PA turnpike near Breezewood lost set of tandem wheels hits car

Mark, figured id chime in here, you are probably looking for a trailer and not a truck. A truck that lost its drive tires would have not been able to keep driving because the drive shaft would have come out with them.

Now a trailer however, if the trailer loses a set of tires, you can keep on moving, What I am going to suspect happened is that it was a case of some one not checking thier hubs to be sure they were full of oil. When this happens the bearings get hot and burn up, and when they burn up eventually the wheels come off.

The thing is this is a pretty extensive repair when it happens, it isnt like they just mount up 2 tires and get busy with it, if the spindle has been damaged the may wind up having to replace the entire axle depending on the make model and design.

If the spindle survived they still had to remove the old bearing, clean up the spindle, install a new set of bearings, a hub, drum and possibly brakes. As well as 2 new wheels and tires.

This isnt a do it on the side of the road in a quickie kind of job. they were going to have to get a professional shop to do this one for them.

 

If this was a O/O do you think he could have stashed the trailer with out getting it fixed..shoot I'd be doing road side searchs for abandonded trailers..he could have droped it some where and bobtailed thru scales..Just a rookie thought..

 

call the service center and ask for the authorized commercial towing companies that would service breezewood and bedford. that way if he couldn't move and was still on the pike they would tow him off at either of those two exits. at that time of night i think that's about all anyone would do.

 

If he was unloaded, he could have driven quite a ways, but he would have had to have done it with out getting any DOT attention so he would have wanted to get it fixed fairly quickly.

 

I too, seen this happend, but lot's and i mean lot's qustion here are unanswerd, like was a company truck, o/o ect, and if was it and they had a drop yard, meaning a place were they drop there trls , i would start there, with out a name on side of trl , its kinda hard as there thousands of trls,next i would check like they say all the trl shops ,next i would check all the shippers and rec in the area, when i was running pa on 70 and 80 and internal routes,and for the life of me , i cant think of there name now, but they ran red and yellow truck's and there drivers were the worst, they drive so fast and i wacth em take a turn with a double and his rear double tires came up , i just said o-boy here we go, i be looking at that company real l hard too , i would be looking for creidt card statments too,but i think its time too hire a good attorny, then his quistion's will be , you sure you didnt hit a deer, and if not, when did you see the tires coming at you and if so why didnt you put the brakes on, sorry but thats just being truthful as he gonna ask you, Everett.P.S may you have a complete recory .

 

I was going to mention the toll booth video tapes, but I thought they only used camera's for toll dodgers? I guess with all that money they need video surveillance.

That would be an excellent way if they are available. Need to act fast though. They might destroy them in 30 days or so? Have you considered a private investigator?

Hopefully it's a company truck where you can sue the heck out of the company. But if it's an owner operator running poor equipment, his insurance company if he has one, will fail to pay for the simple fact he left the scene of an accident. That leaves you suing a poor broke down truck driver that has nothing to give you but a trailer missing two wheels.

 

One thought...if it was a fly-by-night outfit...without insurance and the likes...the driver could have managed to get to his own terminal, told them what happened, and the group...doing the CYA thing...rushed it in their own shop, and did the repairs. Hoping they won't get found out...bad for you, but there are a lot of "shady" outfits running the PA/NY/NJ corridors...along with everywhere else of course!

 

They could have come off a trailer that was hauling tandems. They might not have been in use. So you may not find a trailer missing them.

 

The shops and toll plazas will not help you, and legally do not have too.
The police should be checking this out and following the leads, you should not have to be doing it.
They should already be checking all shops, and checking the toll plaza cameras.
This will not be a hundred percent. Your chance of finding them your self is slim to none, the chance of the police finding them I would put around 25%.

 

I've seen duals come off trailers before, not when it's happened but either a set lyeing in the median or the truck on the side of the road. It's one of those things that most the time the drivers couldn't detect during a simple pre-trip inspection. I wish you a speedy recovery and hope your leg recovers fully. There is a chance the driver didn't see or hear the wheels break off or see your accident especially at night, but if he knew about it and didn't stop to help you then I hope you find him, sue him, and take him for all he's worth. About 10 years ago, I came across the same type of accident in Ohio that killed a driver in a car. For what it's worth that truck driver was on the side of the road crying and totally frantic. I hope you find the driver and wish you a full and speedy recovery. Good luck.