Trailer crash temporarily closes West Broadway
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 weeks, 6 days AGO
A trailer that broke loose snarled traffic along West Broadway Avenue in Moses Lake and temporarily closed the road Monday afternoon.
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MOSES LAKE — No injuries were reported when a trailer broke loose from its hitch and crossed all five lanes of traffic on West Broadway Avenue Monday afternoon. The crash temporarily closed West Broadway and snarled traffic for about five hours.
The trailer was being towed by a truck driven by Blaine Tull, 81, Roundup, Mont., said Captain Mike Williams of the Moses Lake Police Department. Tull was exiting the freeway at the westbound ramp.
"He came up the ramp; he was going too fast and somehow the trailer broke loose," Williams said.
Tull was attempting to control his vehicle and trailer, ran the stop sign, and turned away from traffic in an attempt to avoid it. The trailer slid across the road.
"Fortunately, no one was occupying those lanes when it rolled through, so there were no injuries," Williams said.
The trailer was heavily damaged, with a section of one side coming loose, falling out and scattering debris. Tull's truck was damaged as well.
The crash was reported at about 4:15 p.m., Williams said, and the road was closed at about 5:15 p.m. It was reopened at about 8 p.m., but crews were on the scene cleaning debris until about 9 p.m.
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