Trailer comes unhitched, kills 1.
Pretty tragic- http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Road-shut-down-after-serious-crash-in-Lincoln-County-425179783.html No info on how in the world the trailer came loose....
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RCMAN46 wrote:drmopar wrote:
Was this a Trailer? The news reports a camper came off the truck and landed on top of the car. Not a Run away Trailer. Hard to tell from the photos.Very sad.
Definitely a trailer or 5th wheel. I could determine which for sure.
One of the pictures shows the underside of the trailer and two trailer axles can be seen.
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The reporter uses the word 'hauling' instead of 'towing'.
He also uses the term 'came off' instead of 'broke away'.
The reporter is NOT an RV'er.
So he uses terms that are not really correct to describe the accident.
Fifth wheels don't come loose as easily as a TT does. And if a FW does fail or operator error it usually flips the truck clean over with it. And if it did fall out of the bed it's going straight down to the ground and I would find it hard to believe it could become airborne to fly across into oncoming traffic due to its weight and design.
The cops said that the occupants of the truck sustained no injuries.
My vote, with the axles in the pictures, is it was a TT.
