JohnDar
Prolifically Gabby Member
I was working an 8 hour FD shift today and we were called out to the freeway for a vehicle accident involving injury and entrapment. Not sure of the exact cause, but speed and overcorrection/panic braking may have been a factor. There was another passenger car involved, but it suffered only minor damage and was driven away. The trailer was on the freeway and the other vehicle was entering it. It has not been ascertained if the vehicle entering was at fault or if the driver of the tow vehicle was. Injuries were relatively minor, although we did have to extricate the couple from the truck by cutting out the windshield and they were transported by ambulance to be checked out. Passengers in the other vehicle did not suffer any noticeable injury. In the photos, the red liquid on the ground is transmission fluid, not blood.
The trailer was an older 26 foot model and it appears they had the WDH set up, although the bars broke free, and the anti-sway device locked. Since it is lying facing the oncoming traffic flow, one can surmise that it may have jack-knifed and swung the whole thing around.
Be careful out there.
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The trailer was an older 26 foot model and it appears they had the WDH set up, although the bars broke free, and the anti-sway device locked. Since it is lying facing the oncoming traffic flow, one can surmise that it may have jack-knifed and swung the whole thing around.
Be careful out there.
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