Crime & Safety

Update: Tractor-Trailer's Wheels Ripped Off in Traffic Incident

No major injuries were reported; traffic was diverted around the scene at the intersection of Routes 73 and 29 in Schwenksville.

For more than two hours traffic was diverted around a disabling crash scene at the intersection of Routes 73 and 29 in Schwenksville today, according to a Pennsylvania State Police report.

A 2009 freightliner truck tractor--driven by Darrell Scott, 54, of New York--was negotiating a left turn on Route 73/Skippack Pike when the trailer's rear "struck a concrete bridge abutment and guide rail," pulling off the rear eight tires, the report states. The vehicle "became disabled in the roadway, blocking the travel lanes," the report continues.

A 2006 Subaru station wagon--driven by Brooke Martin, 30, of Gilbertsville--"was stopped in traffic waiting to turn right to travel west on Route 73 when the trailer struck the front left corner panel" of the station wagon, the report states. The car suffered minor damage. Neither driver was injured, but Lower Frederick Ambulance Corps did evaluate Martin at the scene.

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Scott will receive a citation, according to police.

, and the responded to the scene.

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