A narrow escape

Two elderly women are counting their blessings after they escaped injury when a tractor fell off a trailer and partially damaged their wooden house at Dunscombe, St Thomas.

Police and St Thomas MP Cynthia Forde are at the scene.([email protected])

4 thoughts on “A narrow escape”

Belfast

An accident waiting to happen ,has now happened. This accident need to be fully investigated by the Ministry of Transport /Licensing Authority and the necessary recommendations and legislation brought to bear to prevent a recurrence.
We focus mainly on the ZR vans while other road transport operators are doing dixie on our roads, unchecked. Only a few weeks ago we had a laden cement truck overturned at a roundabout.
Some of the old condemned trailers we meet everyday on our roads transporting heavily laden containers,have some of the locks which hold down the container out of service,and now and again we also see containers coming adrift ,especially at roundabouts.

February 6, 2019

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Observer

I have to agree with Belfast opinion you are so right up to last i saw a water works vehicle going down the highway driving very erratic with a piece of equipment hook on to it

February 6, 2019

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Belfast

@OBSERVER .And that is another problem. We see trailers with heavy equipment being pulled by truck fitted with what can be best described a make shift tow bars , which are not structurally sound,as most of them are not attached to the chassis longitudinal members as recommended. These trailers should also incorporate a break-away chain system, so design that if a trailer breaks away from the tow hook, these special chains will take the weight of the trailer’s tow bar, as well as causing the trailer to continue to trail behind the towing vehicle.

February 6, 2019

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