Wide Load: Mobile Home Falls Off Trailer, Lands On NW Indiana Interstate

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 29, 2014 9:45PM

Photo courtesy Indiana State Police

Only in Indiana (or at least, that's what it seems): one-half of a double-wide mobile home landed in the middle of an interstate in northwest Indiana Tuesday after it snapped its bindings and fell off a semi-trailer.

The accident occurred on Interstate 94 near Chesterton. The 16 feet by 76 feet section of someone's future tornado casualty was being transported to Sioux City, Iowa when it slipped from the trailer and landed on the road. A statement from the Indiana State Police read, "as the semi was coming around the curve of northbound 49 to I-94 westbound the home shifted, causing the bolts to break, bend and come out."

The section of mobile home blocked two lanes of highway and a ramp. The driver, Tracy L. Blocher, was cited for inadequate securement and inoperative trailer brakes. The home sustained "several thousand dollars in damage."

[H/T: Sun-Times]