August 17th, 2008

Car carrier fire consumes five cars in Delaware

I was a bit slow in picking up the news of this fire. Delawareonline has a video of the fire dept fighting the blaze and this report:

The News Journal • August 13, 2008

Middletown and Odessa firefighters work to extinguish flames from a burning car hauler Tuesday on Boyds Corner Road near the intersection with Summit Bridge Road north of Middletown. Five cars and the hauler were severely damaged in the fire that started shortly before 6:30 p.m. The flames were visible from at least 15 miles away.

July 4th, 2008

This wreck is off of tow911 If you click the link you can see all of the pictures.

3-vehicles had shifted on the trailer almost coming off and 1-vehicle did come off and rolled over on the southbound lanes

June 25th, 2008

Fatal Wreck In Wyoming involving carhauler

The Jackson Hole News and Guide is reporting a double fatality in the collision of a Ford Focus and an auto transport truck. The transport driver was taken to the hospital for treatment but neither of the occupants of the Focus survived. The auto transporter was traveling empty northbound on Hwy 89 in the Grand Teton National Park. The Ford Focus ,registered in Arizona, was southbound.

NEWS&GUIDE PHOTO / BRADLY J. BONER

From the colors it looks like it may have been a Selland Auto Transport truck.

6-27-08 I got this update from the Hearld Tribune

Grand Teton National Park officials say two tourists from Belgium were killed when their car crashed head-on with a semi-truck hauling a car transport trailer.

This is a sad report.