Note: I have researched and have found over 2,000 accidents involving Utility Trailers as reported by newspapers. I will feature 50 as finances allow to purchase the articles.
11. Express-Times, The (Easton, PA) - April 2, 2002
Free-wheeling car collides with tractor-trailer on I-78
L. SAUCON TWP. - A car came loose from a trailer and drifted
across Interstate 78 into the path of a tractor-trailer Sunday, police
said. Police said the car was being towed behind a Penske rental truck
driven by Len Bertuglia, 44, of Brooklyn, N.Y.Police said the car was
being towed west on Interstate 78 at 11:33 p.m. when it came loose and
drifted in front of a tractor-trailer driven by Jeffrey J. Dobisch, 45,
of Covington, Tenn.Police said the tractor-trailer sent...
12. Erie Times-News (PA) - April 12, 2001
Trailer breaks loose, causing accident Two people were injured
Thursday afternoon when a trailer hitch broke, causing a trailer to
break loose from a truck and fishtail into the wrong lane of state
Route 97. It and an oncoming pickup truck then collided, state police
said.The accident happened at 1:16 p.m. in Union Township, west of
Union City.Troopers said Randall Meabon, 46, of Wattsburg, was driving
a 1998 Dodge truck east on Route 97, pulling a 1999 Eby trailer.Police
13. Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - June 12, 1987
2 hurt when trailer breaks loose, hits car
Two Missouri men were injured yesterday when a car in which they
were riding was struck by a utility trailer that broke loose from a
pickup truck that was towing it on Interstate 81 in Hampton Twp. The
driver of the car, Derek Landolt, 20, of Wellsville, Mo., was taken to
Chambersburg Hospital where he was undergoing treatment last night, a
hospital spokeswoman said. A passenger in the Landolt car, Jerry
Withinton Jr., 20, of St. Louis was released after treatment at the
hospital....
14. Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA) - May 24, 2009
Motorcyclist struck by shattered glass on I-81
SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY -- A Delaware man was
injured Thursday when a window on a backhoe being towed by another
vehicle on Interstate 81 came loose and shattered, throwing glass on
him and the motorcycle he was riding.Pennsylvania State Police,
Chambersburg, said a Ford F350 driven by Karen D. Kellogg, 52,
Bainbridge had the backhoe in tow when a backhoe window came loose,
fell against the tow trailer and shattered.Thomas J. Mahon, 50,
Harrington, Del., and Robert G....
15. Pottsville Republican, The & Evening Herald (PA) - January 21, 2006
Trailer slams into Lost Creek porch
LOST CREEK - West Mahanoy Township police reported no injuries in
an accident that occurred in front of 530 Mount Olive Blvd., Route 54,
in this village at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday.Police said the accident
occurred as Robert J. Ferrari, 47, of 213 Preston Ave., Girardville,
was driving a 1987 Chevrolet pickup truck east pulling a 2000 Kutz
18-foot flatbed trailer owned by Anthracite Auto Sales,
Girardville.While passing the home of Robert J. Brann Jr., the trailer
broke loose from the.
16. Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, PA) - July 3, 2003
No injuries were reported in an incident in which a motor-cycle fell off of a trailer
No injuries were reported in an incident in which a motorcycle
fell off of a trailer. Police said Thomas Rothrock, Nazareth, came to
the police station at 8:10 p.m. Sunday to report the incident. Rothrock
said he was transporting three motorcycles on a trailer on West Broad
Street, when one of the straps used to secure the motorcycles became
loose. As a result, a motorcycle fell from the trailer and skidded
under a 2001 Chevrolet pick-up truck owned by Bruce Breiner Jr., 324 W.
Broad...
17. Morning Call, The (Allentown, PA) - October 13, 2003
I-78 CLOSED FOR 2 HOURS AFTER SUV OVERTURNS
GREENWICH TOWNSHIP Berks County A one-car accident closed
Interstate 78 eastbound for two hours Saturday afternoon, tangling
traffic, police said.According to state police at Hamburg: Audrey A.
Smith, 44, of Northampton, lost control of a sport utility vehicle
towing a trailer about 5:08 p.m. while driving east in the right lane
of Route 78.The car and trailer moved onto the shoulder, veered back
across both lanes, then moved back onto the shoulder. The car hit an...
18. Susquehanna County Independent & Weekender (Montrose, PA) - April 9, 2008
Two horses killed in accident on I-81
Two horses were severely injured and euthanized at the scene after
the trailer in which they were riding came loose and struck a guide
rail on I-81 near Lenox, on April 2, state police said.The driver,
Kathy Whitmore, 42, Brackney, was uninjured.According to the report,
Whitemore was driving a 2003 Dodge dual pick-up truck with a horse
trailer attached. Apparently, the horse trailer detached from the
vehicle and struck the guide rail. The horses were owned by Milfer
Farms, in...
19. Lancaster New Era (PA) - April 1, 1997
POLICE-FIRE DIGEST
ACCIDENTS EPHRATA: A utility trailer broke loose from a truck and
struck a parked truck Thursday morning in the 300 block of East Main
Street, borough police said. Michael A. King, 26, Mount Joy, who was
driving the truck, is being cited for a towed vehicle violation, police
said.EAST COCALICO TWP.: Terence L. Ott, Lancaster, treated at
Lancaster General Hospital following Friday evening chain-reaction
crash in the 600 block of North Reading Road (Route 272) township
police said. Crash...
20. Erie Times-News (PA) - June 11, 1997
AND THE SEAS WEREN'T EVEN ROUGH...
MORNING NEWS PHOTO/G REG WOHLFORD David Miller, 17, examines his
boat after its trailer broke loose from his car and slammed into a tree
and the side of a building near E.7th and Wayne streets Tuesday night.
The accident was reported shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to
Erie police, who are investigating.No one was injured, authorities
said....
21. Lancaster New Era (PA) - September 1, 1993
NEWS
ACCIDENTS EPHRATA: Route 272 near Parkview Heights Road was closed
for about 90 minutes Monday afternoon when a trailer came loose from a
truck and upset, borough police said. Accident happened at 4:20 p.m.
The truck driver, Rick Heffner, 31, Ephrata, was cited for failure to
secure loads in vehicles, police said. BURGLARIES EPHRATA: Thieves
broke into Press Box News Stand, 1015 S. State St., early Monday
morning and stole an undetermined number of items, borough police
said....
22. Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, PA) - January 24, 2006
WMAHTWP Police
The West Mahanoy Township Police Department is investigating a
traffic accident that occurred Wednesday in the Lost Creek section of
the township. According to police, Robert J. Ferrari, 47, of 213
Preston Ave., Girardville, was traveling east on Mount Olive Boulevard,
Route 54, and towing a trailer when it broke loose from the hitch,
crossed the westbound lane, and struck the front porch of a home owned
by Robert J. Brann, Jr., 530 Mt. Olive Blvd., Lost Creek.The force of
the...
23. Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - January 17, 2006
POLICE ROUNDUP
CUMBERLAND COUNTY DICKINSON TWP. Crash victim critical Chester J.
Sagon, 73, of Somers, Conn., was in critical condition in Hershey
Medical Center yesterday with injuries from an accident on Interstate
81. State police said Sagon lost control of his pickup truck and
utility trailer around 7: 45 a.m. Sunday. The trailer broke loose and
the truck spun and hit a bank, they said.NORTH MIDDLETON TWP.Woman
drives into creek A local woman who was on the wrong road drove her...