Personal Injury Law

As accidents go?

By Edward Bills

On 03/05/2010, 0952 hrs., CSPD received a call of a traffic hazard blocking all lanes of I-25 south of Cimarron St. Upon arrival, officers discovered approximately 40 logs between 30 ft. and 40 ft. in length blocking all lanes of the Interstate.

There were no reported injuries, traffic accidents or property damage reported as a result of this incident.

The investigation revealed that a semi-truck with a flatbed trailer was entering southbound I-25 from Cimarron St. carrying a load of approximately 100 ? 150 logs. The load was secured with faulty strap webbing. The strap gave way, causing the stanchions on the side of the trailer to buckle, spilling the logs onto I-25. Southbound I-25 was totally closed for approximately 30 minutes. At that time, officers were able to open two southbound lanes, but kept the Cimarron St. entrance ramp and one lane of I-25 shut down. All lanes of the Interstate, as well as the Cimarron St. entrance ramp, were reopened at 1228 hrs. The management of the scene was a cooperative effort between CSPD, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the City of Colorado Springs Traffic Operations Center.

The semi was a Peterbilt truck owned by Hammer Lane Trucking, LLC, of Colorado Springs, CO. The operator of the truck was Tanner Shelley, 29 years old, of Colorado Springs CO. A certified Motor Vehicle Carrier Enforcement officer from the CSPD investigated the incident and issued the driver citations for failure to properly secure his load and registration violations.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on March 06, 2010 (boomark / email).