Applesauce
A trucker carrying 24 full containers of apples looses control of his tractor today at 8:30 a.m. just south of Petaluma near Kastania Road.
The accident, according to 55-year-old California native driver Robert Urbins, claimed he heard a cable snap. Urbins says the rear flatbread of the truck started “whipping’ and scattered apples.
The apple mess caused the road crews to block one northbound lane of highway 101 in south Sanoma County. The apples scattered along 200 to 300 feet of the highway, and some were nearly 1,000 feet away along the shoulders and median strip.
The mess of nearly 10 tons of apples severely impacted the morning commute. “We’ve got apples sauce all over the highway,” says California Highway Patrol officer Wayne Ziese. “Right now, we’ve got apples piled two feet high on the roadside, and crews out here with brooms and shovels.”
There was also a mist in the air that made the roads slippery, which added to the hazard already caused from the spilled apples.
There were no injuries reported in the apple accident. However, a motor home located right behind the flatbed truck sustained minor damage.
Urbins claimed to be driving 55 mph but was given a traffic citation anyways for the spilled load.
Fact error - the truck was carrying 24 containers of apples, not applesauce. Reread the fact sheet.
ReplyDelete0/20 - Please revise. You should proofread it again because I can see several AP style and other errors here.
Your lead should be past tense (the print version will come out the next day), and needs to include a little more information. Here's how I'd redo it:
ReplyDeleteA trucker hauling 24 full containers of apples lost control of his tractor yesterday morning on Hwy. 101 just south of Petaluma near Kastania Road, severely impacting the morning commute.
Otherwise, this looks good.
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