Crime & Safety
Boat Prematurely Launched Onto Interstate 4
Here's a road obstruction you definitely want to avoid.
PLANT CITY, FL -- Here's a road obstruction you definitely want to avoid.
On Saturday morning, drivers along Interstate 4 were forced to veer around a 24-foot-long boat after it fell off a trailer.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Miami man was towing the boat and trail with a pickup truck west on I-4 at an excessive speed, which caused the boat trailer to fishtail.
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The pickup truck and trailer then jackknifed, the trailer separated from the truck and the boat fell off the trailer, landing on the shoulder of the interstate.
No one was injured but traffic was tied up for two hours.
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The driver was given a ticket for speeding.
Images via FHP
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