Trailer slams into Lost Creek porch

January 21, 2006

Section: Local News

Trailer slams into Lost Creek porch

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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 hitch, crossed the westbound lane and struck porch of the Brann home, police said.

The force of the collision smashed the support beams and concrete steps of the porch.

Police said they suspect that the safety chains designed to prevent the trailer from coming loose were not in use.

Police said charges are pending their conclusion of the investigation.

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BERKS COUPLE KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT Loose Trailer

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Morning Call, The (Allentown, PA)

September 28, 1994

Edition: FIFTH
Section: LOCAL/REGION
Page: B02

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POLICE
ACCIDENT
VEHICLE
DEATH
TRAILER
ANIMAL
HORSE
EQUIPMENT
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INJURY
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BERKS COUPLE KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT
Author: The Morning Call

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A Berks County couple were killed when a horse trailer became detached from a truck and crashed into their car in Ontelaunee Township in Berks County on Monday afternoon, police said.

Daniel Mertz of New York was traveling north on Route 61 when he lost control of his pickup truck and went into the southbound lane, officer Michael Cardona of the Maiden Creek-Ontelaunee police department said.

An empty horse trailer Mertz had used to haul hay to Pottstown somehow broke loose from his truck and slammed into a southbound car being driven by Ruth Holland, shearing off the top of her vehicle, he said.

A third vehicle being driven by Anthony White of Reading then collided with Mertz sending him careening back into the northbound lane where he struck a car being driven by John Hessler of Reading, Cardona said.

Ruth Holland, 65, and her husband George Holland, 67, of 420 Pine St., Shoemakersville, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Berks County Coroner's Office.

Both died of multiple injuries and their deaths were ruled accidental, said Deputy Coroner Charles Schweitzer.

No one else involved in the four-car accident was injured, Cardona said.

Cardona said that police and an accident reconstructionist are investigating the accident including how the trailer became detached from Mertz's truck.

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Lawn mower falls off of trailer, burns Loose Trailer

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Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA)

July 22, 1987

Edition: FINAL
Section: CENTRAL PA
Page: B6

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FIRE

Column: MIDSTATE IN BRIEF

Lawn mower falls off of trailer, burns

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A lawn mower that fell from a trailer and burned on southbound Route 15 yesterday caused traffic to come to a halt for sweltering motorists.

Upper Allen Twp. police said the accident occurred at 3: 40 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the Route 15 near the turnpike entrance when a trailer under tow broke loose from a truck driven by Kelly Keilison of Wellsville. Police said after the trailer broke loose it jackknifed, causing a commercial lawn mower to fall off the trailer. Police said a spark apparently ingnited the mower, which burned in the left lane. The truck, trailer and mower are owned by Granulawn of Camp Hill, police said.

Traffic was stopped in the southbound lanes for 15 minutes, police said.

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2 hurt when trailer breaks loose, hits car

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Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) June 12, 1987
Edition: FINAL Section: CENTRAL PA Page: A9

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TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; BRIEF

Column: POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS

2 hurt when trailer breaks loose, hits car

Dateline: SHIPPENSBURG

Article Text: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. Police said Landolt and Withinton both are serving with the Navy.

State police at Chambersburg said the 6: 45 p.m. accident occurred in the southbound lanes of I-81 just north of Exit 10. Police said the pickup truck towing the trailer was driven by Steven Eby of Morgantown, W.Va.

They said both vehicles went off the roadway and flipped over. Landolt and Withinton were thrown from the car. Eby was not injured, police said.

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Trailer breaks loose, causing accident

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Erie Times-News (PA) April 12, 2001

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LCL

Article Text: 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 said the trailer hitch broke and the trailer fishtailed across the center line of the highway into the path of a westbound 1999 Dodge truck driven by Michele Avenali, 27, of Kane. Avenali was being treated in the Hamot Medical Center emergency room Thursday night.

Her passenger, identified by state police as Daniel Avenali, 30, of Kane, was released after treatment, a Hamot nursing supervisor said. Police said Meabon was not injured. All three motorists wore seat belts, police said. Eby Inc. makes livestock trailers.

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Record Number: 2001102087

Empty horse trailer breaks loose in road

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Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) April 5, 1990
Edition: AM Section: NEWS Page: D14

Empty horse trailer breaks loose in road

Article Text:An empty horse trailer broke loose from a pickup truck at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday along Route 322 east of Churchtown Road in Salisbury Township, according to the Ephrata State Police. Ronald Meloney, 60, East Earl R2, was traveling west on Route 322 when his pickup hit a bump in the road, and the horse trailer came loose and crossed into the east bound lane. Kenneth Forrester, 49, of 37 Hilldale Drive, Ephrata, was traveling east on Route 322 and swerved to avoid the trailer, but the tow bar hit the passenger side of his car. His car was severly damaged, but neither he nor Meloney were injured.

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