz was unable to control the pickup.

Ortiz was transported to Grinnell Regional Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition Wednesday morning. Three passengers in the pickup were not injured.

Although it was raining in the area, it was not raining when the accident happened, and road conditions were not deemed a factor in the crash by the patrol.

Trailer comes loose, dumps load on Route 4

Back window of a Dodge Durango was broken when trailer it was hauling became unhooked on Route 4 in Jay Wednesday morning



A trailer became unhooked, spun around and flipped it's load of bark mulch on to Route 4 in Jay Wednesday morning

Trailer comes loose, dumps load on Route 4

By Ann Bryant , Staff Writer
Thursday, May 7, 2009 05:00 am

JAY - A wayward trailer slowed traffic on Route 4 on Wednesday after it came unhooked, spun out and flipped, dumping a small load of bark mulch on the road.

Brian Fournier, 31, of Jay had just left the Transfer Station heading north on Jay flats shortly after 9 a.m. when the trailer he was hauling behind his Dodge Durango let go, said Sgt. Troy Young of Jay Police Department.

The dual-axle trailer, owned by Marco Grimaldi also of Jay, spun, flipped and ended up on its side on the yellow line, Young said.

No other vehicles were involved in the incident and Fournier was not hurt but his SUV was damaged. The back window of the Durango was broken, he said. The trailer received quite a lot of damage.

By chance, a Maine Department of Transportation vehicle carrying a backhoe happened upon the scene. The crew assisted in moving the mulch from the road, Young said.

Jay Fire Department responded to the accident and Hilltop Collision Center hauled the trailer away, Young said.

Boat on trailer overturns on interstate.... Tire Fly's Off Trailer

NOTE: No inspections on trailers that weigh just one pound under 3,000 pounds.

Why did the trailer's Tire Come flying off??

Boat on trailer overturns on interstate

Posted: April 20, 2009 05:27 PM

Updated: April 28, 2009 01:17 PM

SARASOTA COUNTY - A driver towing a boat caused a big back up on Interstate 75 Monday morning.

Troopers say a tire on the boat's trailer broke off near the Jacaranda Boulevard exit just after 10am. That tire hit a Scion, causing that driver to lose control and overturn in the median.

The truck that was towing the boat also lost control, resulting in the boat and trailer overturning in the median.

The driver of the Scion suffered only minor injuries. There were no reported injuries in the tow vehicle.

Traffic on the interstate was backed up for hours.

Boat Trailer Comes Loose Australia

Boat runs aground on M1 + gallery

Andrew MacDonald

April 19th, 2009

A SEAFARING motorist found himself `shipwrecked' on the M1 this morning after his boat trailer separated from a jeep.

Emergency crews were called to a northbound lane of the Pacific Motorway near Oxenford, when the trailer carrying a tinnie detached from the 4WD and became lodged in the median strip about 11am.

An RACQ tow truck was called to help remove the boat from the motorway as two police cars warned other drivers of the traffic hazard for about half an hour.

Nobody was injured in the the accident.

trailer came off the hitch and rolled off of the roadway.

Published May 20, 2009 10:56 pm

In an unrelated accident on Tuesday, a trailer came loose from behind a truck and crashed into a mobile home at Hall’s Manufactured Homes on Veterans Parkway.

A GMC Sierra, driven by James Edwards, of 908 Barbara Circle, was towing the trailer on South Veterans Parkway at 7:56 a.m. Tuesday. As the truck passed the 31st Avenue Southeast intersection, the trailer came off the hitch and rolled off of the roadway.

The trailer hit a Destiny mobile home at Hall’s Manufactured Homes dealership on South Veterans Parkway. The mobile home had moderate damage to its front, and the trailer had moderate damage to its right side.

No one was inside the mobile home when the accident happened, and no one was hurt.