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<blockquote data-quote="3inSlugger" data-source="post: 1991615" data-attributes="member: 18508"><p>Last night, as the wife and I were headed back to Stillwater, we witnessed what could have been a bad bad traffic accident. Cresting the final hill on 177 going north before Stillwater, there was an RV pulling a horse trailer. We were around 300 yards behind them when the trailer started swaying back and forth violently. The trailer slipped the hitch and rolled into the southbound (oncoming) lane of traffic. Fortunately, there was no one in that lane at the time. The trailer rolled until it hit the curb, at which point it flipped once or twice and came to a rest upright in a ditch.</p><p></p><p>The RV turned around, and, we, not knowing if there was a car or people involved, did also. As soon as the RV came to a stop, a woman ran towards the trailer, which contained her family's two horses. We jumped out of our car and followed her.</p><p></p><p>The horses were tied up inside the trailer and one came out through the top. Since it was still bridled it was hanging by its neck from the side of the trailer. The lady was screaming for a knife. I had recently taken the KA-bar out of the car so I ran into her RV trying to find a knife. While I was in there, an older gentleman came up with a knife and helped cut the horse down. Well sadly, either the fall or the accident broke the horse's neck and it died. However the other horse, which was still tied up in the trailer the whole time, seemed dazed but OK (to my untrained eye anyway). </p><p></p><p>Well, it turns out, the safety chains were attached to the RV, but not the trailer (although trailer lights were ON). The hitch on the trailer or the RV wasn't even messed up, which makes me wonder if it was even locked down.</p><p></p><p>The moral of this story is don't "fake" your safety chains and make sure your hitch is secure.</p><p>Sadly, a beloved family animal died last night, but if there had been any southbound vehicles at that time there could have been dead people.</p><p>Just a reminder...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3inSlugger, post: 1991615, member: 18508"] Last night, as the wife and I were headed back to Stillwater, we witnessed what could have been a bad bad traffic accident. Cresting the final hill on 177 going north before Stillwater, there was an RV pulling a horse trailer. We were around 300 yards behind them when the trailer started swaying back and forth violently. The trailer slipped the hitch and rolled into the southbound (oncoming) lane of traffic. Fortunately, there was no one in that lane at the time. The trailer rolled until it hit the curb, at which point it flipped once or twice and came to a rest upright in a ditch. The RV turned around, and, we, not knowing if there was a car or people involved, did also. As soon as the RV came to a stop, a woman ran towards the trailer, which contained her family's two horses. We jumped out of our car and followed her. The horses were tied up inside the trailer and one came out through the top. Since it was still bridled it was hanging by its neck from the side of the trailer. The lady was screaming for a knife. I had recently taken the KA-bar out of the car so I ran into her RV trying to find a knife. While I was in there, an older gentleman came up with a knife and helped cut the horse down. Well sadly, either the fall or the accident broke the horse's neck and it died. However the other horse, which was still tied up in the trailer the whole time, seemed dazed but OK (to my untrained eye anyway). Well, it turns out, the safety chains were attached to the RV, but not the trailer (although trailer lights were ON). The hitch on the trailer or the RV wasn't even messed up, which makes me wonder if it was even locked down. The moral of this story is don't "fake" your safety chains and make sure your hitch is secure. Sadly, a beloved family animal died last night, but if there had been any southbound vehicles at that time there could have been dead people. Just a reminder... [/QUOTE]
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