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Semi Trailer Collapses In Rock island-Updated

Updated: July 19, 2012 01:28 PM CDT
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Some commuters in Rock Island had an interesting sight Thursday morning. A semi trailer seemed to collapse in half.

The incident happened at 44th Street and 4th Avenue. An employee at Dohrn Transportation told KWQC the trailer just snapped in half. It was carrying different parts for deliveries to different companies at the time.

In a statement from Joe Dohrn, of Dohrn Transfer Company, "one of the shipments on the trailer was tendered to us with significantly inaccurate information. This shipment was tendered to us at 6,325 pounds, but upon reweigh, we learned that the shipment actually weighed 13,644 pounds."

Mr. Dohrn goes on to say, "We are thankful that no injuries occurred and that no other parties were involved in this incident. We have already followed up with the shipper in question and will monitor their shipping until we are confident they have resolved any issues involving inaccurate shipment tendering."