Mobile Home Crash on Highway 177 and U.S. 60 off ramp

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On Wednesday, 03/18/15, at about 12:55 in the afternoon the Superior Police Department responded to a single vehicle traffic accident on Highway 177 and the west bound U.S. Highway 60 off ramp. The initial report indicated that a mobile home was off the shoulder of the road.

SPD arrived and found a mobile home on its side. The investigation revealed that a mobile home transport company was moving the center section of a triple wide mobile home from Globe to Mesa. The driver was being escorted by pilot cars and Arizona DPS officers when it exited w/b U.S. Hwy 60 to avoid the bridge at Hwy 177. The driver, unfamiliar with the road, was traveling too fast and was unable to properly navigate the left turn onto Hwy 177. The mobile home section in tow tipped over and came to rest on its side. Fortunately, the hitch broke away and the tow vehicle did not flip.

A small section of Hwy 177 remained closed during the recovery of the mobile home. Although Southwest Towing made every effort to salvage the center section of the mobile home, it was destroyed during the recovery process. The wreckage was loaded into roll off containers by a large front loader.

The driver was not injured, however; he was cited for failure to control a vehicle to avoid a collision and failure to stop at a stop sign.

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