ALBION, IN — Bradley Bonar was identified as the man that was hurt in an accident with a tractor-trailer that happened in Albion, Indiana on Monday, November 17th, 2014. The article released by WANE said that the accident happened sometime Monday night.
55-year-old Bradley Bonar was hurt when the car he was driving and a trailer that had unhitched collided on State Road 8. Police think that the trailer came unhitched while the truck driver made a wide turn. When the trailer separated, so did the cable that connects the lights on the vehicle. The trailer came to rest on the center line of the highway when Bonar’s vehicle struck it.
Bonar was taken to a nearby hospital for unspecified injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified as Maliton Silva, who was cited for driving left of center after the accident.
The Indiana State Police is still investigating the accident.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
Very rarely do I see an accident where a trailer separates from a truck. Why do you think that is? Because so many things have to go wrong for it to happen, that it doesn’t happen very often, and when it does, you can bet somebody has made a series of very grievous mistakes. First of all, connecting a trailer to a semi-truck is not as easy as hitching a boat or a Uhaul to a trailer hitch on a pickup truck. There are a series of connections, and more importantly checks during the connection process that ensure everything is going right. Not only does the trailer have to be incorrectly connected, but these inspections were either skipped or forgotten about. Besides the trailer itself, power, air, and other lines have to be connected to make sure the brakes on the trailer, as well as the brake lights are all functioning properly. Now, I’m really wondering how the driver of the truck managed to do this, but one thing is for certain, the trucking company that hired and trained him needs to answer for the actions of their employee.
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