North Fort Myers, Florida Pickup Truck Trailer Accident Under Investigation; 4 Men Injured
Four men from North Fort Myers, Florida were hospitalized -- one with serious injuries -- when a pickup truck hauling a trailer of lawn care equipment lost control on the highway -- the vehicles separating and careening out of control.
According to news reports, the South Florida pickup truck accident occurred the weekend of May 1 on Veterans Memorial Parkway. The driver of a Dodge pickup truck hauling a trailer of lawn care equipment, traveling west in the center lane, lost control of his vehicle. Witnesses reported that the trailer was fishtailing before it came unattached, sending the truck into a spin across the median and into the eastbound lanes.
Two men, Mark Smith, 52, and Raymond King, 22, were ejected from the vehicle in this South Florida highway traffic accident. The driver, Vincent E. Ehrhardt, 24, and passenger Edward R. Ehrhardt, 38, were also hospitalized for their injuries. Smith reportedly sustained life-threatening injuries and was med-flighted to Lee Memorial Hospital. All four men were from North Fort Myers, Florida, in the Cape Coral–Fort Myers metropolitan area.
Fort Myers, Florida truck accident lawyers are aware of the safety laws and regulations surrounding the operation of commercial trucks and other business vehicles, as well as for the usage of trailers and trailer hitches. Commercial trucks that haul gear or cargo in trailers -- as well as cars, trucks, SUVs and RVs that pull rented U-Hauls, boats, and other types of personal and recreational use trailers -- are at risk of causing serious motor vehicle accidents if the equipment used fails to prevent trailer sway (causing the vehicle driver to lose control) and/or if the trailer hitch breaks and the vehicles separate.
Man involved in weekend accident remains hospitalized
Cape-Coral-Daily-Breeze.com, May 4, 2010
Related Web Resources
Towing a Trailer: Being Equipped for Safety (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), April 2002
National Association of Trailer Manufacturers
