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Loose trailer, car collide on I-20

Dallas Morning News, The (TX)

November 21, 1998

Section: NEWS

ARLINGTON
Page: 10A

Column: IN THE NEWS

IN THE NEWS

Article Text:

Arlington

Loosed trailer, car collide on I-20

A runaway trailer filled with paint crossed the median on a South Arlington highway Friday morning and collided into an oncoming car.

Morning rush hour traffic was backed up for about an hour and half as officers cleared the accident on westbound Interstate 20 near the Matlock Road exit.

Police said two people in the car suffered non-life threatening injuries and were released from a Fort Worth hospital. Their airbags deployed and prevented any major injuries, police said.

Police said the driver of a pickup truck hauling the homemade trailer carrying paint was headed east on I-20 about 7:30 a.m. Friday.

"The driver of the truck didn't secure the trailer with the proper safety chains," said accident investigator Paul Skendrovic. "It hit a bump and bounced loose. If he had the chains, this wouldn't have happened."

The trailer broke loose, crossed the grassy median and collided with the right front portion of an oncoming car, reports stated.

The pickup driver was cited for not securing the load and received a ticket for the Class C misdemeanor.

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