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YOUR Independent Community Newspaper THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016
Vol. 4 Edition 9
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Spray of dirt almost signals disaster
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By Jim Blake jim@chathamvoice.com
A sudden spray of dirt and moisture was the first sign that a runaway flatbed trailer was careening across the Highway 401 median and heading toward oncoming traffic Saturday afternoon. “I noticed from about 150 metres away that something had entered the median,” said OPP Acting Sgt. Chris Hogg, who was travelling eastbound near Communication Road shortly after noon. The trailer had come loose from a pickup truck in the westbound lane and was moving back and forth in the centre of the highway. “It was an unmanned projectile,” he said. “I took a look in the rearview mirror and saw there was fairly heavy traffic, and when I looked back, there was no doubt
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Vallory Calvert, 2 and her big brother Xander, 4, were all smiles on the weekend as they sat in a convertible at the fifth annual Chatham Indoor Car Show held at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre. More than 3,600 people attended the three-day event that featured 100 cars from 10 Chatham auto dealers. See story on page 2.
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the trailer was heading into the westbound lanes. I thought there was no way I could let that happen.” Hogg aimed his cruiser at the trailer and put his vehicle into neutral just before the collision. “It had probably slowed to about 15 kilometers per hour when it hit me,” he said. Hogg, who wasn’t injured, shuddered at the thought of what might have happened had the trailer entered the eastbound lanes. “Most drivers don’t look far enough ahead and with the low profile of the trailer it’s quite possible it wouldn’t have been seen in time,” he said. He said drivers taking evasive action would have run the risk of a rollover if they swerved or being rear-ended if they stopped suddenly.
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