Trailer comes unhitched, kills 1.

Or, the crash involved a car and a truck pulling a camper.

JaxDad wrote:
The plot thickens.........

".....the crash involved a truck pulling a camper and a car."

Yet there is no hitch visible on the back of the camper and no toad visible.

Maybe this?

".....the crash involved a truck pulling a camper, and a car."

The plot thickens.........

".....the crash involved a truck pulling a camper and a car."

Yet there is no hitch visible on the back of the camper and no toad visible.

Here is an update and more pictures.

http://www.lex18.com/story/35541653/crash-on-us-150-east-in-lincoln-co

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LINCOLN COUNTY, Ky LEX 18 The Lincoln County Sheriff has confirmed that one person died in a crash on US 150 east.

He said the crash involved a truck pulling a camper and a car. The camper apparently became unhinged and hit the car head on.

One person died in the crash, a 10-month-old child was airlifted to the hospital, and two others were injured.

Sheriff Curt Folger says the camper disconnected from a Ford truck, and barreled about 100 yards before crashing into the SUV.

Police are trying to figure out exactly how the camper became unhinged.

"To see if it was secured properly, or if it broke. There's got to be a reason that camper came off the truck," said Folger.

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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.

My class C motorhome is a camper, according to this cute bit of wall art it came with. (A previous owner could well have added it, rather than being Coachmen original equipment.) I guess I personally would categorize anything you go camping in, perhaps excluding a tent, as a camper. A truck camper would be one that slides into a pickup truck bed.


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Regarding the "Truck camper" or Trailer debate....

To the news a 5-er would likely be a "Truck Camper"

In the old days news services actually ask questions and verified information. Now days they tend to make it up as they go... Having had "Media" in my office (Hazard of the job) many times.. I have several cases where I KNOW what the truth is, and aI also know what went out over the air. IT is rare for the media to get it exact.. Though in truth. seen that happen once or twice.

I generally feel reporters often get the story wrong, but I'll cut the reporter some slack on this one. He or she is writing for the masses, not for RV enthusiasts. So a camper is anything that you camp in...that is what the average Joe understands. We refer to our travel trailer as our "camper."
And if that sounds weird to you, I usually think of a motorhome when someone talks about their RV. And many average Joe's also think of an RV as a motorhome. Not everyone out there is as particular as we here on RV.net.

mich800 wrote:
Because it is like Kleenex or a Xerox copy. It has taken on the general meaning for that type of product. When I hear or read camper I envision any type of towable.

I think that's a bit of a regional thing. Out west there are many more actual "campers" in the RV mix. I grew up knowing that a camper was hauled in a pickup because I had relatives with one.

"Camper" for a towable sounds weird to me too but I get that much of the country uses "camper" for "RV".

mich800 wrote:
Because it is like Kleenex or a Xerox copy. It has taken on the general meaning for that type of product. When I hear or read camper I envision any type of towable.

My GF still calls my Allegro (Class A) "the trailer." I just let it go....