Trailer with trees breaks loose, hits car on N. I-35W

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)

April 20, 2001

Edition: FINAL
Section: METRO
Page: 2

Metro & Texas Digest
Author: Staff and Wire Reports

Article Text:

Fort Worth area

Trailer with trees breaks loose, hits car on N. I-35W

FORT WORTH - A horse trailer carrying peach trees came unhitched from a northbound pickup on Interstate 35W near the Basswood Boulevard exit Thursday night, rolling across the median and hitting a southbound Toyota head-on.

A white extended-cab truck in the southbound lane then hit the right front passenger side of the Toyota, police Sgt. Anne Cummings said.

The driver of the Toyota was taken to Harris Methodist Fort Worth hospital. Judging by the damage to the car, he was probably in "extremely critical" condition, Cummings said. His name was not released Thursday night.

The pickup and Toyota were in the 7400 block of the North Freeway when the trailer came loose from the pickup about 4:30 p.m., Cummings said.

The family in the pickup and the driver of the extended-cab truck were not injured.

Southbound traffic was reduced to one lane, delaying travel for several hours.